Two of the most common questions women have about their periods and conception are whether it’s possible to get pregnant either (1) during menstruation or (2) without actually having periods altogether. Today I’ll address the issue of whether or not a woman can get pregnant during her period. Surprisingly, in many ways, the answer lies [...]
When I first considered writing my book, many of you were still but an egg in your mother’s ovary, email didn’t exist, and the internet was not yet a thing. So back in the early 1990s, I had no idea that what would eventually keep me up nights these days was in many ways far [...]
Years ago, when I was in the midst of writing my book for teen girls called Cycle Savvy, I had an experience exactly like one of the principles that I was illuminatng in the book. But more on that in a sec. Ask any person with a uterus, and they will tell you that we’ve [...]
DO WOMEN EVER HAVE TRULY “DRY” DAYS? As a woman approaches ovulation, her cervical fluid becomes progressively wetter. When a woman charts, in the evening, she records what she has observed throughout the day. So if she didn’t feel or observe anything at her vaginal opening, that day is considered dry. But lest there be [...]
A couple days ago, as I was regaling a friend and her 11 year-old daughter with the story of my somewhat less-than-auspicious first and probably last sky-diving adventure, I had an epiphany. But first, a little back story. When I completed the first edition of my book, Taking Charge of Your Fertility, nearly 25 years [...]
If you’ve been following the news lately (and who can really blame you if you haven’t been in this current climate?) you’ve probably noticed that there has been a surge of interest in a relatively new procedure that allows young women to freeze their eggs. But why would women even want to do that? Because [...]
The conventional wisdom is that a couple should wait to see a doctor until they’ve tried to conceive for a full year. But is that really the best advice? If you’re familiar with my teachings, you already know where I’m going with this. The answer is a resounding NO! For one thing, if a woman [...]
When I was a young teenager (about a decade ago, give or take 50 years), I remember the constant assault to my self-esteem from the onslaught of ads for douches. Obviously, I hadn’t yet developed the confidence to question the veracity of such ads. In reality, I wish someone would have told me that our [...]
When interpreting temperatures, you’ll want to train your eyes to “see the forest through the trees.” The key to doing so is to look for a pattern of lows and highs. In other words, you’ll find that your temperatures before ovulation will go up and down in a low range, and the temperatures after ovulation [...]
Orgasms cause women to release eggs. This is an especially intriguing myth — that orgasm can lead to spontaneous ovulation. But alas, it’s completely false. The process that leads to ovulation is the gradual increase of estrogen over a period of several days. Now I suppose if you had an orgasm that lasted from, say, [...]
