Female Reproductive System

Preventing and Coping With Female Reproductive Concerns

• Coping With PMS
• Women's Guide to Staying Healthy
• Mammograms: What Every Woman Needs to Know
• Preparing Your Daughter for Changes
• Could This Be Perimenopause?

• Periods, Pregnancy, Menopause and Sleep
• Adjusting Your Attitude about Menopause
• Managing Menopause
• All about Menopause

Menopause, when estrogen and progesterone production, ovulation, and menstruation stop, is a natural part of a woman's life. The average age that women reach menopause is 51. All about Menopause ›

Prepare for Your Appointment

• 10 Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Breast Cancer
• 10 Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Genital Herpes

• 10 Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Menopause
• 10 Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Birth Control

With just 13 minutes on average to meet with your doctor, pre-visit planning is important to your overall care experience. Get better results by following the ABCs of doctor visits: Arrive early. Be prepared. Communicate. Your doctor appreciates the active role you are taking in your health. Search Health Grades for Top-Rated Obstetricians and Gynecologists: ›

Decision Guides for Female Reproductive System Concerns

• Vaginal Discharge, Itching or Irritation
• Vaginal Pain or Discomfort
• Vaginal Sores and Lumps
• Missed or Irregular Menstrual Periods
• Never Started Menstrual Periods

• Birth Control (Contraception) for Women
• Vaginal Dryness
• Bleeding Between Menstrual Periods
• Heavy Menstrual Periods
• Painful Menstrual Cramps

Menstrual cramps can be mild to moderately severe, usually lasting one to three days. About ten percent of women with painful periods have such severe pain that they cannot work, exercise or play for several hours to several days each month. After answering the questions in this decision guide, you will be led to information and tips to help you better manage your cramps. Begin Evaluating Your Painful Menstrual Cramps ›

Tests and Procedures for Female Reproductive System

• Bone Densitometry
• Cystoscopy for Women
• Amniocentesis Procedure
• Breast Biopsy
• Breast Ultrasound
• Breast Scan
• Cervical Biopsy
• Cesarean Delivery
• Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS)
• Colposcopy
• Dilation and Curettage (D and C)
• Endometrial Biopsy
• Endometrial Ablation
• Episiotomy

• External and Internal Heart Rate Monitoring of the Fetus
• Hysterectomy Procedure
• Hysteroscopy
• Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP)
• Mammogram Procedure
• Mastectomy
• PAP Test Procedure
• Pelvic Ultrasound
• Lumpectomy
• Uterine Artery Embolization
• Laparoscopy
• Fetal Ultrasound
• Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)