I want to share my experience of a taboo within a taboo. Because we already know that the menstrual cycle is taboo (we can’t talk about it, it’s seen as
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Pulmonary Embolism and ‘the pill’
I started taking the pill last year, after trying most of the other forms of contraception (injection, implant, and the IUD -Intrauterine Device aka ‘the coil’) and having problems with all
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Knowing my own body
Sadly, I have some bad memories relating to how my menstrual health has been treated by doctors and medical practitioners. For years, I had a gynaecologist who knew that my
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Tracking anxiety and depression
I have depression and anxiety and I find these often interact with my cycle. When I take exams I find that my period will be delayed until I have finished
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Living with endometriosis
When I was 27, I suddenly started feeling horrendous one day at work. I had just started my period and just thought ‘god, my pains are bad this month’. The
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