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5 Other Benefits of Birth Control Besides Preventing Pregnancy

Are you interested in learning about the benefits of birth control? While there can be many side effects to hormonal birth control, there are also many benefits of birth control and reasons women take the pill for more than just preventing pregnancy. 5 Other Benefits of Birth Control Besides

Getting Tested Together: How To Bring It Up To a Partner

Thinking about getting tested together? Or needing to bring up the topic of sexual health to a new partner? Let’s set the record straight from the get-go: We know talking to a partner about STDs and sexual health can be awkward sometimes – we totally get it. But when

Fertility Tests For Women: Should I Get One?

Are you considering fertility tests for women? Are you trying for a pregnancy and feeling frustrated when your at-home pregnancy test shows the dreaded negative result? Are you not quite, but nearly there and wondering what the deal with fertility is in the first place? We’re here to give

Postpartum Care: 5 Tips To Ease The Transition

Are you looking for a fool-proof postpartum care plan? Let’s say you’ve just come home with your bouncing baby, your new bundle of joy. It’s exciting, exhausting, and a little nerve wracking. You might begin to think, “Now what?” For even the most well-researched or “over-prepared” new parent, the

When Should I Take My Daughter to see a Gynecologist?

What age should you see a gynecologist? Raising a teenage daughter comes with many questions and responsibilities. You want to keep your daughter safe, healthy, and happy — but the answers on how to do so aren’t always clear cut. As a parent to a blossoming adolescent, one particular

11 Ways To Treat Your Endometriosis

We’re here to help you find the best method to treat your endometriosis. Did you know that an estimated 1 in 10 women suffer from endometriosis worldwide? Endometriosis occurs when tissue, similar to the tissue that lines the uterus, begins to grow outside of the uterus and onto areas

4 Reasons Why You Should Track Your Period

Tracking your period doesn’t have to be hard — or embarrassing. The days of marking a big red dot on your office calendar are gone (unless you’re into that), and there are now a plethora of apps that you can use to easily and discreetly track your period, such

Post-Baby Blues? Here Are 5 Ways To Help

It seems counterintuitive, but sometimes during what is arguably one of the most joyful (albeit stressful) times in our lives, we can’t help but to feel depressed. Thankfully, it has nothing to do with how you feel about your newborn bundle of joy, it’s actually quite common. Approximately 70-80%

A Beginner’s Guide to The Different Types of Birth Control

You know that you should always stay safe during sex (especially if you’re not in a monogamous relationship), but you may also want added protection to ensure that you won’t get pregnant until you’re ready. Unfortunately, there is no “best” birth control option, what’s best for you might not be

What Causes Heavy Menstrual Bleeding? Plus, What You Can Do About It

On your daily trip to the drugstore to pick up super-jumbo tampons (or pads), you may wonder, “Why me? Why am I plagued with such heavy periods?” Well, it’s not by chance or by luck, there are a couple key factors that could contribute to your heavy period –

Dr. Hawa Travels to Sierra Leone To Perform Laparoscopic Surgery

Did you know that Capital Women’s Care Ashburn’s very own Dr. Hawa is the only AAGL Fellow in Loudoun County? He pursued a fellowship in advanced laparoscopic and robotic surgery at the George Washington University Hospital in 2011, and in 2017 he traveled to Sierra Leone with the volunteer-based,

5 Other Benefits of Birth Control Besides Preventing Pregnancy

Getting Tested Together: How To Bring It Up To a Partner

Fertility Tests For Women: Should I Get One?

Postpartum Care: 5 Tips To Ease The Transition

When Should I Take My Daughter to see a Gynecologist?

11 Ways To Treat Your Endometriosis

4 Reasons Why You Should Track Your Period

Post-Baby Blues? Here Are 5 Ways To Help

A Beginner’s Guide to The Different Types of Birth Control

What Causes Heavy Menstrual Bleeding? Plus, What You Can Do About It

Dr. Hawa Travels to Sierra Leone To Perform Laparoscopic Surgery

Travel Safety and Precautions During Pregnancy

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How midwives and physicians work together

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