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SSRIs, pregnancy, anxiety, depression

Can you safely taper off or stop an SSRI during pregnancy?

Part II of our series on the safety of SSRIs in pregnancy

byJohanna Duncan

June 4, 2026

SSRIs, pregnancy, antidepressants, depression, anxiety

Are SSRIs safe in pregnancy? Here’s the research you need to know about

Part I of our series on the safety of SSRIs in pregnancy

byJohanna Duncan

June 2, 2026

all in her head, book review, women's medical history

Natural Womanhood Book Review: All In Her Head

The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us about Women's Bodies and Why It

byElizabeth Wescott, PhD

May 30, 2026

vulvar varicosities, varicose veins, pregnancy

Vulvar varicosities: varicose veins “down there”

Everything you need to know about the varicose veins that aren’t in your legs

byAnne Marie Williams, RN, BSN

May 28, 2026

Margaret Brady

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Maggie Brady is a graduate of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. She writes from the Cleveland, Ohio area.

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May 7, 2021

Sometimes, abortion pills can be reversed

Planned Parenthood says abortion pills can't be reversed

byMargaret Brady

Natural Womanhood, Fertility Awareness Based Methods, Natural Family Planning, NFP, FABM, FAM, birth control side effects, womens health, reproductive health, fertility awareness, taking charge of your fertility, know more about your body, understanding fertility, understanding fertility health, improving fertility health, improving women's health, natural birth control, progesterone, miscarriage, infertility, premature birth, premature labor, miscarriage prevention, NaPro technology, progesterone deficiency, progesterone supplementation, bioidentical progesterone

March 12, 2020

Progesterone Helps Prevent Miscarriage: Good News for Moms and Babies

How to find a doctor who will prescribe it

byMargaret Brady

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October 15, 2019

The Pill vs.The Sandman: How Hormonal Contraception Messes With Your Sleep

Are you feeling tired?

byMargaret Brady

Natural Womanhood, Fertility Awareness Based Methods, Natural Family Planning, NFP, FABM, FAM, birth control side effects, womens health, reproductive health, fertility awareness, infertility, NaPro Technology, Natural Procreative Technology, becoming pregnant, supporting a friend, infertility awareness,

May 15, 2019

How to Lend a Hand When Someone You Care About is Getting Help with Infertility

One of the greatest benefits of Fertility Awareness-Based Methods of family

byMargaret Brady

Natural Womanhood, Fertility Awareness Based Methods, Natural Family Planning, NFP, FABM, FAM, birth control side effects, womens health, reproductive health, fertility awareness, OBGYN practices FABM, NFP OBGYN, OBGYN interview, OBGYN sees birth control side effects, OBGYN switches to natural birth control, natural birth control, natural birth control doctor, Pill side effects

March 27, 2019

How Observing Birth Control Side Effects Drove One OBGYN to Offer Fertility Awareness in Her Practice

Frustrated

byMargaret Brady

Natural Womanhood, Fertility Awareness Based Methods, Natural Family Planning, NFP, FABM, fertility awareness, natural birth control, infertility, infertility causes, infertility support, couples struggling with infertility, struggling to conceive, intertility emotional issues, infertility factors, infertility LEEP procedures, infertility abortion, infertility aspirin, infertility Hyperprolactinemia, infertility low progesterone

February 1, 2019

5 Causes of Infertility that (Almost) No One Talks About

Infertility is a part of life for 1 in every 8 couples in the United States

byMargaret Brady

Natural Womanhood, Fertility Awareness Based Methods, Natural Family Planning, NFP, FABM, FAM, natural birth control, organic birth control, fertility awareness, NaProTechnology, premature ovarian insufficiency, premature ovarian failure, early menopause, birth control side effects

January 5, 2019

How Fertility Awareness Can Help Doctors Treating Premature Ovarian Failure

I’ll never forget the look on the doctor’s face as he pulled my test

byMargaret Brady