The major medical journals are continually publishing further evidence suggesting an increasingly widening range of possible serious side-effects to both mother and baby as a result of smoking. Here are just a few of the well-recognized dangers: Miscarriage. There is a greatly increased risk of miscarriage. This is probably due to inadequate amounts of oxygen [...]
From the moment you believe you may be pregnant, it becomes necessary to decide on a visit to the doctor. This immediately raises certain questions. The decision you make will depend to a large extent on where you live, in the city or the country, or in what land, such as Australia, America, England or [...]
There are various known side-effects of the I.U.D. also. It is not 100 per cent effective. In some, infections are possible, and these may continue. Some cases of sterility have been reported in women who have subsequently desired to become pregnant. There have been several cases in which the I.U.D. has bored its way through [...]
If you ever become depressed, if you feel that life is passing you by, or if you feel that you are not making the grade, that your difficulties and oppressions are simply overwhelming, may I suggest reading the Books of Psalms, or Proverbs, or Christ’s Sermon on the Mount in Matthew. Let me make it [...]
It is far better to let baby sleep peacefully on, and enjoy him when he does wake up. Common sense is essential, for parents can make a rod for their own backs which will endure for a long, long time. Let this be a salutary warning! You are listening to the voice of experience. I’ve [...]
This is not an operation. It is a procedure so commonly used in obstetric and gynaecological investigation that it probably deserves a special mention. It is used as an imaging technique for several procedures, like egg pick-up operations in IVF, and for amniocentesis in early pregnancy. The fact that this technique does not use x-rays [...]
For some unknown reason the ovaries have a ‘use-by’ date. After a time of useful function, when they can produce eggs to make babies, they and their neighbour (the uterus) down tools and walk off the job, so to speak. Usually the rest of the body has a couple of decades to go, but not [...]
What happens when you have a vasectomy? Most doctors or centres that perform vasectomies will ask you to come in to see them first to talk about the procedure before you actually make a booking to have the vasectomy. The doctor will also examine you and make sure you are suitable to have a vasectomy [...]
The Temperature method is based on the fact that when you ovulate, your body temperature rises between 0.2 and 0.5°C and it stays that way until your next period starts, then it drops down again. The next period usually starts between 12 and 16 days after you ovulate. How do you use the Temperature method? [...]
Q. I am on the minipill and I often forget to take my pill when I am supposed to. I haven’t got pregnant though, so does it really matter? A. If you really don’t want to be pregnant it does matter. Even though you have not become pregnant so far, you could get pregnant any [...]