This is a loose term that describes a variety of mood disturbances during the first 12 months after childbirth. Postpartum depression is common, affecting one or two out of every ten mothers. The degree of mood disturbance ranges from mild and transient to bouts of profound depression, fortunately uncommon, that may recur throughout life. In [...]

As with any surgical procedure, there are some risks and possible complications though with modern techniques abortion is probably the least risky of all operations (and the most often performed, worldwide). Today you have more chancel dying from a single injection of pent than from a lawful abortion. In general the earlier on in the [...]

Advantages of an IUD • It is highly effective. • There are no side-effects on the rest of the body. • It is a reversible method of contraception. • It is independent of intercourse. • Only one action (insertion) is needed for long-term contraception. • There is no expense after the initial outlay. Disadvantages of [...]

Sexual excitement As attraction develops further it leads to sexual excitement, during which all our senses as well as our intellect and emotions contribute to a need for sexual gratification. Feelings of excitement and tension are concentrated in our genital organs but also involve the whole body and mind. Things that lead to sexual excitement [...]

Putting on fat is one of the normal developments of puberty for girls. Many teenage girls worry that they’re becoming too fat. Surveys tell us that around half of all Australian girls (and a quarter of the boys) in the senior years of high school have tried to reduce their weight by dieting. How much [...]