A long time ago I took one drag on a cigarette and vowed never to touch another one again. It made me cough and I felt terrible. My sister used to smoke but then she stopped. I have a cousin who used to smoke and her lips looked black. I used to work with a …
Pregnancy At 40 and Older – The Risks
I got pregnant when I was forty and had our son when I was forty-one. It was a textbook pregnancy. There were no complications. I didn't have to have an epidural and the actual delivery took under fifteen minutes. The contractions although they were bad, they didn't last long. I have heard some horror stories of …
Love Your Heart
February is heart disease awareness month. I was surprised to learn that heart disease is the number one killer in women. Once when I went to the doctor, he told me that I had an irregular heartbeat. He prescribed regular aspirin. I never worried about my heart. And I read that women are mostly concerned …
Notes to Women 