What’s Up With Your Down There? episodes:

• February 25, 2020Dropping the Egg: Ovulation and Fertility

  Miriam the Midwife discusses how ovulation works, and how ovulation and other

  factors can affect your fertility. She answers listener questions about

  getting pregnant (and avoiding pregnancy), how to tell if you're ovulating,

  ways to tell if you're fertile, how you can maxi...

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• January 28, 2020Bacterial Vaginosis: The Most Common Vaginal Infection You've Never Heard Of

  Do you ever have that...unfresh feeling? Maybe it's BV! Bacterial vaginosis,

  or BV, is the bane of vagina-owners and the healthcare providers who care for

  them. This garden-variety vaginal infection is the most common vaginal

  infection in the U.S., and yet is often misunder...

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• November 04, 2019Beyond the birds and the bees: Talking to kids about sex

  When it comes to talking with kids about sex, gender identity, and genital

  health, parents often find themselves struggling to say the right thing. On

  this episode, Miriam the Midwife talks with Dr. Kerry Schaefer, MD from

  Healthy Living Family Medicine (now Healthy Living ...

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• October 18, 2019Menopause Part 2: Your Questions Answered

  Miriam the Midwife and Dr. Karen Adams, director of Oregon Health & Science

  University's Menopause and Sexual Medicine program, answer your questions

  about menopause.

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• October 18, 2019Menopause Part 1: The Talk for Middle Age

  Menopause, aka the change of life: inevitable, often dreaded, and commonly

  misunderstood. On this episode, Miriam the Midwife talks about how people

  experience menopause in American culture, and sits down with Dr. Karen

  Adams, director of Oregon Health & Science University'...

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• August 15, 2019Periods Part 2: Monster Periods!

  For some, their monthly period is a time of empowerment and celebration. For

  others, its a minor annoyance. But for some folks, it is a major pain in

  the...uterus. Heavy bleeding and/or bad cramps can really mess with your

  life. On this episode, Miriam the Midwife discusses...

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• July 29, 2019PMS: Hormone Roller Coaster or Cultural Phenomenon?

  Before we tackle "monster periods", is seems appropriate to discuss the thing

  that comes before your period: premenstrual syndrome, or PMS. In this

  episode, Miriam the Midwife discusses the medical approach to PMS, and also

  explains why we might need to reexamine PMS using ...

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• June 24, 2019Periods Part 1: Get To Know Your Flow

  Periods: that special time of the month when you bleed from your

  vagina--fun! In this episode, Miriam the Midwife covers what a normal period

  entails, and talks with menstrual cup experts Kim and Amanda from the website

  Put A Cup In It about why and how folks can use menstr...

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• May 07, 2019Herpes!

  Living with herpes? Not living with herpes and having sex with someone with

  herpes and hoping to avoid getting it? Just want to understand what the heck

  herpes is? In this episode, Miriam the Midwife talks with Terri Warren, nurse

  practitioner, herpes researcher, and author...

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• April 29, 2019Annual Exams and Pap Smears

  Why do we need annual exams? What does a Pap smear test for? Can you catch

  HPV from a toilet seat? Miriam the Midwife drops some knowledge about why

  annual exams are valuable, what to expect, how to understand Paps and HPV

  screening, and whether or not you need to trim your...

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