Mayim Rabim

A few months ago I had to go to the mikvah when I was visiting my parents. I had only been to the mikvah in my hometown once, before my wedding, when I had a special appointment as a Kallah. This time, when I got to my mikvah of choice, the parking lot was crowded. When I walked in, the attendant apologized to me for the difficulty parking. “Will I have to wait long?” I...

I went to my gyn today and we're going to try me on an extended cycle. I think this is my long-term dream fulfilled. When I first started getting my period I dreamt of designing (and building) a machine that could suck out all the ickyness and let me get on with my active lifestyle. When I added t'h to the mix (it's been almost a year!), my husband wasn't so upset by the constant...

Sometimes the amount of rabbi-juggling in my life seems both inevitable and normal. Sometimes it works out to my benefit, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it just seems entirely out of control. And that's when I take a step back and wonder: how on earth did this happen? The course of our association with a rabbi did not, let's just say, run smooth. I had a rabbi before I got married. But I took kallah classes...

I recently had to start using a diaphragm, because a new drug that I am taking has been found to interact adversely with horemonal contraceptives. On the whole, I think that Husband and I are adjusting well. This month, however, something strange happened. I was not expecting my period to start for several days, but when I removed the diaphragm the morning after sex, I noticed some light brown discharge mixed with the contraceptive jelly....

As I mentioned earlier, I recently had to start using a diaphragm because a medication that I'm taking interferes with horemonal birth control. What I didn't mention is that I continued to take the pill at the advice of the nurse practitioner who fitted me for the diaphragm. I gathered that this had something to do with the fact that diaphragms are only 80%-90% effective, and that it isn't a great idea to get pregnant...