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Can I Get Pregnant During Menopause? How to Prevent an Oops Baby During this Transition

BY Dr Cindy Long

A number of women look forward to menopause with glee, as they no longer have to worry about birth control. But knowing exactly when it is safe to stop birth control can be tricky business. As long as you are still ovulating from time to time there is the potential for pregnancy. And as long as you are on hormonal birth control, like the pill, menopausal symptoms may be masked to where you cannot tell that you are going through the transition. If you are not using any hormonal birth control (including the progesterone IUD) and have not had a period for a full year, it is probably safe to assume you can't get pregnant. But what to do in the interim?

Does Menopause Cause Midlife Crisis?

BY Rebecca Hulem

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If you've reached your forties and find yourself moody, irritable, and easily irritated with a very short fuse, chances are you've arrived at the beginning of menopause.If you're asking yourself "what is going on?" and trying to reassure yourself that this isn't you, an alien force surely has taken over your body, you're probably in the beginning of menopause.

Focus on Vaginal Health: Self-Care During and After Menopause

BY Dr Cindy Long

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During our reproductive years, we tend to be very focused on preventing pregnancy, preventing STDs, getting pregnant or being pregnant. But once we go through menopause, much of our health care needs change.

From Oily to Dry Skin and Back: Welcome to Menopause!

BY Marta Montenegro

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My cosmetic bag was once filled with foundations for oily skin and all type of oil control skin care products. As we say in my native country, Venezuela, it looked like a pastelito bag, when a greasy fried empanada soaks its brown paper bag with oil.