Women’s Health

PREGNANCY: WHAT SHOULD I DO AND NOT DO?

Sex. The activity which started this whole business can still be performed right through the pregnancy. Some women and their partners are concerned that sexual intercourse could damage the pregnancy, but this is not usually the case (although common sense suggests that you should avoid extremely rough intercourse). There are circumstances when it is not [...]

HOW OFTEN SHOULD WOMEN HAVE SMEAR TESTS?

In most cases cervical cancer is a relatively slow-growing cancer. It usually takes about ten years to go through its pre-cancerous to invasive cancer so having a pap smear every couple of weeks is unlikely to give more information than every couple of years. The Cervical Cancer Prevention Taskforce made some recommendations in November 1991. [...]

CHLAMYDIA: SYMPTOMS

Chlamydia tends to hang around the cervix or the fallopian tubes, so if it is going to let you know it is there (and it may not), your symptoms will usually relate to these two areas. The condition resulting from infection in the tubes is known as pelvic inflammatory disease, or PID. The most common [...]

SEXUAL FEELINGS: ORGASM

Arousal can heighten with further stimulation, until the natural resolution of sexual arousal, which is an orgasm, also known as a ‘climax’ or ‘coming’. It is maximal sexual response, and in both men and women is associated with a feeling of intense physical enjoyment and satisfaction. In men it is usually accompanied by ejaculation (the [...]