Jessica Valenti

A huge part of keeping women in their place has to do with creating a really limited definition of what a 'real' woman is like. And a ton of that what-makes-a-woman nonsense is attached to motherhood. Apparently, by virtue of having ovaries and a uterus, women are automatic mommies or mommies-to-be.

American Writer

Scilla Elworthy

Your 'hara' is here, where your uterus is if you're a woman, where the tummy sticks out if you're a man, the centre of gravity of the human body. It is the synthesis of our intellect, body and spirit, and by developing our consciousness of it, we can become incredibly rooted.

American Activist

Sophia Bush

I will not vote for a candidate who thinks you can 'pray away the gay;' I will not vote for a candidate who thinks that he has more rights to my uterus than I do; I will not vote for a candidate who thinks that it's okay to dump toxic waste in the ocean.

American Actress

Holly Marie Combs

I had a few fibroids removed, and they left me with a Grand Canyon of scar tissue in my uterus. The doctors weren't sure I'd be able to reproduce. I was prepared for a rough road, and then out of nowhere we conceived.

Shonda Rhimes

Most people, I think, have accepted that it's not up to them to control other people's choices, except, it seems, when it comes to Washington, D.C., where everyone has an opinion about people's uteruses.

American Producer

Madeline Brewer

We want to make legislation; we want to put laws on women's uteruses and whether or not they can protect themselves from pregnancy or whatever, but we don't want to protect you once you're pregnant.

Christy Turlington

Women are more likely to have a ruptured uterus if they've had multiple C-sections because there's more scar tissue.

American Model

Patricia Schroeder

I have a brain and a uterus and I use both.

American Leader

Mary Beth Whitehead

American Celebrity

Emphasize that 'uterus' refers to human reproductive anatomy crucial for pregnancy.

Human Biology

It's exclusive to female biology; don't use when referring to the male reproductive system.

Gender Specific

Use 'uterus' when discussing where human pregnancy develops over nine months.

Pregnancy Context

Clarify that 'uterus' is used for the reproductive organs of specific animals, not all.

Species Specificity

Used in animal health and veterinary contexts, it's crucial for understanding animal reproduction.

Veterinary Medicine

Focus on its role in animal reproductive processes rather than the size or shape differences.

Biological Function

 in a rhythmic cycle. That pumps blood through the smooth internal walls of blood vessels, enables the intestine to constrict and push food through the digestive system, and allows the uterus to contract when a person is giving birth. As muscles work, they also use energy and produce an important byproduct, heat.

How your muscular system...

 Its placenta, a solid disk of blood-rich tissue, attaches to the wall of the uterus to support the developing embryo. The placenta is what keeps the calf alive during pregnancy. Directly connected to the mother's blood supply, it funnels nutrients and oxygen straight into the calf's body

The three different ways...

 Hey! Well, we also believe that when you go to heaven, you get your body restored to you in its best original state. Like, if you'd lost a leg, well, you get it back. Or, if you'd gone blind, you could see." I said, "Oh. Now, I don't have a uterus, because I had cancer a few years ago.

Letting go of God PIPE...

 an important area of research, because some of the most serious complications are related to the heart and blood pressure. The expanding uterus may press on veins— causing fluid buildup in the legs and feet. If it presses on a large vein called the inferior vena cava,

The surprising effects...

 a hormone called HCG. HCG is produced in the earliest stages of pregnancy and starts a game of telephone that tells the body not to shed the inner lining of the uterus that month. As the pregnancy progresses, HCG supports the formation of the placenta,

How do pregnancy tests...

 As it grows and continues to release estrogen, this hormone not only helps coordinate growth and preparation of the uterus, it also communicates to the brain how well the follicle is developing. When the estrogen level is high enough,

How in vitro fertilizatio...

 This system is responsible for creating life the primary organs involved differ between the sexes with ovaries fallopian Tubes the uterus and vagina found in women and testes and a sperm channel found in men together

Human Body 101 PIPE...

 in particularly passionate women. The Greeks thought the uterus would literally dry up and wander around the body in search of moisture, pressing on internal organs -- yes -- causing symptoms from extreme emotions

What happens when you...

 massaging my stomach to help the uterus contract gently tugging at my umbilical cord finally the Midwife calls for backup my baby is taken from my arms and I'm lying there feeling vulnerable and

Caring for maternal...

 that done and enclosed within the membrane it travels on into the uterus when it will be given its protective armor a shell the shell is actually quite separate

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