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Is a Home Blood Pressure Machine Accurate?

If your typical day goes kind of like this–you have a toddler having a 2 o’clock meltdown just as your other child is getting off the school bus, and you know that you have to give your oldest his first driving lesson later today, well, you may be tempted to check your blood pressure now and again. Even if that is not your exact scenario, there are plenty of reasons for working moms as well as stay-at-homes to want to check their blood pressure. You can take a deep breath and relax knowing that you can get an accurate reading from home blood pressure machines.

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Fertility Awareness Method of Birth Control

A woman can only get pregnant in the 24 hours after ovulation. By accurately predicting when ovulation occurs, you can have unprotected sex without getting pregnant. The fertility awareness method of birth control involves tracking your menstrual cycle to determine your “fertility window”–a period of time before and after you ovulate. If you don’t want to get pregnant, you simply don’t have sex or use barrier methods of birth control during this time.