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Dispatches from Ladyblogland

Here’s what we read last week. What did you read?

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Bodies

Q and A with Ms. Vagina Science: Spotting with Implanon, FAM vs. Rhythm Method and using the Nuvaring with PCOS

This week I’ll be answering reader questions!   Dear Ms. Vagina Science,  I have the Implanon implant. And while I love it dearly–no maintenance, low dose progestin, happy skin–I have one side effect. I spot. A lot. Sometimes almost as much as a regular period, sometimes not at all, but it sometimes drags on and […]

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“Real Women,” PCOS And Body Image

When I wrote this cranky post about the “real women…” phenomenon, I never expected it to resonate with so many women. It seems that fat, thin, in-between, curvy, not curvy, in-between, cisgender, trans, various gynecological surgeries or symptoms, or whatever, there’s a lot of crap that makes us feel like not-so-real women.