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Sarah Graham
Freelance health journalist
MA, Newspaper, Journalism
Sarah Graham is an award-winning freelance health journalist, and founder of the feminist women's health blog Hysterical Women.
Sarah specialises in mental health, women's sexual and reproductive health, gender and feminism. She writes regularly for Grazia, Refinery29, Patient and Broadly, and has also been published by Stylist, Women's Health, Cosmopolitan, BBC Three, Planet Mindful, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, and The i.
She has an MA with Distinction in Newspaper Journalism from City University, and has been freelancing since 2014.
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First licensed during the 1960s, 'the pill' has been giving women control over their reproductive systems for nearly six decades. But, in recent years, there's been a growing movement of women turning their backs on this method of birth control. So, with many having been on the pill since their teens, what actually happens to your body if you're coming off the pill?
The coronavirus pandemic has thrown all of us into an unprecedented time of uncertainty and anxiety as we adapt to life under lockdown. But it poses particular challenges for the UK's 700,000 autistic people and their families. From supermarket shortages to confusion about government guidance, people living with autism share how COVID-19 is affecting their lives, and how they're coping with the upheaval.
The ongoing coronavirus lockdown is inevitably having an impact on everyone's mental health. But while there's plenty of advice and resources out there for managing mild and moderate symptoms of depression, stress and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic, it might be harder to know where to turn in a mental health crisis.
Induction is a process of artificially kickstarting labour, most commonly used if your baby is overdue. According to the NHS, one in every five labours in the UK are induced, so here's what you need to know if you're offered induction to get the birth moving along.
Sex is probably the last thing on your mind in the immediate aftermath of giving birth. But with half of new parents returning to sexual activity within six weeks, it's worth considering your postpartum contraceptive options early on, so you're covered when the time comes.
