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Introduction
A Letter from Founders of the Boston Women's Health Book Collective

Taking Care of Ourselves

1:Body Image

2:Eating Well

3:Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Mood-Altering Drugs

4:Our Bodies in Motion

5:Complementary Health Practices

6:Emotional Well-Being

7:Environmental and Occupational Health

8:Violence and Abuse

Relationships and Sexuality

9:Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation

10:Relationships with Men

11:Relationships with Women

12:Sexuality

Sexual Health

13:Sexual Anatomy, Reproduction, and the Menstrual Cycle

14:Safer Sex

15:Sexually Transmitted Infections

16:HIV and AIDS

Reproductive Choices

17:Considering Parenting

18:Birth Control

19:Unexpected Pregnancy

20:Abortion

Childbearing

21:Pregnancy

22:Childbirth

23:The First Year of Parenting

24:Childbearing Loss

25:Infertility and Assisted Reproduction

Growing Older

26:Midlife and Menopause

27:Our Later Years

Medical Problems and Procedures

28:Unique to Women

29:Special Concerns for Women

Knowledge Is Power

30:Navigating the Health Care System

31:The Politics of Women's Health

32:Organizing for Change

Glossary

Resources

The Production Team for Our Bodies, Ourselves 2005

Authorship and Acknowledgments

About the Contributors

Index