Menstruation Archive

Women can undergo various transformations with their bodies. This includes developments that happen naturally within their bodies such as periods. Periods happen to be clots of blood that drip. For some, this is a thing to get over with whereas some are working women ...Read More

For most Western women, dealing with their monthly menstrual flow is no more than a mild inconvenience. Sure, it’s aggravating having to put up with cramping, irritability and feeling out of sorts. Thank goodness for over the counter pain relievers and the ready availability ...Read More

The phases of the menstrual cycle are important to understand both for women who are looking to get pregnant as well as for women wanting to prevent a pregnancy. Knowing about one’s menstrual cycle means that a woman knows when she is most fertile, ...Read More

Having sex during menstruation is not a forbidden act scientifically, but as women are made to believe religiously and culturally, that menstrual blood is evil and impure, they usually tend to avoid even discussing about their periods in open. Women usually try to hide ...Read More

It is true that most women do not like the monthly periods, which are often accompanied by PMS; nevertheless, a missed period or amenorrhea is not something anyone wants. In general, there could be no serious cause for a missed period, though in some ...Read More

Menstrual headaches are associated with the commencement of the monthly menstrual periods. Research shows that the female sex hormones, estrogen and progesterone, which are responsible for regulation of menstrual cycle and pregnancy, also affect some chemicals in the brain that may trigger headaches. Menstrual ...Read More

Abnormal menstrual bleeding can mean different things to different women, in terms of the amount of bleeding per period, the length of a monthly cycle, the number of days of bleeding, amount of cramping or pain experienced, type of discharge and various other factors. ...Read More