Natural Womanhood

Could a predictive blood test help the 1 in 8 mothers who experience postpartum depression (PPD) make a proactive plan to avert suffering and bond with their babies better? That’s the premise behind myLuma, the new blood test “pioneering precision diagnostics for postpartum depression ...

If you’ve spent any time in wellness corners of the internet lately, you’ve seen it: a supplement promising to do everything from melting stubborn weight to fixing your hormones, often nicknamed “nature’s Ozempic<...

Thirty years ago, when a 20-something-year-old woman woke up, she’d take her birth control pill and trust that it would do its job: keep her from getting pregnant. She was never taught how her body worked naturally, in a state of health, nor given the list of side effects the Pill might cause. The routine asked nothing of her brain power, only faithful compliance e...

During my third pregnancy at a park playdate with my friend Erin, I anxiously told her about my recent diagnosis of a cystocele. My bladder was sinking down into my vagina due to a weak pelvic floor, and I experienced pain while standing and kneeling, a feeling of pressure “down there” (and had recently learned not to dance too enthusiastically to avoid leakage). I...

Restorative Reproductive Medicine (RRM), a decades-old subspeciality of medicine that seeks to treat underlying reproductive conditions that affect fertility, has a growing base of both practitioners and patients. However, for a variety of reasons...