Category Archives: Women’s Health

Reassuring women with abnormal paps

By The Midwife | Published: May 2, 2006

My friend and I spent a fair chunk of time this morning going over the management of abnormal pap smears. How ironic, then, to come home and turn on my computer and find this story on the BBC website about the high levels of anxiety women feel when they’re told they have an abnormal pap [...]

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The Keeper

By The Midwife | Published: February 9, 2006

We’ve been talking so much about menstruation lately that it seems only natural that the subject of alternative menstrual gear would come up at some point. In fact, just last week we were talking about it after class one day, and I ended up bringing my Keeper to school with me to show to a [...]

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FemSpec and Beyond

By The Midwife | Published: January 26, 2006

Our midwifery department arranged a special treat for us today: a demonstration of the brand new speculum that’s out on the market, FemSpec. Looks pretty strange, doesn’t it? Has anyone ever used one of these things? Supposedly it works much better than a regular speculum because it doesn’t allow the vaginal walls to collapse inward [...]

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And relax

By The Midwife | Published: November 15, 2005

Having spoken to a few of my classmates today regarding their own clinical experiences, I am at least somewhat relieved to hear that mine was not unique. We spent a good long while comparing our experiences on the subway home today, and complaining about the crappy speculums at the clinic, and the lack of cytobrooms [...]

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We’ve come a long way

By The Midwife | Published: November 8, 2005

My heart goes out to our poor grandmothers and mothers! Thank the gods for all the progress we’ve made!

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