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Your Fourth Trimester Flow: How Your Period Changes After Childbirth
If you aren’t breastfeeding, you can expect your period to return in about 6-8 weeks. If you are breastfeeding, it will likely take several months, but you should talk to your doctor about birth control options, because the absence of a period each month doesn’t necessarily mean you aren’t fertile.
Tea Time of the Month: The Best Herbal Drinks For Menstrual Cramps
Statistics say that up to 90% of women experience painful periods. Below are some of our favorite herbal teas that can help relieve cycle-related symptoms.
Phantom Period Pain: What to Know
A common question in the doctor’s office is “I’ve been experiencing what feels like menstrual cramps except I don’t actually bleed... What gives?” What may or may not surprise you is the origin of phantom period pain can be within the uterus or from somewhere else in the abdomen. Read on for more specifics about these
Hormonal Acne: How to Deal With and Heal Cycle-Related Acne
Hormonal acne happens because of fluctuations in hormone levels, specifically a rise in androgens or male hormones (like testosterone). Hormonal acne is particularly common in women because of a wide variety of factors like hormonal fluctuations during periods and menopause.
6 Harmful Things You Didn’t Know Were in Your Tampon
In our lifetime, we put between 10,000 and 11,000 tampons into our bodies. With that amount of exposure, we should feel assured tampons are safe for our bodies. Sadly, there’s much more we need to uncover about what tampons are made of and what kinds of chemical exposure they may lead to.