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Category Archives: Health During Midlife
Top 10 Natural Herbs for Relieving Menopause Symptoms
The most effective way to manage the pain and plight of menopause are Kris’s top 10 natural herbs for relieving menopause symptoms. Menopausal symptoms can at times be extreme, and definitely hamper a productive and comfortable life routine. Most women … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Daily Living, Health During Midlife Tagged herbs for menopause, Kris Smith 2 Comments
Myths About Donor Egg and Donor Sperm
Myth: It isn’t your baby. Busted!: I hear this worry from more prospective recipients of donor gametes (and donor embryo) than just about any other concern. I first address this matter in a legal context and discuss with clients that … Continue reading
Facts and Myths About Infertility (from RESOLVE – the National Infertility Association)
Myth: Infertility is a women’s problem. Fact: This is untrue. It surprises most people to learn that infertility is a female problem in 35% of the cases, a male problem in 35% of the cases, a combined problem of … Continue reading
Is Infertility Awareness Week for Me, Too? (Infertility Awareness Week – 4/21 – 4/27/2013)
The 28 year old woman who is told ‘adoption is your only option’; the mother who wants to add another child to her family but feels guilty that others don’t have their first child yet; the 42-year-old woman who questions … Continue reading
Make a Wish for Awareness of Women’s Sexual Health
Actually, do more than wish. Be active. Sign this online WISH petition to add your voice to others advocating for greater attention to women’s sexual health needs. The WISH petition is sponsored by the International Society for the Study of … Continue reading
Five Whole Foods to Help Banish Wrinkles
Who wants to look years younger than your actual age? Most of you do, admit it. It’s hard keeping up with all these magic creams, night serums and day serums. Besides, are they really good for your skin? And do … Continue reading
FDA Approves Drug For Sexual Pain
Ladies, we have one more tool in the belt. Last month, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new drug to treat the vaginal and vulvar pain associated with loss of estrogen in older women. That pain is … Continue reading
The Sweet Surrender of Sleep
Sleep always seems to come most easily to those in great fatigue in every place and space of being. All of our “bodies” – physical, spiritual, emotional, mental – are finally depleted. It so appears that only at this very … Continue reading
Being Ageless – Resilience!
Recently, I’ve been focusing on inspiring people to Be Ageless. Many of you may imagine that’s about exercise, vitamins, and green-tinted healthy shakes — and it partially is — but one of the greatest keys to agelessness might surprise you: … Continue reading
Midlife Mothers, Teenage Daughters, and Prenatal Care
May 22, 2013
Posted in Commentary, Daily Living, Health During Midlife, Mothers Over 40, Mothers Over 50 | Tagged midlife, midlife mothers and pregnancy, midwives, Stephanie Tillman | 1 Comment