Everyone's period is slightly different, and odds are, you have a good sense of what's normal for you. But when things start to deviate outside the norm — like a period that starts and stops — it's ...

The average woman loses about two to three tablespoons of blood during her period. The menstrual blood is partly blood and partly tissue from the endometrial lining on the inside of the uterus. It ...

Menstruation is a result of puberty. This is when your body becomes capable of reproduction. When your menstrual cycle begins, your estrogen levels increase. That causes the lining of your uterus to ...

Ever since I woke up bleeding the day before my 12 th birthday, I've had a love-hate relationship with my period. Yay, I'm a woman! Boo, I have to deal with intense pain, mood swings, and more for the ...

How did you learn about periods for the first time? Was it in a 5th grade classroom, split by sex? An embarrassing conversation with parents? When menstrual health researcher Mandi Tembo learned about ...

One week you’re convinced your period’s coming, and then something feels off. The timing’s strange, so you start to wonder: ...

Your menstrual cycle started too early, too late. There's too much, too little—it's irregular. Women's health expert Dr. Kirtly Parker Jones describes the conditions of a "normal" period, what's not ...

I happen to be one of the people who gets extremely painful periods. While I have a low tolerance for pain, in general, period pain is something I don’t wish upon anyone. I don’t remember my periods ...

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 ...

Periods were once an absolutely dreaded monthly reminder of having a uterus (which makes sense if you were in the Victorian era and had to wear a sanitary belt along with the corset, petticoats, and ...