The ultimate women’s guide to sexual health?new from Dr. Ruth
In this down-to-earth guide, celebrated sex expert and bestselling author Dr. Ruth Westheimer teams up with prominent gynecologist at Cornell and New York Presbyterian Medical Centers, Dr. Amos Grunebaum, to address the most pressing health issues women face today. Written in Dr. Ruth’s refreshingly candid and lively style, it gives you everything you need to take charge of your health?from finding a gynecologist to having a happy sex life to planning or avoiding a pregnancy. With practical advice and information for every age and stage of a woman’s life, Sexually Speaking is an invaluable reference you will turn to again and again.
- Covers everything you’ve ever wanted to know about women’s health?from celebrated sex expert and therapist Dr. Ruth and top gynecologist Dr. Amos
- Addresses questions related to sexuality, hormones, STDs, pregnancy, menopause, fibroids, ovarian cancer, and other women’s health concerns
- Helps you overcome embarrassment and other common obstacles to understanding and safeguarding your personal health
- Combines Dr. Ruth’s straightforward, reassuring approach to some of the more challenging and uncomfortable concerns related to women’s health and the expertise of Dr. Amos, who has seen it all, from routine exams to high risk births
Table of Content
Preface vii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1 How to Have a Happy, Healthy Sex Life 5
2 Everything You Wanted to Know about Your Vagina but Were Too Afraid to Ask 19
3 All about Your Monthly Cycle 33
4 Getting the Most Out of Your Visit to the Gynecologist 43
5 What Can Go Wrong 81
6 Avoiding Pregnancy 127
7 Planning for Pregnancy 141
8 A Healthy Pregnancy 165
9 Perimenopause and Menopause 183
10 Enjoy Your Body at Any Age 199
Afterword 215
Appendix: Sexually Speaking Illustrations 217
Index 221
About the author
Dr. Ruth Westheimer was a beloved global celebrity—she was the most visible sex therapist in the world for more than thirty years. Dr. Ruth taught at Yale, Princeton, and NYU. She was a bestselling author whose wisdom and wit were showcased on radio and television and in more than thirty-five books, including
Sex For Dummies and
Dr. Ruth’s Top 10 Secrets for Great Sex.
Dr. Amos Grunebaum is one of New York’s leading obstetricians and gynecologists. He is an Associate Professor of Clinical Ob/Gyn at the Weill Cornell Medical College as well as the Director of Obstetrics and the Chief of Labor & Delivery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and the Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City.
Pierre Lehu is a writer and publicist who worked with Dr. Ruth for three decades.
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