HER Health Library
The women's health encyclopaedia you always needed.
HER Health Library is a free, expertly written, clinically reviewed collection of articles covering every dimension of women's health, built for every woman, everywhere. Real knowledge, written by specialists, designed to help you understand your body and advocate for yourself.
HER Health Library is being built across 10 essential categories:
Fertility & Reproductive Health · Gut Health · Hormones & Cycle Health · Mental Health & Brain · Metabolism & Body Composition · Nutrition & Supplements · Perimenopause & Menopause · Pregnancy & Postpartum · Preventive Health & Screening · Sexual & Pelvic Health
Endometriosis, Fibroids and Fertility: What You Need to Know
Two of the most common reproductive conditions in women, endometriosis and fibroids, also happen to be two of the most likely to be missed, dismissed, or diagnosed years after symptoms first appear. Both can affect fertility, although neither makes pregnancy impossible and understanding how they interact with conception helps you plan rather than panic.
How Fertility Works: A Plain-English Guide
Most women are told a lot about how not to get pregnant, and almost nothing about how pregnancy actually happens. The result is that when you do want to conceive, you are often working from a half-built understanding of your own biology. Here is the version you should have been given years ago.
How to Track Ovulation Accurately
Whether you are trying to conceive, trying to avoid pregnancy, or simply trying to understand your body better, knowing when you ovulate is one of the most useful pieces of information you can have about your own cycle. The good news is that ovulation leaves several physical traces. The less good news is that not every tracking method is as accurate as it is marketed to be.
Age and Fertility: What Actually Changes and When
Few topics in women’s health are discussed with more anxiety and less precision than fertility and age. The headlines tend to land in one of two extremes: either fertility falls off a cliff at 35, or age is irrelevant and modern medicine can fix anything. Neither is accurate and both leave women without the information they actually need to make decisions.
Infertility: What It Means and When to Seek Help
One in seven couples experiences difficulty conceiving. That number is high enough that if you find yourself in it, you are far from alone, and yet the emotional weight of the experience tends to be carried in silence. One of the most useful things you can do is understand what is actually meant by infertility, what the common causes are, and when to ask for help.