世界是猖獗有关妇女生殖健康的误传 - 但与你的医生交谈，即使它可能看起来不舒服，能帮助澄清事实。以下是你可能已经听说过你的生殖和性健康，你的妇产科医师（妇产科）要揭穿前三名的事情。
误区1：我每个月需要有一个周期。期。
While having an irregular period can be a sign that something is off — whether that be pregnancy or a medical condition that needs to be addressed, such as polycystic ovary syndrome — having a period every month isn’t a must for all women, depending on certain factors. Yet, women commonly believe they need to menstruate monthly for health reasons.
“那么，当你不是在某种，激素这是真的”坎迪斯·豪，医学博士，F.A.C.O.G.，一个妇产科在HM医疗纽波特海滩，加利福尼亚州，告诉HealthCentral。“但对于女性意识到，当他们是在抑制其周期避孕方法，它的真正的安全，其实这是很重要的，保护的，因为它降低了风险子宫癌and卵巢癌“。
For example, some forms of hormonal birth control, such asthe hormonal intrauterine device (IUD),可能会阻止你有一段时间。不hers, such as certain brands of birth control pills,can be taken continuously or for extended time periods使时间来不那么频繁，每三个月如。但是，没有任何理由害怕，当你没有月经期当你在激素的节育，豪博士说。
“没有衬里，需要加以棚[...]每月如果你是一个抑制激素节育，”她说。
Women may feel uneasy about the lack of monthly period if they use it as a marker for pregnancy, or they may perceive a need to ‘clean things out’ of their reproductive system each month.
“There’s a lot of cultural perception that it cleans out your system, but it’s OK,” Kristyn Brandi, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., a family planning specialist at Boston University and Boston Medical Center, told HealthCentral.
但它总是好的做法要注意在你的月经周期的任何改变 - 无论是否是在激素的节育。
“相反，如果你的月经周期有新的变化，这可能是一个迹象来[去看医生]，”布兰迪博士说。
误区2：我需要我的盆腔检查之前，新郎“那里”。
If you get the urge to apologize to your OB-GYN about your grooming habits or the appearance of your body when you’re lying on the exam table, hold back.
“People will come in and they’re already nervous, and the first thing they’ll say to me is, ‘I’m so sorry, I didn’t get a chance to get my bikini wax’—that’s like the last thing we’re looking at,” said Cheryl Iglesia, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., director of MedStar Washington Hospital Center’s Section of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery and a professor of gynecology and urology at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. “We’re not going to judge you.”
While the hair removal industry has continued to增长in recent years and pelvic grooming has become a well-established trend, especially among millennials, Dr. Iglesia told HealthCentral that women shouldn’t be overly concerned with what their external genitalia look like.
有些妇女可能会相信这是卫生或健康元以疏导他们的阴毛，但是这是一个神话，以及，豪博士说。
“没有女人提出，要觉得它改善了她的健康以任何方式[删除阴毛]，”她说。
The bottom line? Do what makes you feel comfortable when it comes to pelvic grooming, and don’t worry about what your doctor thinks of it.
“大多数的我们的时间不是集中在那些东西，所以它其实并不重要，”布兰迪博士说。“只要它不打扰你，但我并不介意。”
误区3：避孕套会保护我从所有的性传播疾病。
毫无疑问，使用避孕套是减少性传播疾病（性病），包括人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）的风险是至关重要的。但是，使用避孕套没有100％的保证，你永远不会得到任何性病。
“人们认为避孕套会抵御一切，但他们不这样做，”伊格莱西亚博士说。“他们不一定防止疱疹，和避孕套可以打破。”
According to the疾病预防与控制中心, condoms are likely to be more effective at preventing transmission of some STDs than others. For example, some STDs, such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, and HIV, can only be passed through genital fluids, so you’re likely to have greater protection against these when using a condom. Other STDs, however, like herpes, human papillomavirus, and syphilis, are transmitted by skin-to-skin contact that may occur even when you use a condom.
此外，伊格莱西亚博士指出，人们可能没有意识到，口交可以让你在性传播疾病的风险了。
“You can get herpes from oral sex,” Dr. Iglesia said. “I had a woman […] who had gonorrhea in her throat, and she never thought about that [as a possibility]."
使用避孕套或牙科坝在口交可以帮助减少这种风险，她说，但同样，没有什么是100％有效。这样做，除了使用保护的最好的事情，就是你对对方的性史伴侣沟通，她说。
“[获取]良好的性史和理解交战规则保护自己是非常重要的，”伊格莱西亚博士说。