For most of my life, I was afraid to become a mother—partially because I had a traumatic childhood myself. Once I got into a healthy relationship and got married in my late 20s, other friends were ...

Getting pregnant is an exciting and life-changing experience, but my pregnancy was anything but smooth sailing. Early on, I found out I had an incompetent cervix. Within weeks, my cervix had ...

In early 2024, Melissa Sanders experienced an almost three-month long period. At 44 years old, she thought perimenopause, when the body starts to transition to menopause, was causing her heavy ...

The surgeon turned in his chair, away from me – the person whose life and body were about to change forever – to look my ...

Scientists have coaxed human cells to form a miniature replica of the cervix during pregnancy. This so-called cervix-on-a-chip reveals how inflammation and the vaginal microbiome can contribute to ...

Intrauterine procedures for outpatients, such as hysteroscopy, have attracted negative media and parliamentary attention for being poorly tolerated by some women, causing pain and even trauma. Adele ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was born in 1954, and my mother took diethylstilbestrol (DES) to prevent miscarriages. I had a hysterectomy last year, and my doctor told me I didn’t need a Pap smear ever again. I ...

To many women, this felt long overdue but it’s part of a new effort to make women’s gynecologic procedures less painful. To ...

Bachelor in Paradise star Jade Roper is marking a somber anniversary. “Two years since my D&C. Two years without you sweet ...