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Yes, sex, babies need to be planned

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We are now out of the festive season, and well into the New Year. Life is slowly kicking back into scheduled activities, and the daily grind will soon reach a crescendo. Don’t allow events to run their course just by default, especially in matters of your reproductive health. It pays to have a plan in place.

Your reproductive health plans should cater both for routine health checks and potential emergent situations. Routine health checks include screening tests for cancers and other chronic conditions. Based on your age and individual characteristics, you need to enter dates into your calendar when specific health checks need to be updated. Your doctor can easily guide you on screening intervals, or you could look these up in easily accessible women’s health information portals.

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