Tag: womens-health
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Advocating for Yourself & Becoming a Better Advocate for Others
Here we go again. Not that I thought maternal health disparities for the black community would improve overnight, but here we go again. I have been dreading reading about what happened in Dallas. I mean how many times can you really see stories like that and turn a blind eye? If you read my first…
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Essential Prenatal Care: What to Expect During Your Pregnancy
Congratulations! You’re pregnant and now it’s time to start prenatal care. In my first pregnancy, I didn’t know anything about what to expect. I didn’t even know I was supposed to take prenatal vitamins (don’t judge me). It wasn’t until my mom told me about them (not even my provider) that I started taking them.…
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Birth Control Methods: Which One is for You?
Woo-hoo! We are going one month strong with this blog so far! I want to thank you all for continuing to read my posts each week. When I started this, I really wanted to have a space for women’s health education without the time constraints of the clinic space. I hope that this has been…
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Pregnancy Lies!
Things They Don’t Tell You Before Pregnancy You’re pregnant! Or maybe you’re considering it. Sometimes the positive test leads to excitement, but we can forget that for some people, that positive test can lead to feelings of guilt, anxiety, anger, or stress. Guess what? ALL of those feelings are completely normal and valid. We (at…
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Understanding Your Period & The Use of Birth Control: part two
When thinking of birth control, the first instinct is to think of birth control only being used to prevent pregnancy. But there is so much more that birth control can help you with. From acne, managing painful periods, to regulating bleeding, there are so many uses. I don’t know that I want to go into…
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