I don’t want to say my period runs my life, but... it kind of runs my life. I experience each phase of my cycle — menstruation, follicular, ovulation, and luteal — seemingly to the utmost degree, and ...

I remember the shock of getting my first period, and my mom reassuring me at the time by telling me that pretty much every woman you see walking down the street experiences periods, too. But, being ...

I've spent the majority of my adult life on birth control pills, taking them continuously, so my period has been nonexistent. So imagine my surprise when, in December 2021, I got my period, along with ...

Because no two paths to parenthood look the same, “How I Got This Baby” is a series that invites parents to share their stories. Kelly first took up running when she was in middle school and decided ...

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After gradually transitioning from using disposable pads and tampons to reusable period underwear and menstrual cups/discs, I’m now a year into a completely zero-waste period care routine. While ...

Brianna Jenkins, 23, was diagnosed with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), a skin disease that causes painful boil-like abscesses, when she was eight. When she got her period at age 10, her symptoms ...

In July 2020, when I was 35, my period changed dramatically. What had long been a regular four-day event was suddenly a four-hour waterfall of viscous blood clots before it stopped abruptly. During ...

If you have an extremely short cycle, then the time you ovulate could overlap with your period and you could get pregnant if you have unprotected sex.

Demi Lovato, Jennifer Lawrence, Brooks Nader and more stars have inspired others to speak candidly about their periods. For far too long, reproductive health issues were treated as taboo subjects, but ...

Gabi Metz did exactly what every woman does when she’s preparing for a family. She stopped taking her birth control and waited for her period to return. Only it didn’t. That’s when she looked to the ...