Every month the uterus dutifully prepares its lining in the hope of receiving a very special guest – the fertilised egg. If the visitor doesn’t arrive, the uterus has to divest itself of the lining, so that it can do the same thing all over again the next month. It’s what we ladies know as ‘menstrual cycle’ or ‘periods’ As though bleeding from the vagina 5 days a month, every month for 30-40 years of one’s life isn’t enough –…
Why do we need period tracker or ovulation tracker apps? Well, for one thing, we have apps to track just about everything else in our lives. So, why not an app that tracks our periods? There is an abundance of period tracker apps all…
So every mother of a daughter must have agonized over having ‘The Talk’ with her child at some time or the other. When is the right time – would definitely top the list of agonies related to discussing puberty and menstruation with one’s daughter.…
Don’t ‘beware’, just ‘be aware’ of menstruation. It’s safe to say that on any given day, 800 million women across the world are going through menstruation. All countries thus, have a responsibility to create an environment where menstruating women feel safe and taken care…
Does Menstrual Synchrony exist? Do period cycles sync? To put it simply – do females living together also get their periods together? Well, Martha McClintock cared enough about syncing periods to publish an entire paper on it, way back in 1971 and this was…
Speak about the history of the sanitary pad or the evolution of the sanitary pad – and mention must be made of Herodotus, a Greek historian who is also grandly known as ‘the Father of History’. So, it’s hardly surprising that the history of…
January comes and then women all around the country gear up to celebrate haldi kumkum, a ceremony which follows Makar Sankranti – the first festival to kick-start the year. It also happens to be the only Hindu festival based on the position of the…
Right, so in the journey of a uterus, there are two important milestones – Menarche (pronounced like ‘anarchy’ for some reason) and Menopause (pronounced ‘hot flashes’, ‘mood swings’ and ‘general misery’ for obvious reasons). The meaning of menarche is the beginning of the reproductive…
So ladies, you would think life was difficult enough with cramps, mood swings, acne in embarrassing places on your faces, accompanied by general misery and discomfort. That too lasting for a week, every single month, for 30-35 years of your lives. Brace yourselves and…