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Why am I experiencing severe irritability and depression after having a baby?

ASKED by Anonymous on November 19, 2009 - 5:41pm

I am having crying spells twice a week at the minimum and I get rages of anger from being so irritable that I scream and freak out al of a sudden.

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can you get pregnant with clothes on.

ASKED by retrorubie23 on June 14, 2008 - 10:03am

I am 15 years old and i made out with my boyfriend on top of me. we both had clothes on and no penitration was made. i am a virgin but i know he might of ejaculated. can i get pregnant?

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if you miss 2 birth control pills during week 2 and have sex on those days can you get pregnant?

ASKED by Anonymous on April 21, 2009 - 2:27pm
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Latest Comment by Susan Cody on November 21, 2009 - 11:24am View Comments
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Treating Menstrual Cramps Naturally Part 2

Written by Dr. Daemon Jones on May 22, 2009 - 1:09pm

After I focus on the short-term goal of reducing the menstrual pain during the first menstrual cycle the patient has under my care. I then focus on the long-term goal of treating any hormonal imbalances that are occuring during her menstrual cycle.

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Choroid Plexus Cysts and My Scary Ultrasound

Written by Susan Schade on April 20, 2009 - 8:12am

It was a big day. I was pregnant with our first baby and we had an ultrasound appointment scheduled in the afternoon. Today was the day that we would (hopefully) find out if we were having a boy or girl.

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First Mammograms, Now Pap Smears

Written by Kellen Wilson on November 20, 2009 - 6:54am

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecology released early Friday that the annual pap smear, given to women in their 20’s to test for abnormalities in their cervix, may not be necessary and women should plan on taking this only every other year. The news came uncomfortably close to federal officials' new statement that women over 50 should begin to have a mammogram every two years as opposed to the original annual exam for women over 40. As new recommendations begin to flood in, what will be the new norm? And what do we do in the mean time?

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Latest Comment by Anonymous on November 20, 2009 - 9:46am View Comments
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Anonymous

Is 45 too old to have a baby??

ASKED by Anonymous on April 9, 2009 - 11:14am

I'm recently married and my new husband and I have started talking about having a baby together. Not right away, but maybe we'd start trying in the next year or two.

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Lauren Proper

Complications Increase During Pregnancy For Obese and Overweight Mothers and Their Babies

Written by Lauren Proper on May 1, 2009 - 1:30pm

It’s no secret that being overweight or obese is hazardous to your health. But what many overweight and obese women don’t consider is the effect that this may have on their unborn child during pregnancy.

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Latest Comment by Rosa Cabrera on November 20, 2009 - 6:40am View Comments

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Guidelines Delay Start of Mammograms to Age 50, Then Every Other Year

(HealthDay News) -- Women don't need to start having mammograms to screen for breast cancer until they're 50, and they only need to have those exams every other year, new government guidelines ...
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