Miriam the Midwife discusses how ovulation works, and how ovulation and other factors can affect your fertility. She answers listener questions about getting pregnant (and avoiding pregnancy), how to tell if you're ovulating, ways to tell if you're fertile, how you can maxi...

Do you ever have that...unfresh feeling? Maybe it's BV! Bacterial vaginosis, or BV, is the bane of vagina-owners and the healthcare providers who care for them. This garden-variety vaginal infection is the most common vaginal infection in the U.S., and yet is often misunder...

When it comes to talking with kids about sex, gender identity, and genital health, parents often find themselves struggling to say the right thing. On this episode, Miriam the Midwife talks with Dr. Kerry Schaefer, MD from Healthy Living Family Medicine (now Healthy Living ...

Miriam the Midwife and Dr. Karen Adams, director of Oregon Health & Science University's Menopause and Sexual Medicine program, answer your questions about menopause.

Menopause, aka the change of life: inevitable, often dreaded, and commonly misunderstood. On this episode, Miriam the Midwife talks about how people experience menopause in American culture, and sits down with Dr. Karen Adams, director of Oregon Health & Science University'...

For some, their monthly period is a time of empowerment and celebration. For others, its a minor annoyance. But for some folks, it is a major pain in the...uterus. Heavy bleeding and/or bad cramps can really mess with your life. On this episode, Miriam the Midwife discusses...

Before we tackle "monster periods", is seems appropriate to discuss the thing that comes before your period: premenstrual syndrome, or PMS. In this episode, Miriam the Midwife discusses the medical approach to PMS, and also explains why we might need to reexamine PMS using ...

Periods: that special time of the month when you bleed from your vagina--fun! In this episode, Miriam the Midwife covers what a normal period entails, and talks with menstrual cup experts Kim and Amanda from the website Put A Cup In It about why and how folks can use menstr...

Living with herpes? Not living with herpes and having sex with someone with herpes and hoping to avoid getting it? Just want to understand what the heck herpes is? In this episode, Miriam the Midwife talks with Terri Warren, nurse practitioner, herpes researcher, and author...

Why do we need annual exams? What does a Pap smear test for? Can you catch HPV from a toilet seat? Miriam the Midwife drops some knowledge about why annual exams are valuable, what to expect, how to understand Paps and HPV screening, and whether or not you need to trim your...