Vaginal Itching – Causes and Relief
Itching of the vagina, which in scientific terms is known as Vaginitis, is a common problem and nothing to be shy of or worried. Everyone must have faced some sort of itching or inflammation that results in pain and discharge. It could be due to a slight change in the vaginal bacteria. The normal PH […]
What Your Cervical Mucus is Trying to Tell You About Your Fertility?
The cervix is a cylindrically shaped neck of a tissue that connects the vagina and the uterus.[SB1] In simple terms, it is the gateway between the vagina and the uterus. It is made up of fibromuscular tissue. The importance of the cervix during childbirth especially is the fact that it is the cervix that dilates […]
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 […]
