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Can Teens Use a Menstrual Cup? | Best Menstrual Cup for Teenagers

Puberty in women, usually starts around the time a girl hits 8 years of age, when she starts developing breasts. And just as she reaches this milestone, it’s not long before she experiences her first menstrual cycle. And throughout the course of this transition into womanhood...

Weight Gain During Periods - How to Reduce Weight During Periods?

Often before your cycle approaches, you start experiencing a number of symptoms starting from cramps to mood swings and tender breasts. But among all the PMS problems...

Irregular Periods in Teens - Causes & Treatment

We have often been told that our menses need to be synchronized to a particular date of the month and that not getting periods regularly...

Does Putting a Tampon in Break Your Hymen ?

In certain conservative parts of the world, like India, the hymen holds a special cultural and social position that can make it difficult for young or unmarried girls...

How to Induce Period - How to Get Periods Immediately ?

There are various reasons why you would want to induce your period so it comes faster or on time. Maybe there is a vacation you’re looking forward to or...

Itchy Vagina During Period - Causes & Treatment

You may have noticed that during your periods, your vagina becomes prone to itchiness and this can be a highly uncomfortable feeling...

Brown Vaginal Discharge - Reasons for Brown Discharge

Typically, brown vaginal discharge marks the presence of a brown liquid spotting in your underwear. Usually, this is just your period blood that is oxidized as it..

How to Delay Periods Naturally - Some Techniques

There may be various reasons why you would want to delay your periods. Maybe a wedding to attend in a couple of days, or a vacation you were looking forward to...

Menstrual Cups - How to Use a Menstrual Cup, Benefits, Aftercare & More

The idea of a menstrual cup is to make your period hassle-free, yet the thought of using it might give you the jitters. At first thought, the cup may look daunting and tend to leave potential users with innumerable questions...

Ways to Fold the Menstrual Cup | 5 Different Ways

A menstrual cup is a period care alternative product, as compared to other traditional products like tampons and sanitary napkins. It is designed like a bell-shaped cup and collects period blood...

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) - Basics

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome is a condition that impacts women’s hormone levels, and their period cycle. ‘Polycystic’ means multiple cysts. In this condition, a woman develops cysts in her ovaries, which in turn affects her hormonal balance, and can cause irregular periods.

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Seed Cycling - What is it, Working & Benefits

As the name suggests, Seed Cycling is all about consuming a variety of seeds at different times of the month to balance certain hormones in your body. A naturopathic remedy, Seed Cycling helps in regulating estrogen in the first half of your menstrual cycle, and...

Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) - Symptoms, Treatment & Prevention Methods

Over the years, a lot of ground has been covered in terms of the options available to menstruating women regarding period products and we have now moved to more advanced...

Do Teens Need a Period Kit | First Period Kit

What do you remember about your first period? The nerves, the panic or that constant feeling of unease as you felt blood dripping from beneath? The first time...

Can You Use Lube to Insert Your Cup?

Menstrual cups are tiny, bell-shaped, flexible cups that are inserted into the vaginal canal to collect rather than absorb menstrual flow, and they differ from tampons in the sense that they...

Yoga For Irregular Periods - Yoga Poses That Help With Delayed Periods

Usually, the menstrual cycle is a 28 day period for most women but can range anything from 21 to 38 days. Your period is said to be delayed if you do not...

UTI and Period - Symptoms & Can a UTI Affect Your Period

A urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common infections found in women all over the world. In fact, one in two women has been affected by UTI....

Menstrual Cup- What Users Have to Say

Menstrual cups are quite popular these days and with many women talking about its merits, it’s difficult to say whether it’s just one of those products in vogue, like low-waist jeans and whether it is really worth the buzz it has created...

How to Clean Menstrual Cup | Importance of Cleaning

A menstrual cup is a sustainable period product made of medical-grade silicone that can be inserted into the vagina like a tampon. It collects the period blood...

Can You Sleep with a Tampon In? Is it Safe ?

Tampons are small cylindrical period products that are made of absorbent material like cotton or sometimes, synthetic materials. It works by going inside a...

What Happens If the Menstrual Cup Leaks?

If you aren’t yet familiar with a menstrual cup, it’s one of those period inventions that will make you go - wow! Even though they are nothing new, it’s only recently...