Eat Right – What's good for your heart is also good for your eggs. Studies have shown that women who ate more healthy unsaturated fats were less likely to experience infertility due to ovulation problems than those whose diets included more unhealthy fats. Eating better. Exercising regularly. Getting adequate sleep. These are healthy habits that can help you live a better life. And there's one more healthy habit for every woman – the monthly breast self-exam. Studies show that 40 percent of diagnosed breast cancers are detected by women who feel a lump, so doing a monthly breast self-exam is very important. It takes just 5 minutes and it's easy to do. Here are several methods recommended by the National Breast Cancer Foundation:
3000 B.C. – Condoms are made from materials such as fish bladders, linen sheaths, and animal intestines.
In many ways, pregnancy is no different from any other time of life, because healthy eating should always be your goal. Unlike the days of your mother or grandmother, being pregnant is no longer a green light to gorge yourself. "Eating for two" doesn't mean eating twice as much. It means that what you eat is the main source of nutrients for you and your baby, and sensible, balanced meals will be best for both of you.
The uterus is a hollow muscular organ shaped like an upside-down pear, and about 3 in 100 women are born with an abnormality in the size, shape or structure of the uterus. A common congenital abnormality isseptate uterus, which occurs when your uterus is separated into two parts by a band of muscle or tissue that did not fuse together during development before birth. |
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