In your 40s – when your body starts the transition to menopause – periods may become irregular. If you have a short cycle, you could ovulate right after your period ends (mid-cycle of a 21-day cycle could be on day 10 or 11 since the start of your period). An...
Periods are normal. We should normalize them in society. Not like we are all walking around shouting HEY WORLD I’M ON MY PERIOD, but it would be nice if a woman working in an office or a girl attending school could make her more frequent bathroom visits in peace and if men didn’t ...
I know I’ve included a lot of plugs for donations in this post, but really it’s the least you could do. TheDolores Projecthomeless shelter could use your help as well. If giving money is totally not an option at this point though, supporting Indigenous artists in all media is a good...
Sometimes, it can indicate pregnancy or perimenopause. Less commonly, it could be a sign of an underlying health condition. Brown discharge before a period is typically a vaginal discharge that contains blood. Brown discharge that occurs when a periodis not due may cause worry. What does it me...
I knew nothing about menopause (except that it involved hot flushes and no periods). I had never even heard the word perimenopause! I was 49, and felt that I was far too young to be experiencing menopause. I thought it happened to women in their late 50s or early 60s. There...
They told me i HAD to get a colposcopy even tho the disease clears on its own in most cases. I did. Even tho the colposcopy was fine I was repeatedly harassed about pap smears. I was of perimenopause age and periods were skipping so they wanted biopsy. I had no other symptoms yet ...