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What If Menstrual Hygiene Products Were Designed by People Who Actually Get Periods?

Comfort, Confidence, and Coverage: Why Ruby Love’s Brief and High-Waist Period Underwear Are Game-Changers

How Diet Affects Your Period: What to Eat & Avoid

21 Apr

Best Exercises for Menstrual Cramps

Best Exercises for Menstrual Cramps When you’re on your period, the pain from menstrual cramps may make you want to lie in bed all day cowering in pain under your blankets. But recent studies show that doing so may actually make your cramps even worse. Doctors now recommend exercise to help ease your monthly menstrual cramps. This is because when you indulge in bed rest, couch potato-hood and a...

Best Exercises for Menstrual Cramps When you’re on your period, the pain from menstrual cramps may make you want to lie in...

18 Apr

Natural Breast Augmentation From Your Period?

Natural Breast Augmentation From Your Period? We have all seen it over and over in magazines and on television--this celebrity has artificially enhanced her breasts with a “boob job”. From Britney Spears to Kendall Jenner it seems like it’s inescapable for women to avoid the stigma of having plastic surgery. Newsflash, media, what a woman does to her body is her business and your opinion about ...

Natural Breast Augmentation From Your Period? We have all seen it over and over in magazines and on television--this celeb...

14 Apr

You Might be Able to Enjoy a Chocolate Bar Guilt-free: This Chocolate Bar May Relieve Menstrual Cram

You Might be Able to Enjoy a Chocolate Bar Guilt-free: This Chocolate Bar May Relieve Menstrual Cramps When it’s that time of the month, it’s not uncommon for many women to reach for a good ol’ chocolate bar as a guilty pleasure to enjoy before and during menstruation. With all the cramps, fatigue, bloating and…other symptoms… enjoying a chocolate bar or two can feel like it’s one of the few ...

You Might be Able to Enjoy a Chocolate Bar Guilt-free: This Chocolate Bar May Relieve Menstrual Cramps When it’s that ti...

13 Apr

How Does the Moon’s Cycle Affect Your Period?

How Does the Moon’s Cycle Affect Your Period? Sometimes the phrase “menstrual cycle” can be confused with the three to seven days for which women are menstruating. Our period is just a small part of the entire menstrual cycle. So when women say they’re on their “cycle” when referring to their period it’s actually a misnomer because, technically, we’re always on our cycle. The average woman’s ...

How Does the Moon’s Cycle Affect Your Period? Sometimes the phrase “menstrual cycle” can be confused with the three to s...

28 Mar

How Do Astronauts Deal with Periods ...in Space?

How Do Astronauts Deal with Periods ...in Space? The intrigue and curiosity about space has been shared by women and men alike. But for decades, most women were shut out of the space circle due to so-called “legitimate” concerns about their emotional impairment during their menstruation in space. Even though many men had been able to transverse the stars, women were still socially prohibite...

How Do Astronauts Deal with Periods ...in Space? The intrigue and curiosity about space has been shared by women and men...

24 Mar

Nepalese Women are Exiled to Menstrual Huts and Why You Should Care

Nepalese Women are Exiled to Menstrual Huts and Why You Should Care If you had to sleep in a makeshift shed during your period, how would you feel? Fortunately, in many western countries this isn’t something women are forced to do, but in Nepal, even though this practice has been banned since 2005, many women are still forced to live in a menstruation hut while they’re menstruating or during ch...

Nepalese Women are Exiled to Menstrual Huts and Why You Should Care If you had to sleep in a makeshift shed during your pe...

22 Mar

Does Your Period Really Change After Pregnancy?

Does Your Period Really Change After Pregnancy? It is not uncommon for women to say their body is never the same after a pregnancy. Some women find it difficult to lose weight after a pregnancy and their bodies hold on to baby fat for years while others’ bodies seem to snap back as if they were never pregnant at all. Some women experience stretch marks, sagging breasts, weight gain and a host o...

Does Your Period Really Change After Pregnancy? It is not uncommon for women to say their body is never the same after a p...

