Our Bodies, Ourselves (199 page)

emergency,
see
emergency contraception

failure of,
309
,
321

getting pregnant later and,
210
–11,
228
,
233
,
234
,
235
,
242
,
245

health concerns and,
210
,
213
–14,
220
,
221
,
226
,
227
–28,
231
,
232
,
233
,
235
,
237
,
240
–41,
244
,
252
–53

hormonal,
see
hormonal birth control

immigrant women and,
699

long-acting,
see
long-acting birth control

men and,
203
–6,
208
,
209
,
211
–14,
245
–46,
247

microbicides,
218

nonmedical,
see
nonmedical birth control

obstacles to getting and using,
202
–4

without parent or partner knowledge,
208
,
209

partner sabotage and,
208

in perimenopause,
512
–13

permanent,
see
sterilization

personal considerations and,
206
–7

power and,
148

after pregnancy,
227
,
434
,
450

pregnancy tests and,
37
,
225
,
234
,
235
,
240

resources for,
217

safer sex and,
259

talking about,
165
,
166

UTIs and,
641

vaginal irritation and,
186

birth control pills,
26
,
29
,
208
,
245
,
252
,
611
,
641

abnormal uterine bleeding and,
612

after abortion,
338

DES and,
628

fibroids and,
608

PCOS and,
649

in perimenopause,
545

see also
minipills; Pill, the

birth impairments,
391
,
728

birth places,
367
–71

birth rates, global,
780
–82

birth records,
428

Birth Survey,
367

bisexuals,
76
,
84
–88

barriers to health care access and,
682
–84

coming out of,
89
,
561

defined,
84

experience of,
85

gynecological exams and,
43

media portrayals of,
144

older,
552
,
558
,
561

special health issues for,
87
–88

violence against,
705

bisphenol A (BPA),
597
,
739
,
740
,
741
,
819
–20

tips to avoid exposure to,
740

bisphosphonates,
532
,
534
,
537

Bitch
,
65

black cohosh,
514
,
532
,
533

Black Lesbian Matters
(national report),
93

blacks,
see
African Americans; African American women

Blacktating,
454

Black Women's Health Study (BWHS),
543

bladder,
11
,
37
,
38
,
39
,
190
,
219
,
518
,
573
,
622
,
639
–45,
640
,
647

infections of,
197
,
218
,
644

male,
206
,
477

overactive,
660

postpartum,
433

prelabor and,
401

prolapsed,
640

retrograde ejaculation and,
477

see also
urinary incontinence; urinary tract infections

bladder distention (hydrodistention),
645

bladder training,
519

Blaine, Diana York,
55

blame, rape and,
698
,
704

Blank, Hanne,
143
,
186

bleeding, blood,
244
,
608
–14,
624
,
732

abnormal uterine (AUB),
611
–13

abnormal vaginal,
34
,
185
,
227
,
237
,
240

abortion and,
325
–28,
331
,
333
,
336

in delivery of placenta,
423

Depo-Provera and,
234

ectopic pregnancy and,
466
,
467

fertility drugs and,
484

fibroids and,
608
,
609

hysterectomy and,
512
,
612
,
613
,
629

infection of,
291

irregular,
223
,
228
,
233
,
234
,
237
,
253
,
255
–56,
624

labor and,
401
,
420

miscarriage and,
463
,
465

in perimenopause,
506
,
511
,
512

PID and,
622

postpartum,
431
,
432

rectal,
290

Rh factor and,
323
n

safer sex and,
258
,
265

sterilization and,
245

stillbirth and,
469

STI transmission and,
276
,
300
,
302

in urine,
640

see also
menstruation, menstrual cycle

bleeding disorders, von Willebrand disease,
26
,
611
,
613
–14

blindness,
189
,
190
,
291
,
764

bloating,
236
,
309
,
337
,
484
,
624

blogs,
663

FSD and,
183
–84

for new mothers,
454

old age and,
551

relationships and,
119
,
120

on sexuality issues,
167

blood clotting, blood clots,
21
,
80
,
532
,
631
,
