Two more days, gorgeouses, until What's Up Down There? Questions You'd Only Ask Your Gynecologist If She Was Your Best Friend leaps off shelves and into our hands (and hearts). In anticipation of the big launch day (Tues, Sept 28), this week we are pleased to publish exclusive excerpts and blogs by our very own Dr. Lissa Rankin. Today's excerpt is all about the F word -- not that one, the other one -- Fertility. So what does an OB/GYN have to say about her own fertility journey? As per usual, maybe not what you'd expect. Read on to find out!

From the time I was young, I cursed my uterus. 

Cramps plagued me when I was trying to do rounds at the hospital, and blood would leak out of my tampons and onto my scrubs in the middle of a surgery. Seeking a way to escape my own womanhood, I discovered that I could take birth control pills daily and never get a period. Why hadn’t anyone ever told me this? After I uncovered this secret, I sent my uterus to a dark recess of some basement closet and didn’t bleed again for a decade. Every now and then, my uterus (I affectionately call it Yoni) would cry out for me, but I pretty much ignored her. I wasn’t a very good friend.

In this post, I'll teach you how to turn leftovers from your kitchen and garden into “black gold” – a rich, organic fertilizer. Composting also helps you reduce your ecological footprint by preventing biomass from ending up in the landfill.