Food which is very pungent in taste, for example garlic, does have the ability to cross through the amniotic fluid.

Pregnancy lasts about 40 weeks, counting from the first day of your last normal period. The weeks are grouped into three trimesters.

POI is a condition in which a woman's ovaries stop producing hormones and producing eggs at a young age.

Some medications (e.g. phenothiazines) as well as extremes of weight loss, stress or exercise can cause this type of secondary amenorrhea. A pituitary or hypothalamic tumor would be a rare finding in these patients who were all screened with prolactin levels at the beginning of the diagnostic evaluation. However, if there is no cause apparent from the history, it is sometimes suggested to get a baseline CT or MRI scan of the sellar region to rule out a (very rare) tumor.

Emergency contraceptives are not as effective as birth control that's used before or during sex, like the pill or condoms. So if you are sexually active or planning to be, don't use emergency contraception as your only protection against pregnancy.

Using the cervical cap is safe, simple, and convenient. It has no effect on a woman's natural hormones, but it cannot be used during menstruation.