Women's Health Medical Reference

When will baby arrive? WebMD tells you how to calculate your due date and why it's important for your health provider to know.

A list of essentials -- like baby diapers, a car seat, and baby bottles -- and what else to buy for your baby and for the nursery.

While some medications are considered safe to take during pregnancy, the effects of other medications on your unborn baby are unknown. WebMD looks at your pregnancy and medications.

Pregnant women are more vulnerable to getting urinary tract infections. Learn more from WebMD about the causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of UTIs in pregnancy.

A look at why we eat fat, and how to eat less.

Remember these tips for maintaining your hard-won weight loss.

WebMD explains painful ovulation -- or ''mittelschmerz'' -- which causes pelvic and abdominal pain in some women in mid-cycle. Find out more, including treatment for it.

You've heard of goiters, but do you really know what they are? Find out now.

Learn basic information about toxic shock syndrome from the experts at WebMD.

WebMD explains Graves disease, a form of hyperthyroidism.

WebMD explains the symptoms of Graves' disease.

Learn more from WebMD about the symptoms of thyroid problems.

WebMD explains the diagnosis of and treatment options for Graves' disease.

Understand what thyroid disease is, how your thyroid works, and how hormone imbalances like hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism affect your body.

Learn more from WebMD about the causes and treatments of a prolapsed uterus, a condition in which the pelvic ligaments, muscles and tissues that support the uterus weaken.

If you are suffering from insomnia, there are many steps you can take to change your behaviors and lifestyle to help and get some sleep.

Menstrual pain can range from mild to unbearable. WebMD explains what is behind the pain and what you can do about it.

Prolapsed bladder is a common condition in women often caused by childbirth and menopause. Learn more.