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  1. Endometriosis

    Endometriosis is a condition that affects one in 10 women. It can sometimes cause severe pain and might reduce your fertility. There are many treatment options available.

  2. Women's sexual and reproductive health

    Good sexual and reproductive health is central to women's ability to make choices and decisions about their lives, including when, or whether, to consider having children.

  3. Infertility in women

    The odds of a young fertile couple conceiving by having sexual intercourse around the time of ovulation are approximately one in five every month.

  4. Retroverted uterus

    Painful sex may be caused by a retroverted uterus.

  5. Free pads and tampons. Period.

    Pads and tampons aren’t a luxury. They are essential to health and wellbeing. Victorians should be able to access them whenever and wherever they need to. That’s why the Victorian Government is making free pads and tampons available across the state.

  6. Women's sexual and reproductive health (video)

    Find out some facts about women's sexual and reproductive health - including fertility, contraception, menopause, parental consent and conditions (such as PCOS and endometriosis).

  7. Period pain – dysmenorrhoea

    Women of any age can experience painful periods and some women find periods are no longer painful after pregnancy and childbirth.

  8. Hysterectomy

    The conditions that prompt a hysterectomy can often be treated by other means, and hysterectomy should only be a last resort.

  9. Heavy periods

    About heavy periods (menorrhagia or abnormal uterine bleeding). Details on blood loss, symptoms, causes, health effects, diagnosis, treatment and where to get help.

  10. Ovulation pain

    Ovulation pain is usually harmless, but can sometimes indicate various medical conditions such as endometriosis.

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