Our Bodies, Ourselves (212 page)

premenstrual,
23
–24,
25
,
511

mood-altering medications,
390

Mooncup,
22

Moreno, Angela,
14
–15

morphine,
414

mother-daughter relationship, body image and,
65

mothers, mothering,
429
–60

adoptive,
434
,
444
–45,
455

emotional challenges of,
454
–59

gestational,
804

health and well-being of,
447
–50

myths about,
313

postpartum physical recovery of,
430
–34

separation of babies from,
380
,
435

stay-at-home,
459
,
460

support for,
451
–53,
452

teen,
457
,
783

thoughts and emotions of,
451
–54

today,
459
–60

transformation to,
428

working,
761

see also
breastfeeding

Motrin,
432
,
443

movement,
431
,
433
,
523
,
563

exercise vs.,
69

fetal,
469

Movement in Black
(Parker),
91
–92

movies,
50
,
62
,
85

Disney,
120
,
121

relationships and,
120
,
121
,
122

Ms.,
339

Ms. Foundation,
818

Mubayi, Suneel(a),
78

mucus discharge,
401
,
403

Mukhopadhyay, Samhita,
695
–96

multiple identities,
91
–92

multiple sclerosis (MS),
189
,
195
,
624

murder,
122
,
691
,
692
,
711
,
788

muscles:

aching,
304

loss of,
138
,
523

orgasm and,
158

see also specific muscles

Musings of a Fatshionista,
68

Muslim women:

Bill of Bedroom Rights for,
150

stereotypes of,
144

“My Body Is Mine” badge,
32

My New Pink Button,
52

myofascial pain syndrome,
196

myomectomy,
609
,
629
,
630

Myriad Genetics,
905

My Sex Professor,
167

Nabothian cysts,
10

nalbuphine,
414

Name It, Change It,
818

Namibia,
798

naproxen,
331

Nasserzadeh, Sara,
156

National Abortion Federation (NAF),
311
,
312
,
318
,
320

National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW),
671
,
815

National Alliance for Caregiving,
575

National Black Justice Coalition,
80
,
96

National Breast Cancer Coalition,
600

National Cancer Institute,
318
,
342
,
543
,
594
,
596
,
599
,
621

National Cancer Institute DES Follow-up Study,
627

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM),
533
,
674

National Center for Creative Aging,
578

National Center for Transgender Equality,
80

National Center for Victims of Crime, Stalking Resource Center,
717

National Center on Elder Abuse,
576
,
711

National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women,
717

National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life,
576
,
711

National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP),
705

National Coming Out Day,
90

National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse,
576

National Committee on Pay Equity,
583

National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare,
583

National Council for Occupational Safety and Health,
753

National Council of Women's Organizations,
581

National Council on Aging,
557

National Crime Victimization Survey,
719

National Dating Abuse Helpline,
703

National Domestic Violence Hotline,
311
,
386
,
711
,
714

National Endowment for the Arts,
578

National Family Caregiver Support Program,
575

National Gay and Lesbian Health Foundation,
87

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Policy Institute of,
96
,
558

National Herpes Resource Center,
297

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization,
572

National HPV and Cervical Cancer Prevention Resource Center,
300

National Human Genome Research Institute,
802

National Human Trafficking Resource Center,
792

National Indian Child Welfare Association,
315

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE),
392

National Institute of Justice,
702

National Institute on Aging,
575

National Institutes of Health (NIH),
305
,
389
,
535
,
543
,
625
,
645
,
674

National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference on Vaginal Birth After Cesarean,
663

