Your 40s: Keeping it healthy
“One of the fastest growing groups developing STIs is women over 40, because so many are out dating again,” Dr. Gunter says. If you fit this profile, be sure to ask your doctor about resuming screening for STIs. All women should continue getting Pap smears every three years (more frequently if you’ve had an abnormal Pap). And though your cycle may become more irregular, be sure to keep using birth control—until you’ve completed menopause (12 months without a period), you should assume that you can still get pregnant.
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