Sexual & Reproductive Health

Read by the author and featuring eight exclusive bonus sections Jen calls “Vaginal Vignettes”: humorous and unforgettable moments from Jen’s real-life experiences in the labor and delivery room. “A refreshingly compassionate roadmap built on boundaries, clarity, and real communication...

An indispensable guide to fertility, covering everything you need to know to optimize your hormones, get pregnant, and take charge of your reproductive health. Most of us are taught there’s nothing we can do to improve our fertility. It’s simply a matter of luck—and some of us are luckier...

Andrea Dworkin’s 1981 critique of pornography is an important and urgent document about how the culture consumes and manipulates images of women. Essential and discomfiting reading in a social media era, where women’s bodies are being commodified and displayed more than ever. Andrea...

Pregnancy is magical, messy, and sometimes downright overwhelming—especially if it’s your first time. If you’ve ever Googled “Is it normal to feel like an alien is hijacking my body?” at 2 a.m., this book is for you.

Why are so many women told that their labour must be started artificially? And what does the evidence actually say about waiting for labour to begin in its own time? In 'In Your Own Time', midwife, researcher, and author Dr Sara Wickham explores one of the most important – and increasingly common – interventions in modern maternity care: the induction of labour. Drawing on decades of experience in midwifery, research, and education, Dr Wickham examines the evidence behind due dates, induction policies and the management of late pregnancy.

For expecting and new parents, too often the care is so focused on a healthy baby that the mother’s physical and mental needs are overlooked. Mothers face intense pressure to have the perfect birth plan, breastfeed with ease, and immediately bond with their baby. Unfortunately, these expectations can lead to anxiety, depression, and overwhelm. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

Sex ist alles andere als nur die schönste Nebensache der Welt, er ist Medizin für Körper, Geist und Seele – davon ist Sheila de Liz überzeugt. Gerade im Alter bleibt Sex wichtig, damit wir uns gut und gesund fühlen. Die beliebte Gynäkologin Sheila de Liz erklärt mit Witz, Offenheit und klaren Worten, wie Lust wirklich funktioniert, warum sie manchmal verschwindet und wie man sie wieder zurückholt.

In der Schwangerschaft verändert sich nicht nur der Körper – auch das Gehirn wird tiefgreifend umgebaut. Was du fühlst und denkst, ist kein Zufall, sondern Ausdruck eines neuropsychologischen Wandels: das Mom Brain. Das klingt nach Vergesslichkeit, ist aber ein evolutionäres Upgrade mit Fähigkeiten wie mehr Empathie und ungeahnter Resilienz. Alina Grandt zeigt, was im Gehirn werdender und junger Mütter wirklich passiert. Wissenschaftlich fundiert und verständlich erklärt, geht es darum, was Mütter bewegt: Identitätsfragen, emotionale Ambivalenzen, Bindungsmuster.

Hey, friend! Have your lingering physical symptoms ever been dismissed? The message moms get is that there’s nothing you can do about the aftermath of having kids, let alone the emotional roller coaster and energy-suck these symptoms cause: you just have to live with it. WTF?

If you’re drowning in the weeds of motherhood, Cindy Caprio Woulfe feels your plight. As a new mom, Woulfe felt the same pressures and pleasures as mothers across the globe. Unlike many others, she decided to create a solution—or at least a mother’s helper.