Period chat has come a long way over the years. Today’s youth feel much more comfortable chatting to their parents about puberty and periods. And today’s parents are also much more open to having these conversations with their children. But what about perimenopause? How many of us are talking to our daughters about perimenopause and…
If you keep track of your period, you may have noticed a pattern emerging to do with how you feel on certain days. Some days you might feel utterly miserable – bad cramps, heavy bleeding, emotional etc., whereas other days you’d barely even know you had your period. And even if you don’t keep track…
If you use HRT patches, such as Evorel, you’ll know first-hand how difficult it can be to get rid of the marks left behind from the sticky adhesive. Obviously, they need to be super sticky because you want them to stay put in order for them to work their hormone boosting magic. Nevertheless, looking like…
According to research carried out by the period tracking app Clue, there are approximately 5,000 different period euphemisms used around the world. That’s a lot of different alternative words for a period! We’ve sat down and tried to list the ones we know and can literally count them on both hands Try it, it’s harder…
I’ve been writing trends posts for years now. Covering areas such as wellness, health, fitness, food, and beauty. Never once did I think that one day I’d be writing about menstruation trends 2023. I mean, we bleed, every month, we deal with it, life goes on, surely there’s not a lot that changes. Turns out…
I’m going to talk about vaginal discharge. Hey, come on now, don’t go pulling that face, all us girls get it. It’s not dirty, it’s totally normal, it’s nothing to be ashamed of, and without it our vaginas would be feeling really rather sorry for themselves. You see, vaginal discharge is the female body’s very…
Getting your period is sucky enough as it is. I mean I’m all up for this female empowerment, period power shizzle, but honestly it’s an absolute pain in the backside, right? If we had a choice, would we really choose to bleed out of our vaginas every month? I think not. But what’s even more…
The average age a girl starts her first period is gradually getting younger, which is why it’s more important than ever for us to prepare them as soon as possible. And this preparation comes in the form of education about what is happening to her body, as well as the finer details of how to…
There are at least 34 symptoms associated with the perimenopause, so it’s no wonder us women are confused about the whole thing. Although is unlikely that a woman would experience all of these symptoms, there aren’t many women fortunate enough to go through their perimenopause journey completely unscathed. Today, I’m going to look at 5…
We’ve all been there… You wake up, get out of bed, turn around to make the duvet all neat, and there’s period blood stains spreading their way across your beautiful white Egyptian cotton bed sheets. Whether it’s an unexpected period, a heavy period, ill-fitting period products, or you’ve slept in a funny position, waking up…