Apparently, our five years spent simply “trying” were not enough. Nor was the rotating door of supposed home remedies, acclaimed internet cure-alls, stints of experimental sobriety, and the spreadsheets spent tracking every fluctuating bodily function under the moon. The so-called “healing” power of crystals was a wash, as were the different diets I tried. Everything […]
I know a thing or two about having a so-called high-risk pregnancy. I’ll never forget when I first saw the term “elderly multigravida” on my medical record. There it was, confirming all my worst fears: Apparently, I was old, and of course dying of something very, very grave. Except that definitely wasn’t the case. I […]
If you’ve just googled “is diarrhea a sign of early pregnancy” and landed on this article, you’re far from alone. All of us experience some degree of diarrhea in life, unfortunately. It’s also relatively common, among people with uteruses, to wonder whether random health symptoms that pop up from time to time might mean you’re […]
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Ah, lightning crotch—a fitting nickname for random vaginal pain during pregnancy. It’s one of the many joys of being pregnant! Not. Pregnancy is one of the few experiences in life that can be at once beautiful and alarming. On the one hand, the awe-inspiring physical changes may reinforce how magical it is to be pregnant. […]
I have been a side sleeper for as long as I can remember. Much like being right-handed, only being able to fall asleep when I’m curled up like a gigantic fetus feels like an innate, unchangeable function of my body. I couldn’t fall asleep on my back or stomach if you paid me. So you […]
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Spotting during pregnancy—as in, bleeding from your vagina when you’re most definitely not on your period because, hello, you’re pregnant—can be a perplexing issue. Isn’t one of the boons of pregnancy not ruining more underwear with period blood? Sorry to break it to you, but spotting during pregnancy is a thing. Though it’s probably easier […]
The children of women who experience severe stress when pregnant are nearly 10 times more likely to develop a personality disorder by the age of 30, a study suggests. Even moderate prolonged stress may have an impact on child development and continue after a baby’s birth, it said. More than 3,600 pregnant women in Finland […]
Having a baby is never without its ups and downs, but one of the most basic hardships of pregnancy can be getting a good night’s sleep. It’s especially challenging to find a comfortable sleeping position for a growing belly, and while there is debate about whether or not sleeping on your back raises your risk […]
Three years ago, I got pregnant. It wasn’t exactly planned. So by the time I’d gotten used to the idea that I was going to be a mom, I was done with surprises. I borrowed stacks of pregnancy books from the library. I scrolled through pregnancy message boards late at night when sleeping was too […]
A false-positive pregnancy test can be devastating—especially for women who have difficulty conceiving or who are actively trying to get pregnant. The last thing you want is to jump for joy—only to find out later that you’re not actually pregnant. On the flip side, getting a false pregnancy positive pregnancy test when you’re actively trying […]
Figuring out how to get good health care can be hard enough under everyday circumstances, much less when you need an abortion. In that case, it makes sense that you might jump at anyone’s offer to help you figure out your options. Unfortunately, that could lead you to a crisis pregnancy center. Also known as […]
I met with Alanis Morissette on Thursday, May 23rd, 2019, in a beautiful villa she periodically rents for meetings. (A man showed up part way through our interview, believing he was entitled to the space at the current time, and I got to see Alanis smoothly disabuse him of that notion.) I was early, as […]