649

abortion and,
325
,
336

birth control and,
197
,
210
,
226
,
227
,
230
,
231

HT and,
531
,
535
,
536
,
538
,
542
,
596

postpartum,
431
,
432

“Blood in the Boardroom” (DiFranco),
23

blood pressure,
513
,
523

see also
high blood pressure; low blood pressure

blood tests,
530
,
597
,
649

abnormal uterine bleeding and,
612

abortion and,
334

for CA-125,
621

ectopic pregnancy and,
467

HIV,
304
,
306

infertility and,
482

miscarriage and,
463
,
465
,
466

old age and,
556

PID and,
623

during pregnancy,
380
,
381
,
382
,
385

for pregnancy,
310
,
487

blood vessels,
619

body:

alienation or disconnection from,
190

postpartum changes in,
431

pregnancy and,
360
–61

shame about,
202
–3

temperature regulation in,
513
n

body burden,
729
,
734

body image,
44
–71

aging and,
549
–50

Botox and,
45
,
54

building a better,
69
–71

colorism and,
50

cosmetic surgery and,
45
,
52
,
54
–59

criticism continuum and,
45
–47

dangers of fragrances, cosmetics, and toiletries and,
50
–52

hair and,
47
,
49
,
49
,
51
,
66

inside look at beauty services industry and,
52

jobs and,
45
,
49
,
50
,
54

male activists and,
59
–60

media and,
45
,
46
,
56
–62,
64
,
66
,
69
,
693

mentors for,
65

objectification and,
57

perception and performance and,
46
–47

pornography and,
57
–60

postpartum,
448
,
449

relationships and,
114
–19

self-esteem and,
53
–54,
56
–57,
65
,
66

sex and,
57
,
148

skin color and,
47
,
48
,
50

social influences on,
145
–48,
693

targeting tweens and teens and,
64
–65

thinness ideal and,
46
,
55
,
57
,
66
–67,
148

body language,
165

body mass index (BMI),
68
,
527
,
538

Body Myth, The
(Maine),
45

body piercing,
300
,
302

Boehringer Ingelheim,
184

Bolding, April,
411

bondage and discipline (B&D),
175
–77,
265

bonding,
434
–36,
458
,
552

bone density test,
530
–31,
559

bone loss,
235
,
523
,
534
,
558
–60

prevention of,
528
–32

bone mineral density (BMD),
559

bone pain,
631

Boniva,
532

books:

erotica,
179

about pregnancy,
360

relationships and,
119
,
120

sexual pleasure and,
156
,
158

boric acid,
634
,
638
,
736

Boston, Mass.,
80
,
87
,
305

Boston Area Rape Crisis Center,
702

Boston University School of Medicine, Slone Epidemiology Center at,
543

botanicals,
514
,
532

Botox,
45
,
54
,
116
,
636

bottles, baby,
740
,
741
,
820

bowel movement,
418
,
624
,
641

of breastfeeding babies,
441

cleaning after,
31

postpartum,
433

bowels,
219
,
622
,
631
,
641

brain,
556
,
732
,
734
,
736

cancer of,
728
–29

chemical changes in,
193

hot flashes and,
513

injury to,
190
,
194

memory and,
521
–22

sex and,
174
,
520

Brandon, Ruth,
57

bras:

nursing,
431
,
450

prosthesis in,
604
,
605

push-up,
116

Brash-McGreer, Karen,
155

Bratter, Bernice,
577

Bravelle,
484

Braxton Hicks contractions,
401
,
402

Brazilian bikini waxing,
52

BRCA1

mutation,
593
,
594
,
597
,
599
,
621
,
630
,
802
,
805

BRCA2

mutation,
593
,
594
,
597
,
599
,
621
,
630
,
802
,
805

Breaking Free,
724

Breaking the Walls of Silence
(book),
284

Break the Cycle,
713

breast cancer,
185
,
543
,
588
–607,
620
,
649
,
761
,
805

abortion and,
318
,
342

alcohol and,
88
,
593
,
597

birth control and,
210
,
226
,
227
,
233
,
235
,
237
,
240

breastfeeding and,
437
,
444
,
593
,
597

classification of types of,
601
–2

debate around screening guidelines for,
591
–94