In China, we call the uterus, “a woman's inner palace.” It's called a palace because it's the place to create and nurture a future generation – the next sons and daughters. It's a sacred place that needs special care and attention.

If you’re sexually active and you’re not ready to be a parent, it’s important to learn how to avoid an unwanted pregnancy. Abortion comes with a high cost, not only financially and physically, but emotionally as well.

“Am I pregnant?” This is probably one of the most frequently asked questions on our website. And the answer can trigger completely opposite reactions: either joy and excitement, or fear and a feeling of utter dread.

Recently, several Cycle Harmony friends requested that I offer some tips to help them conceive a baby. Being pregnant with a new life is one of the greatest joys a woman can ever experience. On the other hand, it can turn into a stressful event if one fails to conceive after many tries, bringing up difficult emotions such as sadness, frustration and anger.

Sex is really about circulation. Think of the last time you made love, your blood vessels dilated, your face flushed, body and senses on fire. You may have felt tired or stressed beforehand, but afterwards you felt relaxed, calm and alive, even high, as if some invisible life force was just pumped into your body, awakening every cell of your being…

To me, menstruation has always been symbolic of what it means to be a woman. However, when women take birth control pills, whether to prevent pregnancy or to regulate their periods, they no longer menstruate in the truest sense. The monthly flows of blood from birth control pills don’t follow the natural course but are instead manipulated by synthetic estrogen and progestin hormones.

Have you ever had a time when your sex drive mysteriously vanished and you just couldn’t get in the mood for sex? I’ve certainly experienced this during various phases of my life, and even within a given menstrual cycle.

Have you ever noticed that your sexual desire changes throughout the various phases of your monthly cycle? Several of my girlfriends told me that their sexuality peaks right before the menstruation. “I think I have more testosterone at that time. I have more initiative, become more assertive.” One of my girlfriends confessed, followed with a grin.

I couldn’t stop thinking about SEX while wondering what topic to write about this morning. A male reader left a comment to my post The Five Best Gifts A Woman Can Give to A Man, and said, “More sex is what a man needs. Men cannot train women in this area. Women need to teach other women.” How do we learn about sex, really? Surely not from our parents, schools, or Hollywood movies. Like most things, we probably learn from experiences for the most part. So is our sexual prowess only as good as that of our best lover?

With all of this talk about science’s latest attempts to bottle up some sort of female Viagra, I have to wonder, have these lab geeks not spoken to their wives and girlfriends? Not to get too personal with ya here, but when it’s just about that time of the month, I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for action.