Summer weather is usually a welcome change after a long winter. But when you’re pregnant, heat waves can also add some uncomfortable challenges. OB-GYN Sydney Randall, MD, offers her top three summer pregnancy tips.

Estrogen and progesterone are two key hormones made mostly by the ovaries. They play significant roles in the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and menopause.

Pelvic pain can be nebulous. As a result, it is sometimes dismissed by women as something benign that will eventually go away on its own. However, pelvic pain is a very real condition that should be addressed if it continues for two weeks or more.

Missing a period for several months or having irregular intervals between periods that may be accompanied with abnormally heavy bleeding, may be a sign of polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS.