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Might I say "luna" for a woman's period?
I'm writing a story that takes place nearabout 1900-1920. A female character visits an alchemist and refers to the start of her monthly period a few years before. [more inside]
Shows with Upstairs Royals/Downstairs Staff?
I just finished Cocinera de Castamar and it rekindled my love of stories about estates that involve families and those who serve them. I'm looking for shows or movies like Cocinera de Castamar, and Downton Abbey. Bonus points if they are in the language of the setting. TY!
Tell me about your experience delaying your period
Have you taken the pill or the mini-pill temporarily in order to skip/delay a period? Please tell me about your first-hand experiences. [more inside]
Help with PMS / PMDD
I need recommendations for doctors in NYC who can treat PMS/PMDD. [more inside]
How to Period Cup
PEOPLE WITH PERIODS: I've been using my period cup for a few months, not fully to my satisfaction. What am I doing wrong? [more inside]
In need of a new period tracking app/website.
The period app I've used for years is closing down. What can I use instead? [more inside]
Can calorie reduction (without being thin) cause missed period?
I am significantly overweight. I've recently made changes to my diet that were not intended to cut calorie consumption, but have reduced my calorie consumption. I've been eating maybe 1000-1200 calories per day for maybe half the days over the past 2 months. I've lost weight, but not fast and not such that I am no longer significantly overweight. I've lost about 15 lbs in 3 months. My period has not come. Could the reduced calories explain this? I am not pregnant. I have contacted my doctor, so no need to advise this.
Why do I feel like my tampon is leaking when it definitely isn't?
This isn't a question about tampon alternatives. It's just the question it is and mostly a wonder, not a problem. [more inside]
Is there an anti-Carrie?
Seeking: funny, breezy, lighthearted, and positive TV/movie depictions of girls getting the first period. I'm hoping for recs with girls on the younger side, 13 or under. And it would be great if there's a good mom-daughter relationship as part of the story. [more inside]
Tampon Troubleshooting
I’m a 30 year old virgin who would like to use tampons but struggling. [more inside]
Period tracker for non-binary people
I need a period tracker app that preserves my privacy, does not bother me about fertility, and that notifies me a few days before my period is likely to start. [more inside]
Taste in mouth just before/beginning of period
Does anyone else get a taste in their mouth just before (like hours) their period and at the beginning? I've always described it as "tasting as though my saliva is stale." I'm looking for anyone else who gets a taste and can describe it and holy-grail...any idea what exactly causes it?
How can I best communicate with my wife about our monthly arguments?
1. Is it possible that our regular arguments are in some way influenced by my wife's cycle, or is that just misogynistic and wrong mindset?
2. and details below the fold [more inside]
Where can I get a wearable, reusable heating pad for menstrual cramps?
I am looking for a heating pad for menstrual cramps that I can wear, that is reusable, and that lets me walk around (no cord connecting me to a wall). [more inside]
Best cycle tracker/ovulation predictor app for phone?
I'm interested in properly tracking my menstrual cycle and my ovulation, with the goal of getting pregnant. I have been using my iPhone's native "Health" app, in which I have been logging my period each month. I'm not convinced that the fertility window it generates from that information is accurate for me. I'm looking for an intuitive app that will allow me to log my period, and which ideally combines that with hormonal tests (probably urine?) such that it gives me a more reliable indicator of when I specifically am fertile.
Quotes and parenthesis and grammar, oh my!
Where does the period go at the end of this sentence: "It was just like I remember it" (24:165). After "it," inside the quotes? Inside the parenthesis? Or as is? [more inside]
Reusable menstrual products: 2020 edition
Do you have a period system that includes reusable menstrual pads and underwear? Did you go out and buy 7 days worth of $30/pair Thinx? Or is there a set of reusable pads that's actually secure and won't slide all over your normal underwear? What works best for preventing leakage when your period is really heavy? I already have a cup but I need serious backup. [more inside]
A question about coverage
Which brands of “period pants” currently available in the UK have coverage all the way up to the waist in the front? [more inside]
Hack my menstrual cycle
(YANMD etc.) Short version-- after terrible experience with post-partum depression linked to my hormones/menstrual cycle. I've found medication that works for me. It's worked perfectly for the last 9 months. Then, this past month I had terrible, debilitating breakthrough symptoms during the second half of my cycle. My doctor is working with me on meds, but the second half of this cycle arrives this weekend and I am TERRIFIED. What do you folks who menstruate and have a tough time with it do to manage and process the experience? [more inside]
Where to quickly learn hopes/setbacks of people in tiny 1890s village?
Help-My-Fiction-Filter: What might be quick but rich sources of ideas for people's lives, economy, hopes, setbacks, trials and tribulations in a tiny remote (edge-of-desert/badland) village, under a dozen residents, 1890s, no electricity, good water, tiny train station (mostly for passing-by locomotives to restock their water), limited farmland? [more inside]
Changing generic birth control side effects and endometriosis
Can different generic versions of birth control affect a person differently? And, specifically, can they be more or less effective in treating endometriosis? [more inside]
You are not my daughters OBGYN
My daughter will be turning 10 in October. Today it would seem she had her first period. This came as a surprise to us considering she has shown no other signs of hitting puberty. Is this unusual, should we be concerned, and what should we expect moving forward with subsequent doctor's visits? [more inside]
Taking birth control mid cycle to skip a period?
I‘m having a very important date in 3 days, which is the same day my period starts. Is there any way to delay it? [more inside]
How do you distinguish PMS symptoms from "real" emotions?
