What is Going On in My Body?

•The no. 1 self-help book on puberty - completely revised and with a new layout

•By the doctor and founder of the My Fertility Matters Programme

•Total sales in German: 90,000 copies

This self-help book gives young women a comprehensive insight into the processes of the female body. The doctor and author lovingly explains to girls everything they need to know about the female cycle, menstrual problems, contraception and pregnancy. Numerous info boxes offer additional information for mothers and daughters. The long-term seller has already been translated into eight languages. The educational programme “My Fertility Matters” developed by the author is now represented by ten partner organisations in Europe, in the USA and in China.

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  • Publisher: Knaur MensSana HC
  • Release: 04.11.2019
  • ISBN: 978-3-426-65854-3
  • 160 Pages
  • Author: Dr. med. Elisabeth Raith-Paula
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Dr. med. Elisabeth Raith-Paula

Dr. Elisabeth Raith-Paula, born in 1955, gained a doctorate in medicine at Munich University München. Since 1992, she has been teaching social education on the topics of the menstruation cycle, desire to have children and contraception at the university of applied science. She has published work on the topics of natural family planning and the female cycle. In 1999, she established the multi-award-winning “My Fertility Matters Programme” for pedagogical sexual prevention work for girls and boys going through puberty. For this work she received the Bundesverdienstkreuz (The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany) in 2010.