National Institutes of Health (NIH) State-of-the-Science conference (2005),
533

National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH),
773

National Lead Information Hotline,
733

National Lesbian Health Care Survey,
87

National Library of Medicine,
568

National Network of Abortion Funds,
320
,
322

National Network to End Domestic Violence,
714
,
719

National Nurses United,
769

National Organization for Women (NOW),
583

National Osteoporosis Foundation,
529

National Partnership for Women & Families,
583

National Research Center for Women and Families,
55
,
606

National Resource Center on LGBT Aging,
558

National Senior Citizen's Law Center,
558

National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC),
703
,
711

National Society of Genetic Counselors,
599

National Task Force on Girls and Women in the Media,
69

National Vaccine for Children (VFC) program,
277

National Violence Against Women Survey,
701

National Vulvodynia Association,
187
,
636

National Women's Health Center,
525

National Women's Health Information

Center,
305
,
543
,
557
,
559
,
664
,
700
,
710

National Women's Health Network,
543
,
644
,
664

National Women's Law Center,
583
,
655
,
771

Native Americans,
see
American Indians

Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORC),
568

Natural Resources Defense Fund,
819

nausea,
24
,
184
,
228
,
231
,
245
,
290
,
305
,
484
,
622

abortion and,
331

emergency contraception and,
252
,
253

perimenopause and,
510
,
514

pregnancy and,
309
,
337
,
380
,
403

Navajo Nation,
733

Nebraska, abortion in,
345

needle sharing,
81
,
284
,
300
,
302

neighborhoods, neighbors,
758
,
764

safety in,
708

talking to,
752
–53

Nelson, Ben,
775

Nelson, Margaret,
574

Nelson Amendment,
775
,
776

neonatal death,
427
,
471

Nepal,
824
–25

nerve block,
515

nerves, nervous system,
157
,
732
,
734
,
738

Netherlands,
627

transsexuals in,
80
,
81
,
83

Network for Surviving Stalking,
720

Network of East-West Women,
784
–85

Nevada,
724
,
771
,
777
,
815

newborns,
290
,
421
–24,
730
,
743

bonding with,
434
–36,
458

breastfeeding of,
423
–24,
435
–46

breathing of,
421
,
426

crying of,
421

death of,
427

first hours and days and,
424

mother separated from,
380
,
435

New Hampshire,
771

New Left Project,
59

Newman, Amy,
777

New Moon,
65

New Moon Girls,
818

New
Our Bodies, Ourselves
, The,
339

newsletters, for health information,
559

New View Campaign,
59

NewViewCampaign.org,
156

New View of Women's Sexual Problems, A
(Kaschak and Tiefer, eds.),
156
,
182

New York (state): abortion in,
340

environmental problems in,
739
,
742
,
754
,
755
–56

New York Academy of Medicine,
644

New York City,
59
,
69
,
706
,
726
,
748
,
754
,
809

Condom Availability Program in,
273

lead poisoning in,
732
–33

New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP),
705

New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH),
749

New York Times
,
45
,
551

New Zealand,
246
,
627

Next Choice,
233
,
252
,
253

Nguyen, Connie,
751

Niagara Falls, N.Y.,
739
,
754
,
755
–56

Nicaragua,
786
,
787

Niger,
781
,
787

Nigeria,
526
–27,
782
,
797
–98,
797

night sweats,
304
,
506
,
510
,
513
–16,
536

911 calls,
714

nipples,
13
,
16
,
17
,
82
,
154
,
507
,
564

breastfeeding and,
439
,
440
,
441
–42,
443
,
445

discharge from,
590

sensitivity of,
309

sore,
441
–42

nitrofurantoin,
642

nitrous oxide,
414
,
415
,
762

NOAH (New York Online Access to Health), Women's Health,
664

Nomani, Asra,
150

“no means no” phrase,
163

nonmedical birth control,
246
–51,
255

abstinence,
248
,
250
–51

breastfeeding,
249

fertility awareness method,
27
,
28
,
248
–49,
255

withdrawal,
246
–47,
255

Nonoxynol-9 (N-9),
186
,
221
–22,
223
,
268

nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS),
26
,
331
,
443
,
512
,
612
,
645

Norberg-Bohm, Craig,
694

norepinephrine,
513
n

norethindrone acetate,
542

Norris, Holly,
61

North American Menopause Society (NAMS),
534
,
543

North Carolina,
748

Norway,
627
,
782

nose reshaping (rhinoplasty),
54

noses,
56
,
517

notification laws, abortion and,
323
,
343

Novarel,
484

NovaSure,
613

NOW, Love Your Body campaign of,
71

Nubain,
414

nucleic acid amplification DNA test (NAAT),
291
,
293

nurse-midwives,
654
,
679
,
747