19 Mar

Period Hacks: What to Use (or Not) if You Forget Your Menstrual Protection.

Period Hacks: What to Use (or Not) if You Forget Your Menstrual Protection. Most women and transgender men have their menarche, or first period, in their preteens to early teens, or around (12-15 years of age). It is said that once one has her or his first period that one’s period starts to become regular within about 6 years. So in theory, after about 6 years into our periods we should be ab...

Period Hacks: What to Use (or Not) if You Forget Your Menstrual Protection. Most women and transgender men have their me...

06 Mar

Cloth Pads vs. Conventional Disposable Pads

Cloth Pads vs. Conventional Disposable Pads Since the truth behind the process of making conventional disposable sanitary pads has come to light, and their negative impact on the environment, more and more women are considering switching from their tried and true disposable sanitary napkins and pads to reusable, and washable cloth pads. But before you fork over a couple hundred dollars on a n...

Cloth Pads vs. Conventional Disposable Pads Since the truth behind the process of making conventional disposable sanitar...

16 Feb

Why Some Girls Get Their Period After 15 Years of Age

Why Some Girls Get Their Period After 15 Years of Age The teen years can be difficult — for both teens and parents. Physical changes during puberty can make adolescents feel awkward and unsure of themselves. For a girl, getting her first period is a physical milestone and a sign of becoming a woman. It also can be confusing and scary, particularly if she has certain problems like irregular pe...

Why Some Girls Get Their Period After 15 Years of Age The teen years can be difficult — for both teens and parents. Phys...

09 Feb

Homeless Women & Their Periods

Homeless Women & Their Periods Being a woman in today’s world is a full-time job. With everyone expecting you to be a superhero--have all the right answers, multitask with everything and never mess up any step of the way--when is there time for a break? Especially when the unwanted “mother nature” comes rolling around the corner with her little monthly gift. You not only have the pres...

Homeless Women & Their Periods Being a woman in today’s world is a full-time job. With everyone expecting you to...

24 Jan

Crocheted Tampons- A Washable and Reusable Sanitary Product for Women

Crocheted Tampons- A Washable and Reusable Sanitary Product for Women Tampons are one of the most popular sanitary products used by women during their menstrual period. Many doctors have accepted conventional tampons as a good solution for menstrual protection. However, there is a growing population of women who fear that these sanitary products could lead to cancer or development of endometr...

Crocheted Tampons- A Washable and Reusable Sanitary Product for Women Tampons are one of the most popular sanitary produ...

20 Jan

Learn About Hemophiliacs

Learn About Hemophiliacs Hemophilia, contrary to popular belief, is actually a group of diseases. Each of these diseases influences the body's ability to clot or coagulate blood. Essentially, if a hemophiliac is cut or suffers from internal bleeding, the blood can't clot and stop the bleeding. Root Causes of Hemophilia Hemophilia is hereditary, which means it is passed down genetically from gen...

Learn About Hemophiliacs Hemophilia, contrary to popular belief, is actually a group of diseases. Each of these diseases i...

13 Jan

What Causes Menstrual Anemia?

What Causes Menstrual Anemia? Menstrual anemia is often proceeded by prolonged and heavy menstrual periods. Heavy periods can be defined by large amounts of blood that can soak a pad. The other symptoms that you are likely to be experiencing that can lead to menstruation induced anemia include nighttime bleeding, passing of large blood clots during your period and blood flow that lasts for mo...

What Causes Menstrual Anemia? Menstrual anemia is often proceeded by prolonged and heavy menstrual periods. Heavy period...

10 Jan

What Is A Menstrual Pad Made Of?

What Is A Menstrual Pad Made Of? As more women are becoming informed consumers and learning about what's in the food we eat, the water we drink or the clothes we wear; it is natural for one to wonder what exactly their menstrual protection is made of. This is especially true because this menstrual product is in contact with delicate skin for hours at a time. You may have discovered that when ...

What Is A Menstrual Pad Made Of? As more women are becoming informed consumers and learning about what's in the food we ...

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