Would you have vaginal rejuvenation (plastic surgery)?
I read an interesting article today at time.com about the increase in women having vaginal surgery for cosmetic reasons otherwise known as vaginal rejuvenation. I’m not surprised that the numbers are increasing. A large section of society is so hung up on perfection that women are starting to feel pressured into altering parts of their [...]
How to use natural progesterone cream
Use natural, bioidentical progesterone cream for progesterone deficiency and estrogen dominance symptoms and PMS
More and more women are using bioidentical hormones to relieve menopause symptoms. Natural progesterone cream can be used to manage a number of problems that are related to hormonal imbalance.
General guidelines for using natural progesterone
PMS
Hysterectomy
Premenopausal women
Fibrocystic breast disease
Endometriosis
Menstrual migraine headaches
General guidelines for [...]
Episiotomies can cause incontinence
An episiotomy is a cut that is made in the lower vagina passing backwards towards the anus/buttocks during childbirth. The aim is to widen the vaginal opening particularly in cases where the fetus is in danger or the mother’s outlet is particularly small or rigid. Unfortunately, many episiotomies are performed as a routine even where [...]
Yearly pelvic exam for ovarian cancer
About 22,000 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the United States. About 15,000 of these will die from it. The survival rate is so poor because many women ignore the early symptoms of ovarian cancer. Contrary to what was previously thought, there are early symptoms of ovarian cancer that women should be aware [...]
Wean yourself off synthetic hormones
Are you using synthetic hormone replacement therapy to relieve menopause symptoms? You may be worried by some of the bad news you’ve been hearing about the risks involved. On the other hand you may be asking yourself how you’re going to survive without HRT.
Well you don’t have to. You can opt for bioidentical hormone replacement [...]
Sex after hysterectomy
Sex drive after hysterectomy
You may have heard that your sex drive will go down after a hysterectomy and that you’ll no longer enjoy sex. Actually, about 75% of women find that their libido remains unchanged and 20% actually had increased sexual desire. If you expect to have lower libido you may actually think yourself into [...]
What are the side effects of progesterone? Should I expect the same from a natural bioidentical progesterone cream?
The side effects associated with progesterone are usually found with the synthetic progesterones known as progestins. Manufacturers take the bioidentical progesterone produced from plant sources and change the structure to achieve various results e.g. give it longer lasting effects. The body recognizes these substances as foreign and so reacts to them in various ways leading [...]
Sexuality after 40 – Use it or Lose it!
Sexuality in women over 40? Does it exist? For most people its really not an issue because if you’re over 40:
you’re probably not having any more kids so why should you be thinking of having sex?
you should have grown out of it and should be interested in more “down-to-earth” things.
Do younger women have sex just [...]
What should I expect when I start using natural progesterone cream?- What are the side effects of bioidentical progesterone?
If your body has very low levels of progesterone, the body tunes down your estrogen receptors making them less sensitive to the estrogen in the body. This is to avoid the negative effects of excess estrogen. When you start using progesterone cream, the body “tunes up” your estrogen receptors. You may start to notice some [...]
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