Vaginal Discharge – What’s Normal, What’s Not
Vaginal Discharge At times one must have observed some kind of a fluid or gel released onto a tissue when used or in underpants. This is the vaginal discharge, basically the fluid that comes out of the vagina. Why is it important for the vagina to discharge this fluid? Similar to few other organs in […]
How Much of a Delay in Your Period is Still Considered Normal?
Most often swamped by busy schedules, women tend to be quite forgetful about the exact dates of their periods and tracking of the menstrual cycles. A day or two of delay in your period is completely normal and such it is quite rare that they tend to occur exactly on the expected date at all […]
Trying to Conceive? Avoid These Everyday Items to Prevent fertility
Starting a family involves a lot of responsibilities even before the baby is born or even conceived. The preparedness that is expected is not only that of mental preparation but also in terms of physical actions. Every step needs to be taken cautiously and all habits need to be reviewed and tweaked. Certain changes that […]
Baby Number Two Using IVF
IVF or In-Vitro Fertilization is a method of assisted reproduction. In other words, IVF method is a method of attaining pregnancy through artificial means where conception (creating an embryo) occurs in a petri-dish (in the lab) and the embryo (fusion of egg and sperm) is implanted into the womb for the baby to grow and be […]
My Journey from Infertility to Motherhood
In the Indian societal context, once a couple is married, they are expected to have children. For some, it might turn out to be a compulsion but for most couples, parenthood is a beautiful dream that they wish to fulfill. To have one’s own offspring, spending time raising them and creating cherished memories is a wonderful fantasy. […]
Male Infertility : Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
Infertility is diagnosed when one fails to conceive after a period of a year or more of unprotected sexual intercourse. Normally women above the ages of 35 who haven’t been able to conceive after trying for 6 months or so or not able to carry pregnancy for full term are diagnosed for infertility. However, the […]
Uterine Fibroid – Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
Some of the most common symptoms that women complain of are incessant pelvic pain, some of which might be sudden pains, heavy, prolonged and painful periods, spotting or bleeding between periods, difficulty in emptying the bladder, lower back pains, pain during intercourse, difficulty in attaining pregnancy and sudden anemia (unexplained low red blood count). These […]
How Does Hepatitis Affect Fertility?
We have all heard of Hepatitis and different types of Hepatitis virus. Hepatitis, a viral infection that causes inflammation of the liver, varies from Hepatitis A to Hepatitis G and is found across the globe. In India alone, 52 million are infected annually out of 400 million around the world. It could be a simple […]
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
Maintenance of body hygiene is one of the most important factors. It is easy to maintain hygiene externally but internal infections can be tricky. One such infection is the Pelvic Inflammatory Disease or PID. PID is an infection of the female reproductive organs, most often contracted through a sexually transmitted bacteria which spreads from the […]
Erectile Dysfunction
It is a known fact that the primary process responsible for conception is an erection. Sexual arousal leads to the release of chemicals, which in turn increases the blood flow to the erection chambers in the penis. These chambers are made of spongy muscle tissue that trap the blood, thereby increasing blood pressure that leads […]
