Archive for the 'Women’s Health' Category

What is Menstruation | What is a Period | What is a Tampon

Menstruation: Cause/Purpose/How Often it comes Why exactly do girls menstruate? Periods are bleeding which occur every month as a girl hasn’t become pregnant. Within this duration, the lining of her uterus which builds every month in anticipation of implantation of a fertilized egg will be shed. All types of transformations are occurring in the body [...]

The Stages of Pregnancy

A normal pregnancy lasts for nine months, or about forty weeks. This forty-week period is divided into separate and distinct stages of development for both the mother-to-be and the unborn baby. Although the phases of development for mother and baby occur concurrently, this article presents a review of the three stages of pregnancy as they [...]

How to put on a female condom

The Female Condom (FC) is one of the three FDA approved products (male latex condoms, male polyurethane condoms and the FC) of its type that protect against unintended pregnancies and work to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS through sexual intercourse – the only one that is controlled by the woman. The FC is a thin [...]