Is it common to suffer abdominal pain (and stomach pain) after pregnancy? There are lots going on inside your amazing body after birthing new life into the world and delivering a baby. You have grown a full-term human inside your abdomen, after all. But, as women, we often don’t give ourselves enough credit for theContinue Reading »
Constipation and pregnancy. Is there a link? If you’re pregnant and searching for answers on why you’ve suddenly gone from healthy bowels – that Doctor Mehmet Oz would be proud of and an incredibly “regular schedule” – to one that is, painfully, almost non-existent, please don’t panic. Don’t worry. It’s 100% normal. There’s a goodContinue Reading »
Are you in the blur of the postpartum period and wondering what the heck happened to your body? Maybe it’s decades after you gave birth, but you’re still suffering in silence? Having a baby is a joyous, life-affirming event. But to preserve the joy and not rain on the parade of expectant mothers, we tendContinue Reading »
Painful Bladder Syndrome. Can it go away? It’s the million-dollar question. It feels like it’ll never go away. But we have good news. If you have Painful Bladder Syndrome, you know how it feels to lay in bed night after night, desperate to get a good night’s sleep—dreading another, painful, sleep-deprived day. Before the tell-taleContinue Reading »
Are you a female with pain below your belly button? If the pain is in your lower abdomen area, where we usually feel menstrual cramps, childbirth contractions or ovulation pain, it could be pelvic pain. If so, you’re not alone. Many women feel pain in their lower abdomen at various points in their lives, oftenContinue Reading »
How long have you put off dealing with your “leaky bladder”, or urinary stress incontinence (as it’s medically known)? Five years, ten years, decades? According to a National Association for Continence Survey, women wait 6.5 years from the onset of symptoms to seek help for their bladder control problems. Yet, the longer you leave it, the worse thingsContinue Reading »
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday and it kicks off the winter holiday season at our house. And while this year our celebrations are turning out to be very different from what we do traditionally, we are doing our best to embrace the changes and looking for ways to make meaningful connections with our family andContinue Reading »
For many hundreds of years we have known the functions of three of the 4 basic drives in life-to eat, to drink, and to reproduce. But for fourth main biological drive—to sleep—has eluded science for years. Scientists asking “why we sleep” may have been asking the wrong question. All animals sleep and sleep persists withContinue Reading »
So many things come to mind just at the mention of 2020. It is a year that all of us will look back on with a clear before and after. It is a transformative time on every level and I have not met anyone who has not been affected in some way or another. For some, staying atContinue Reading »
It’s the end of February and we’re closing out the series on heart health. Today I want to share with you some information about sleep. You may have been hearing more and more about sleeps importance lately in the news. Here is what I have been learning.Sleep is an important part of our daily routine and spend aboutContinue Reading »