Health, Menstruation
Have you ever stared at the whiteboard at the front of your class, but couldn’t focus because of the dull ache in your back? Or fidgeted and fussed at your office desk because of the stiffness in your neck and shoulders? During our periods, our bodies experience...
Menstruation
A woman’s health company based in Virginia, wants to bring interest back to an old fashion birth control with first of its kind one-size-fits-most diaphragm named Caya. This diaphragm is the first to come out in over fifty years. It is not surprising that when the...
Menstruation
Coming on your period when you’re really not expecting it can be annoying, inconvenient and even embarrassing at times. If you don’t have any supplies in your handbag and you’re wearing a really inappropriate outfit, getting your period can be a bit of a nightmare!...
Menstruation
I remember in college when I was going through my “I-am-woman-hear-me-roar” phase I read a lovely article by Gloria Steinem called “If Men Could Menstruate”. It is glorious, so if you have never read it I highly recommend doing so. You will laugh until you cry,...
Menstruation
As a child I was a reading enthusiast, something I continue to be today. Reading has really shaped me as a person, from Grover’s “Monster At The End of This Book” to “Crime and Punishment” to “Fifty Shades of Grey”; reading is both an escape and grounding in reality....
Health, Menstruation
As an eighteen year old out of my parents’ home for the first time, I decided it was finally time to take control of my health and make an appointment for my first gynecological exam. I hadn’t gone to a doctor in years, let alone a gynecologist, so not only did I feel...