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Bedikot after tearing in childbirth

I'm six and a half weeks postpartum, and no longer spotting. I had a 3rd degree perineum tear, as well as internal tearing, and I'm still feeling discomfort⁄soreness in those areas. How does one do bedikot for the clean days in a situation like this...

No desire: postpartum on pill

Hello.
I am seven months postpartum and am currently on the pill (loestrin) which is working very well for me BH. I was on the mini pill and I had constant bleeding which was a nightmare. However, my problem now is that I have absolutely no drive to...

Collecting cord blood on Shabbat

What are the limitations on collecting cord blood on Shabbat? Can it be done on Shabbat at all, taking into consideration the cost of this procedure?

Optimal time for afternoon bedikah during clean days

I previously asked a question as to the earliest time I can do an afternoon bedikah and I was told this is the time of mincha ketanah. Are you allowed to do bedikot every day at the time of mincha ketanah if you wish to do so, or is this a leniency that s...

Cord blood banking

Hello, I was wondering what the laws are regarding cord blood banking (saving the blood from the umbilical cord to be potentially used later for its disease treating capacities). Thanks!

Veset kavua on pill

I am on birth control and know that on Thursday morning I will start my next period. It has been more then three times in a row that it starts on the 4th morning after ending my pack of pills.
Am I allowed to have relations with my husband on Wednes...

Red stain turning to brown

Hi. I love your site and I am grateful for what you do.
There have been times when my bedikah has had a red stain but then when I look again a little while later after it has dried, the stain has turned brown. What if, by the time I show it to a rav...

Minimum wait if I became niddah right after mikveh, before relations?

Hi.
Two weeks ago I had a miscarriage and then a D&C. The bleeding afterwards lasted exactly one week.
I counted 7 clean days and went to the mikvah this past Friday night. During dinner I went to the bathroom and discovered I was bleeding...

Combing underarm hair

Why do I need to comb my underarm hair? I keep that hair short & have never found a knot in it. If anything I may be introducing dandruff from my head. Why am I combing it, aside from because that's what I was taught?

After sunset, before nightfall – day or night onah?

I got my period in the time of "bein hashmashot". For purposes of the "prisha" days, is that considered daytime or nighttime, or both?? Thank you.

Guilt & premarital relations

I am a woman who is not yet married but has had pre-marital relations with two separate men in my lifetime. I have become more religious over the past year and a half and I feel extreme guilt for what I have done. I am ashamed and scared that no man will ...

Mikveh immersion with a physical disability

Is a woman who is physically disabled exempt from immersing in the mikveh? What happens if she cannot visit a mikveh that is handicapped accessible? Would she be still obligated to immerse, but with assistance from another woman? What happens if physical ...

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