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22 Aug

What Is Considered a Heavy Period?

While the majority of women suffer from days during their periods where their flow is heavy, and the cramps are almost unbearable, the number that suffers from heavy periods is much lower. Menorrhagia is a medical condition that is a lot more severe than even the worst periods for many ladies. With it often being an underlying problem for other, more serious medical issues, it is important to g...

While the majority of women suffer from days during their periods where their flow is heavy, and the cramps are almost unb...

09 Aug

Period Nail Art: The Type of Trend We Can All Get Behind

There are several ways you can celebrate when you are having your period. Most people don't even celebrate their monthly menses, some just go to the comfort room discreetly with a tampon or pad tucked tightly in hand. Some people just load up on their favorite sweets, and still others choose to announce their period through nail art. When you check the hashtag #periodnails on Instagram, you w...

There are several ways you can celebrate when you are having your period. Most people don't even celebrate their monthly m...

12 Jul

The Best Alternative For Tampons When Swimming on Your Period

It’s summertime! You might be planning to hit the beach or the swimmingpool soon but what if Aunt Flo suddenly makes a visit? Swimming during your period might make you queasy and worried. What if you leak in the pool? What if you leak on your new white bathing suit? What if you shouldn’t swim during your period? Relax, it’s safe! You can swim during your period! Contrary to popular belief,...

It’s summertime! You might be planning to hit the beach or the swimmingpool soon but what if Aunt Flo suddenly makes a vis...

17 Jun

What's all the Fuss About Hemp and Your Period?

What's all the Fuss About Hemp and Your Period? It’s a contentious issue. The legalization of marijuana has been wrought with struggle. Today in the United States of America it is a schedule 1 drug, considered one of the most dangerous drugs by the DEA, along with LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide), heroin and ecstasy (Methylenedioxymethamphetamine). These drugs are listed as schedule one drugs b...

What's all the Fuss About Hemp and Your Period? It’s a contentious issue. The legalization of marijuana has been wrought w...

07 Jun

What You Should Know If You're Getting A Bikini Wax On Your Period

What You Should Know If You're Getting A Bikini Wax On Your Period Imagine this scenario: It's time for you to get another Brazilian wax. You're probably going to the beach soon and you can't go without trimming your bikini area. Or you're one of those ladies who likes being hairless like a blank slate down there. But all of a sudden Aunt Flo comes for a visit! Will you still push through with ...

What You Should Know If You're Getting A Bikini Wax On Your Period Imagine this scenario: It's time for you to get another...

02 Jun

Clever Ways to Beat Bloating

Clever Ways to Beat Bloating Most of us know that feeling at least once a month—we reach for our favorite, tried-and-tested pair of body-hugging jeans that fit just fine last week but today, no matter how much we jump, wiggle and suck in our gut there is no way these jeans are buttoning up. Or if you’re lucky you’re at least able to get them on—albeit with a lot more discomfort than you’re ac...

Clever Ways to Beat Bloating Most of us know that feeling at least once a month—we reach for our favorite, tried-and-tes...

19 May

The Truth About Menstruating in the Office

The Truth About Menstruating in the Office A hilarious web comedy series is currently making the rounds on the internet. “Period Piece”, a web series produced by Indian-American actress Liliana Tandon, sheds light on menstruation and the various ways women in different points of history have dealt with their periods. One episode featured Cherokee women who, during colonial America, believed tha...

The Truth About Menstruating in the Office A hilarious web comedy series is currently making the rounds on the internet. “...

18 May

How Much Blood You Really Lose During Your Period

How Much Blood You Really Lose During Your Period We often joke that when we have our periods that it looks like there was a war in our pants. The amount of blood shed during a period can look like an awful lot. Especially if one factors in how many pads and tampons we go through over the course of our monthly menses. But have you wondered about how much you actually lose in blood each month? I...

How Much Blood You Really Lose During Your Period We often joke that when we have our periods that it looks like there was...

16 May

Do Your Periods Last a Week? You Could Have This Disease

Do Your Periods Last a Week? You Could Have This Disease Normally, a woman’s period lasts three to seven days but what if it lasts more than a week? This unusual occurrence can be a clue to a more serious condition called von Willebrand Disease. What is von Willebrand Disease? Von Willebrand Disease, or VWD, is a genetic bleeding disorder. It is caused by a missing or defective von Willebrand F...

Do Your Periods Last a Week? You Could Have This Disease Normally, a woman’s period lasts three to seven days but what if ...

29 Apr

What Young Women Need to Know About TSS (Toxic Shock Syndrome)

What Young Women Need to Know About TSS (Toxic Shock Syndrome) Have your heard of Toxic Shock Syndrome or TSS? It seems like just 30 years ago everyone knew about the dangers of TSS — what the probable cause of it was and how to avoid getting it. The news filled the airwaves and our television tubes. Laws were passed that required leaflets to be included in menstrual products that had been link...

What Young Women Need to Know About TSS (Toxic Shock Syndrome) Have your heard of Toxic Shock Syndrome or TSS? It seems li...

25 Apr

Do Men Really Experience Male Periods?

You may or may not have joked that a guy was on his period when he behaved extremely irritable. Maybe you noticed that at certain times of the month he’s a little more sensitive than usual. But do guys really experience a period like females, minus the blood? As it turns out, males do in fact experience a “time of the month.” Just like women, men experience premenstrual syndrome (PMS) symptoms ...

You may or may not have joked that a guy was on his period when he behaved extremely irritable. Maybe you noticed that at ...

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...

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