
Spotting can trigger a fast conclusion: my period is starting or I might be pregnant. The trouble is that early pregnancy bleeding and the start of a period can look similar in the first hours. A useful way to think about it is this: a period is the uterus shedding its lining
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A nipple can point outward, sit flat, or turn inward. The inward form is called an inverted nipple. By itself, it is not a diagnosis. It is a shape. The question that matters is not “Is inversion bad?” The question is: Has anything changed? A nipple that has been inverted
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Hearing the word “surgeon” in the context of your child can tighten your chest instantly. Most parents don’t mind the cast. They don’t mind physiotherapy. They can even tolerate the repeat X-rays and follow-ups. What scares them is the moment someone says: “Let’s
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Brown discharge is usually not a mystery substance. It is blood. Just not fresh blood. Fresh blood is red because it has just left a blood vessel. If that blood sits for a while—inside the uterus or vagina—it darkens as it oxidises. It turns brown. So “brown discharge
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Most people hear “anemia” and assume it means one thing: low blood. But anemia isn’t one condition. It’s a label for a problem with a common outcome—your body isn’t carrying enough oxygen the way it should. That can happen for very different reasons. And that
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Ovulation pain sits in an awkward category. It can be normal. It can also be the first sign that something is wrong. The difference rarely comes from the pain alone. It comes from timing, intensity, and what else shows up with it. There’s a name for typical ovulation pain:
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Parents usually notice it in small ways first. A uniform that was snug suddenly hangs. Shorts that used to fit now slide down. The face looks a little sharper. The child is still running around, still talking, still going to school—so you tell yourself it’s probably fine.
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An IVF pregnancy can feel like a contradiction. You’ve done something intensely medical—appointments, scans, lab reports, injections—yet what you want, more than anything, is something deeply human: a normal pregnancy. A quiet mind. A body you can trust again. So le
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A missed period can feel like a simple question—am I pregnant?—but it often carries a second question right behind it: if I am, what do I do now? Sometimes the answer is straightforward. Sometimes it isn’t the right time. Either way, early pregnancy punishes delay. Not
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Most men don’t grow up thinking they’ll ever need to “store” fertility. And then life happens. A cancer diagnosis. A job relocation. A delayed marriage. A difficult semen analysis. A planned IVF cycle where timing suddenly matters. Or simply the quiet realisation that
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Many conversations about period health suffer from one basic error: symptoms are discussed without their timing. A cramp on Day 1 of bleeding, a mood crash five days before bleeding, and mid-cycle spotting are treated as variants of the same thing—“hormones,” “PMS,”
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