I've become more cognizant the past couple of years that I am moodier before my period, and moods often break almost as soon as my period comes. I feel like this should be useful information to have to gain perspective/objectivity in relation to whatever I'm being moody about but am having a hard time figuring out how to apply that concept in practice. [more inside]
Periodfilter: Duration of period has become shorter
Duration of my period has shortened from its usual 7 days to 4 days. Is this a sign of something serious or just normal ageing? [more inside]
Periods not the same anymore.
YANMD but maybe you are a female person who has had a similar experience and I seek your insight. My periods were consistent and predictable when I was on birth control. I went off birth control for 4 or 5 months. Since going back on birth control well over a year ago, my periods have been very different and it's worrying me. [more inside]
Birth control or norethisterone for teen needing to delay period?
Hi,
My daughter is 14 and has acting and modeling jobs occasionally. She loves it so much, but when her agent calls about a job that is coming up, she worries about having her period. She wants to be carefree on these jobs and is hoping to plan it out so she does not have her period. [more inside]
Menstrual cycle and mood
Can you help me identify resources to better understand how menstrual cycle influences mood, and weigh in on a couple of questions I have? [more inside]
Birth control timing when you don't need birth control
I'm on birth control solely to suppress my periods. I don't and will likely never have the kind of sex that could get me pregnant. Do I still have to take it at exactly the same time every day? [more inside]
Sorry about my ladyparts
My period came early and I bled in someone else's boardroom. I apologised at the time. Should I also follow up with an apology email/call? [more inside]
Other than pregnancy, why would I not get my period?
Its late, and I'm wondering why. Have tested twice, both negative. I have had my tubes tied. Why, other than pregnancy would I not get my period? I'm in my early 40s if that helps. Tubes were tied 18 months ago after the birth of my second child. [more inside]
Diva Cup Cleaning With H2O2.
Hello uterus-having friends! At the end of my cycle, I soak my Diva Cup in a 1:1 solution of hydrogen peroxide and (usually) warm water. Is this a bad idea? [more inside]
Losing about half of every month to PMS sabotage brain
Because I am already dealing with issues around concentration/motivation/depression, my monthly cycle is seriously impacting my ability to meet my own personal goals and be a productive member of society. Is there anything I can actually do, besides commit to the life of an Oblomov? [more inside]
PMS symptoms but period hasn't shown up yet
If a woman was experiencing her normal PMS symptoms like cramps & unusual emotional fluctuation on and off for a certain amount of time, but her period has failed to show up, how long would a doctor want to wait to see if it's just a flukey cycle? Or if the doctor didn't want to wait, decided enough time had passed, what would they do next? Assume pregnancy is a million-percent impossible. Assume Dr. Google has already been consulted. [more inside]
What's new in the world of menstural products?
I just got my period back after three years. I'm interested in what's now available for reusable menstrual goods (cups and pads) and apps. [more inside]
When to take a pregnancy test?
When do you take a pregnancy test if you don't have any periods? [more inside]
Period dramas that are more Cold War than Corset
I've realised that I really like period dramas that are a) set in the 20th Century, particularly post-war b) often feature a workplace environment. Mad Men, Mr Selfridge, Halt and Catch Fire, The House of Elliot. Are there any others I should know about? Extra points if it has interesting costumes and has me looking up historical details on Wikipedia after an episode. [more inside]
Post-colposcopy cramps - what is going on?
I had no cramps immediately following my colposcopy, but they've started 5 days later. Is this normal? [more inside]
Menstrual nightmare hell
My periods are ruining my life. What is going on? [more inside]
I fainted for the first time. Thud.
Help me figure out what to to next, and how to stay upright in the future! [more inside]
Menstrual flow stops and starts each month
This is both a postpartum and a period question -- since having my child last November my period seems to stop or pause when I try to use tampons (or a diva cup). It's been going on for five cycles so I'm pretty sure it's not just in my head but I don't know what this is called or if it's worth talking to my dr/ob about. Gory details to come. [more inside]
Period’s very late suddenly, not pregnant, what do?
My period is very late. I’m not pregnant, I will be seeing my doctor but not until the 12th, what should I do now? What should I ask them? Ugh! [more inside]
Where's my period? Should I get a second opinion?
I'm in my mid twenties and healthy, except for the fact that I haven't had a period for over a year and a half. [more inside]
Can I still use these? Tampon edition.
I have about 100 tampons that got wet under the sink sometime in the past five hours. They're not exactly soaked, but they're all decidedly damp (wrapped in paper), and the cardboard applicators kind of collapse if pushed on. Is it safe to use them if they can be dried out? If so, how best to quickly & thoroughly dry them out? [more inside]
emotional stress-induced amenorrhea
If you have dealt with emotional stress-induced hypothalamic amenorrhea, with emphasis on the emotional sort of stress (as opposed to physical / excessive exercise-induced), what did you do to ensure that you regularly got your period? [more inside]
Explain how my one monthly chin pimple comes to exist.
I get a pimple on my chin every month just before my period. It's kind of hard. It leaves a dark mark behind, and the back of my head hurts if I touch it(weird, I know!). I know that the basic mechanism is hormones, but I don't understand why these hormones only affect my chin and I don't understand why there's always exactly ONE and never more than one or it never skips a month. Do all my pores get together and vote for one pore to be the host? How does this work? [more inside]
Period tracking app for irregular, long period and cycle lengths
I am looking for an Android app (free or paid) for tracking my menstrual periods. I would like an app that will accept (and show on the calendar) periods lasting over a week, with variable period and cycle lengths. [more inside]
Dependent Care FSA grace period
Am I correctly interpreting the implications of a DCFSA "grace period"? [more inside]
The Pill for anxiety?
Would taking birth control help with my (hormonally-driven) anxiety? [more inside]
Take my uterus, please!
So, what data do I require to backup my feeling it's time to have my uterus removed and show the gyn (newish to me) that it's time and the insurance company to pay for it while I've got insurance? [more inside]