Category: Menstrual Health

‘My doctor diagnosed me with everything from epilepsy to migraines before realising I actually had endometriosis’

Jul 7, 2021 | Menstrual Health

Guest post by Tanya Patel, founder of online maternity and breastfeeding brand Lily and Ribbon...

Call out: Research on experiences of endometriosis care (trans-inclusive)

Jun 18, 2021 | Hysterical Women, Menstrual Health

Researcher Jodie Hughes would like to hear from anyone with endometriosis I am Jodie Hughes and I...

Endometriosis: ‘I felt betrayed by my body and the professionals who had failed to recognise my pain’

Apr 30, 2021 | Menstrual Health

Guest post by Avalon Afriyie Avalon was paid for her contribution thanks to sponsorship from BeYou...

Adenomyosis: ‘It shouldn’t be up to us to tell our doctors which conditions to look for’

Apr 26, 2021 | Menstrual Health

Guest post by Rosy Murch I was first diagnosed with adenomyosis in 2018, following around 8-10...

PMDD: ‘By considering my viewpoint, and listening to me talk, my doctor validated my feelings’

Apr 12, 2021 | Menstrual Health

Guest post by Laura Teare-Jones, for PMDD Awareness Month IAPMD (The International Association for...

‘Healthcare providers need to understand the impact of untreated endometriosis’

Mar 31, 2021 | #EndoMonth, Menstrual Health

Q&A with Dr Natalya Danilyants from the US Dr Natalya E. Danilyants, M.D. is a laparoscopic...

Endo Art: ‘Women do not even get the privilege of owning their pain’

Mar 29, 2021 | #EndoMonth, Menstrual Health

Guest post by women’s health artivist Alicja Pawluczuk Medical misogyny sucks. Medical...

Endometriosis: ‘It pains me to say, but I knew I’d be taken more seriously now I could say sex was painful too’

Mar 26, 2021 | #EndoMonth, Menstrual Health

Guest post by Dominique from Switzerland I am 26 years old and was diagnosed with endometriosis...

‘13 hours of surgery, months of recovery. For what? My surgeon had left an ovary inside me’

Mar 24, 2021 | #EndoMonth, Menstrual Health

Guest post by Emma Williams-Tully I really am not one of those people who knows all the...

‘Why did I have to climb the endometriosis treatment ladder, just to get the procedure we knew would help?’

Mar 19, 2021 | #EndoMonth, Menstrual Health

Guest post by Anusha Gandhi from Canada I was 14 – FOURTEEN – at the time they put me...

Fertility status unknown: ‘I cried almost as if I was already mourning the loss of a child’

Mar 18, 2021 | #EndoMonth, Menstrual Health

Guest post by Alice Brooks My body has never really functioned properly. So, as the years passed,...

‘I chose not to have children so I wouldn’t be in pain anymore. But in fact, I ended up in even more pain.’

Mar 16, 2021 | #EndoMonth, Menstrual Health

Guest post by Vicki Shattock I started my periods at primary school, age ten, and they were...

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