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Sheldon, A. (1991). Menstrual Cycle. //A Gynecologist’s Guide to Modern Female//

// Healthcare, // 2, 30-9.

Discuss abnormal bleeding in a female’s menstrual cycle. Explains that your doctor might give you under these circumstances, such as birth control. Also explains that periods twice a month is very common. With teenage girls, their cycles are maybe this long due to the unknowing change in hormone levels. Finally, sexual activity after having a child can lead to more bleeding than usual. Menstruation is part of the menstrual cycle, which prepares your body for pregnancy each month. A cycle is counted from the first day of one period to the first day of the next period. The average menstrual cycle is 28 days long. Cycles can range anywhere from 21 to 35 days in adults and from 21 to 45 days in young teens.Women can have a range of problems with their periods, including pain, heavy bleeding, and skipped period.

Sweeney III, W.J. (1973). //A Year in the Life of an Obstetrician Gynecologist, 3, 20-30.//

Tells what you should expect when becoming an OB/GYN. Such as the middle night phone calls from the hospital informing you to come in because a patient is a bout to deliver. OB/GYN doctors are paid $203,270 less than two years working. An OB/GYN is responsible for the mental and emotional state of their patient after giving birth. A doctor should avoid a patient having to go through postpartum syndrome. Women with this condition suffer despondency, tearfulness, feelings of inadequacy, guilt, anxiety, irritability and fatigue. Physical symptoms include headaches, numbness, chest pain and hyperventilation. A woman with postpartum depression may regard her child with ambivalence, negativity or disinterest. An adverse effect on the bonding between mother and child may result. Because this syndrome is still poorly defined and under studied, it tends to be under reported.

Thornton, Y.S. (1997). Female Obstetrician Gynecologists. // Woman to Woman : A Leading Gynecologist//, 4, 50-89. Describes healthcare strictly from a woman gynecologist. Discuss how a woman feels about females and their reproductive problem. For example, not being able to bare a child. Describes healthcare strictly from a woman gynecologist. Tells how they feel about the study of women and why they chose this specific medical field. Most say that this medical field is more of a passion because when they are with their patients its more of a connection within themselves. Most feel a woman can connect better with a woman. And in many researched studies, that has been proven true.

Vliet, E.L. (2003). What Is An Ovary? It's My Ovaries Stupid, 1, 5-25.

The ovaries are glands which are part of the female reproductive system. The ovaries are about the size and shape of an almond and sit just above the fallopian tubes. There is one ovary on each side of the uterus. Every month during ovulation, either the right or left ovary produces a single mature egg for fertilization. In the middle of every menstrual cycle, an egg travels down one of the fallopian tubes and into the womb. The lining of the womb gets thicker and thicker, ready to receive the fertilized egg. If this egg is not fertilized by a man's sperm the thickened lining of the womb is shed as a period. Then the whole cycle starts again.

Witt, R.L. (1983). PMS. What Every Woman Should Know About Premenstrual Syndrome, 2, 13-25. PMS is a disorder characterized by a set of hormonal changes that trigger disruptive symptoms 2 weeks before menstrual cycle. Of the estimated 40 million suffers, more than 5 million require medical treatment for marked mood and behavioral changes. Often symptoms tend to taper off with menstruation and women remain symptom-free until the two weeks or so prior to the next menstrual period. These regularly recurring symptoms from ovulation until menses typify PMS, premenstrual syndrome. Symptoms are anxiety, depressed and having uncontrollable crying spells, the most common complaints are headache and fatigue. Symptoms however may vary from month to month and there may even be symptom-free months. However, you should notify your doctor of the varied months that PMS occur and doesn't occur.

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