Category: Menstrual Health

‘It took 23 years to be diagnosed with endometriosis; I’ve lost count of how many times I visited the doctors’

Dec 16, 2020 | Menstrual Health

Guest post by Dee Montague Fun fact: I was born with asthma, and no healthcare professional has...

Endometriosis: ‘As I lay clenching my stomach in agony, I heard the physician saying my pain was all psychological’

Nov 19, 2020 | Menstrual Health

Guest post by Sarah Harris I was only 9 years old when I got my first period. I remember being...

PMDD: ‘Would my mental distress always be dismissed because it was associated with my period?’

Nov 10, 2020 | Menstrual Health

Guest post by Nathalie Saunders Nathalie is a queer, mixed race writer, who lives with multiple...

‘Endometriosis was perceived as a white women’s disease, but Black women’s pain is often ignored by medical professionals’

Oct 19, 2020 | #BlackWomensHealthMatters, Menstrual Health

Guest post by Fiona Timba, founder of @EndoSoBlack The writer of this guest post was paid for her...

Endometrioma: ‘For the first time in 17 years, a doctor had actually listened to me’

Sep 23, 2020 | Menstrual Health

Guest post by Naiema Mohammed Hanif from India I started having symptoms at around age ten. It all...

Period Symptoms Your Doctor Shouldn’t Ignore

Jul 17, 2019 | Menstrual Health

Guest post by Hollie Jones As women, we’re used to the difficult side of menstruation: heavy...

Hormonal: ‘You’re being hysterical’ is the ultimate ‘shut up’

Jul 11, 2019 | Books, Menstrual Health

Q&A with Eleanor Morgan, author of Hormonal: A Conversation About Women’s Bodies, Mental...

Period Power: ‘There’s such a binary view of our experience of the hormone cycle’

Jun 19, 2019 | Books, Menstrual Health

Q&A with Maisie Hill, author of Period Power: Harness Your Hormones and Get Your Cycle Working...

‘Vindicated by proving it’s not all in my head’: the journey to an endometriosis diagnosis

Jun 5, 2019 | Menstrual Health

Guest post by Hilary Webb Three years ago, during a routine sexual health check, my GP raised her...

‘This isn’t just something all women go through, like starting your period or having a zit on prom night’: living with PMDD

Apr 10, 2019 | Menstrual Health, Mental Health

Guest post by Elaina Moscato April is PMDD Awareness Month. According to Mind: “premenstrual...

Ask Me About My Uterus: ‘If I’d had more resources and support, I would have had a different outcome’

Mar 28, 2019 | Books, Menstrual Health

Q&A with Abby Norman, author of Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest To Make Doctors Believe In...

Oblivi-osis: A poem to my endo surgeon

Mar 20, 2019 | Menstrual Health

Guest post by Bridie Apple This week’s powerful #EndoMonth guest post comes from Bridie...

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