How to Choose an OB/GYN
by Amalah
What questions to ask, alternatives to consider, and what to do if you chance your mind.
Smackdown Updates IV: Botox, Wonky Periods & Depression
by Amalah
Not just your average cut-and-paste update-y job here, folks, if you’ll indulge me by reading on. One extra-fascinating update, one request for advice as one girl’s quest to maybe possibly get knocked up enters Chapter Two, and one email that proves that you guys are the best and that good things CAN happen when advice [...]
The Every-Other-Month Cycle Blues
by Amalah
Hiya Amy, Since google is our best, and worst of friends…You are the one I thought to turn to regarding fertility, ovulation etc… I am 21, started having periods when I was 14-and they have continued to be pretty normal/regular since. I went on birth control (the pill) when I was 17, switched to the [...]
Can I Stay Vegetarian While I’m Pregnant?
by Amalah
Hi Amy, I need your sane, practical and above all else, objective advice. A dispassionate third party is what I need at this moment in time, not an over-excited potential grandmother with an ulterior motive. My husband and I have discussed it and discussed it and finally have agreed that this summer I will go [...]
When The Worst Happens: Dealing with Pregnancy Loss
by Amalah
Hi Amy, I know that you have not experienced this particular pregnancy horror, but you give excellent advice and also maybe some of your readers out there have been through this. Up until last week I was pregnant with twins. 19 weeks pregnant! Supposedly past the point where the bad stuff can happen! And yet, [...]
Trying to Conceive: Irregular Periods After Birth Control
by Amalah
Oh Dear! Amy… I have a dilemma and I honestly have no one to turn to… I went on the pill when i was 17, switched to a different pill, and then a different… blaming weight gain and other things on the pill. Then I changed to the ring which I neither loved, nor hated… [...]
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