What is endometriosis and what can you do about it?

I spent three hours with her on Wednesday. I held her hand, rubbed her back and reminded her to take deep breaths. Three hours later, it was over. She had made it through. She delivered a beautiful, healthy baby boy. No epidural, no intervention, just like she wanted. In those hours, I was energized by the bonds that formed between […]

This is definitely something good. For those of you who worry: *birth control pills have fewer serious side effects for fewer women than many medicines currently available off the shelf *accessible, reliable birth control reduces unintended pregnancy *accessible, reliable birth control does not increase the percentage of teens having sex *the Oregon law got it right in requiring health coverage […]

A  study released by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics based on birth certificates from 2011, indicates that nearly a third of women have their children too close together. This matters because research shows that the timing between a live birth and the next pregnancy, may affect the risk of pregnancy complications, such as preterm birth, low birthweight, and […]

We had a great time on Wednesday June 26th learning about heart disease and what hormones have to do with it.  If you couldn’t make it, you were missed.  Here are the presentation slides. Make sure we have your email address so you can get a copy of the presentation with live links.  Hormones and Heart Health online We hope […]

This morning I was glued to SCOTUS Blog awaiting the decision on the case of Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby. To recap, this case was spurred by the Affordable Care Act which mandates health insurers to include contraceptive coverage as part of a panel of preventative health services (the contraceptive mandate).  Hobby Lobby–a corporation (and several other companies) objected to the […]

So here’s a funny thing. Rape  and abortion are often in the news a lot. People opine about whether abortion is allowed in cases of rape, what god intended about rape, about a ‘life’ that is created from rape and how women’s bodies can fend off pregnancies after rape.  But is usually not in the news is pregnancy. I don’t mean the-test-is-positive I’m […]

    The cesarean section operation has come a long way. Prior to the late 1800s, cesarean section was a last ditch effort to save a baby when the mother had already died or to allow baptism of the baby prior to burial.  Today cesarean, or c-section, is one of the most common, and one of the safest operations women […]

Whether or not you celebrate Thanksgiving and/or Christmas, if you live in the United States, you have been and will be inundated with thinking about things from October (August?) to the new year.  To help me resist the madness of black Friday, small business Saturday and cyber Monday, I have determined to meditate on the things I already have for […]

While astronomically, summer starts around June 21st, culturally Memorial day marks the official start of the summer season while Labor day marks its official end.  The holiday season is in desperate need of similar cultural anchors. Or maybe it’s just me.  The holiday creep is wearing me out–Christmas related products in Costco before Halloween almost did me in this year. […]