Eggsplosion: The “other” time of the month [Ovulation syndrome and how to deal with it]

Women ovulate. Sometimes we do it while walking down the street, during meetings, talking on the phone and even while we sleep. Oh hi mom! I’m good. You? Oh nothing much, just sitting here spontaneously popping out an egg and thinking fondly of you!  In fact some of us are probably doing it rightthisverysecond and you wouldn’t …

There Are Two Kinds of Panic Attacks – So Why Do We Only Talk About One? [Plus: Curing anxiety with probiotics!]

Being too cheap to pay bus fare for four kiddos, every day I have to camp out at the bottom of the grand staircase of their school and try to collect them as they scamper down in the crush of students. It’s like playing Plinko crossed with Whack-a-Mole. But this particular day it was all …

Progesterone Cream Mega-Fail: The things I’ll try to cure my PMS [Help me?]

Now that’s a problematic bikini line! Repeat after me: I will not take medical advice from celebrities whose claim to fame is a Playboy spread. I’m not saying Jenny McCarthy isn’t funny, talented and gorgeous but the only medical tips I’m taking from her here on out are those regarding my bikini line. (Side note: …