Searching for articles on midwifery

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Hey VPers,

I have a friend who is doing research on clinical midwifery, and she is searching for articles on the subject. Since she knows that I'm fascinated with women's health, she's asked me if I know of any. I referred her to a documentary to get her started, but I figured I would also ask you all what you had found in your own research. Most of what I've learned has been from here, or from reading stories/watching videos on youtube. So, if you have any interesting articles either for or against the subject, I would love to pass the articles along to her! And, well, to be frank, I'm very curious myself, too.

Thank you all in advance!

Late period

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Hi everyone,



So I am on the birth control Junel, this month will mark my one year anniversary for taking the pill. Ironically this also the only month in which I have missed two pills, (if I missed any at all it would have been just by a few hours). However the next day I doubled up. I take my pills at night, and me and my boyfriend had sex in the morning before taking them, he always pulls out though. As of right now, I'm 2 days late, but I have back pains right now and the mood swings, etc the week before like I usually do. However not getting my period is scaring me, is doubling up on my pills causing my cycle to be late?

Links Round Up: Double Bonus Edition

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Welcome to our new weekly links round-up. This is a compilation of items -- usually from the past week, this time from the past 2 weeks -- that may be of interest to VPers.

As a reminder, in lieu of trigger warnings, I use keywords describing the themes of the piece. Please skim these before deciding to read the excerpt or click through for the full article. Some posts may be political in nature. Outside sources are not safe spaces, and mainstream source's comments should almost always be avoided. The links I highlight don't necessarily reflect VP's views, or even my own, for that matter. 

This week's round-up includes: thoughts on Cynthia Nixon, queerness, and "born this way;" breast cancer's impact on women of color; sexual assaults in the BDSM/kink community; housing discrimination and LGBT folks; and squirting.
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What have you been reading (or writing!) this week?

If you'd like to see an article included in next week's round-up, send an e-mail to also_warriors@vaginapagina.com . Non-US and positive links are especially appreciated. (We can't fit all the awesome links people send, but we'll try to post any that we don't include to Facebook, Tumblr, or Twitter.) You can also just take matters into your own hands and post in the comments!

possibly pregnant?

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i hope this is ok to post, i posted here before but am worried now.

i am on birth control (cerazette) and have been for a long time. i havent had any side effects from it and still get my period when its due, sometimes a day or two late. on 28 january my boyfriend came inside me. afterwards i panicked because i had missed pills that month (even though i had taken them as soon as i remembered) and went to get the morning after pill. the pill i took is norlevo and i took it approx 2 hours after the incident.
i had no side effects except bleeding - about 3/4 hours after taking the norlevo pill i started bleeding, kind of like a heavy period and it lasted 5 or 6 days. then about a week after the bleeding ended (maybe less, 5 days or so) i got light pink spotting. for the next couple of days i had very light brown discharge/spotting and then it stopped.

i was due my actual period on february 6th, its now the 18th so i am beginning to panic a little. i mentioned to my doctor that i was worried but he told me the morning after pill probably started me on a new period cycle so i am not due my period for another 28 days after i took the morning after pill. however it didnt say that on the instructions and i dont really trust him based on lies he told me before about certain medication. so can someone tell me if thats true or not?

i took a pregnancy test on saturday 4th february (2 days before i was due my period) and one on saturday 11th february which was 5 days after i was due my period, both showed up negative but im not sure if i took them too soon? the box said it could detect up to 4 days before your period is due.

can anyone please offer me advice, i am just super worried right now. the spotting worried me because when i looked on google a lot of people said spotting when you are due youre period can be a sign of early pregnancy. i have also been peeing a lot more than usual but im not sure if that is just a coincidence.

SUPERSTARS! I still can't have sex! And hemorrhoids: a hate/hate relationship

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Okay. I've posted before about my issues with having sex. My boyfriend of 3 years and I have issues. He can't finish when he's having any sort of foreplay or sex with me, and for the past year and a half, sex has hurt TERRIBLY for me.
Last night, I told him I wanted him, and I did what I wanted to do. I told him to do something new when I decided I didn't want that anymore (I liked being in control). Anyway, I sat on top of him and he penetrated me once, and it hurt so badly that I clawed his chest and he lost his boner and slipped out. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?!
I always blamed my painful sex on one thing: hemorrhoids. I've had them for years, they never go away, and they're in a huge flare-up right now. But after a colonoscopy, my GI wasn't concerned, and my doctors never agreed that they could be the issue. I'm pretty sure I have anal fissures as well. When I can find a day to go to the doctor, I'm going to get a full work-up. Something isn't right.
So, if you have ANY tips for me, please help!
I'm looking for hemorrhoid cures (I have a very high fiber diet already :()
And any sex therapy advice. I'm unable to afford $150 a session elsewhere :(
Also, if you can, email me. It's always fastest. nevermissabeattt@gmail.com


Thank you all <3