The Period Book: Everything you don't want to ask (but need to know)

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Kate Clancy is professor of anthropology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where she holds appointments in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies and the Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, and at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. The blog works with big family brands (including travel) to help promote their services, as well as offering free resources to parents of kids under 10. Talk to them in the same way as girls about the practicalities, mood changes that can come with periods, and the biological reason behind periods. Because, hey, half-ish of the population gets their period, and it’s the most basic bodily function, and it shouldn’t be kept a secret anymore.

Her leg goes numb, she loses 30 pounds, and when she goes to a doctor, she’s sent home with antibiotics.If you forget to remove your tampon, it can turn sideways or become compressed at the top of your vagina. Changes during puberty, such as the onset of periods, are challenging for those on the autism spectrum.

In energetic and funny prose, Clancy castigates Western societies, especially scientists and physicians, for menstrual stigmas both ancient and modern. Nadya opens with her own story of her first period, because the goal of the book is to dispel all discomfort surrounding menstruation, and she CRUSHES it. They’re a big, loud political issue, and Jennifer Weiss-Wolf breaks it down for us, with historical and cultural context across the world, along with tons of activism ideas to get your blood pumping.This book is a transformative reframing of our understanding of the biology of menstruation and fertility, making clear the stakes of the scientific debates for our lives. Possible reasons for delayed periods include being underweight, doing lots of exercise (including dance, gymnastics and athletics), stress and a hormone imbalance. These books cover a variety of period-related topics, from a smart primer about the menstrual movement (and everything you need to know about periods), to the political period activism of the world, to harnessing your period to work withyou, and essays and a memoir about not-so-great periods. We thought we would give the tweens and teens that come to the site, or at least their parents, something a little different today.

By the time most of us are pregnant, we’ve often already absorbed the idea that our female bodies are dirty / dysfunctional / disgusting etc! Period] conveys a consistently positive view of menstrual blood, the menstrual cycle, and the bodies of people who menstruate. Helen has worked as a digital marketing consultant (IDM qualified) with various organisations, including Channel Mum, Truprint, Talk to Mums, and Micro Scooters. Based in fact and articulated with both love and humour, Maisie Hill's strategy - to work with our cycles rather than against them - is life-changing.

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Here are some of the questions that you, as a parent, might get asked by girls about periods, with suggestions on how to answer them: How will I know when my periods are going to start? Kate Clancy weaves history, science, narrative, and analysis into an expansive, inclusive, and insightful profile of the oft-misunderstood uterus. Promoting the fact that everyone either has periods or knows someone who does, the book reduces the anxiety children face in asking for help. Your first period might not last very long, as it can take your body some months to get into a regular pattern.Since giving up being a business analyst when juggling travel, work and kids proved too complicated, she founded KiddyCharts so she could be with her kids, and use those grey cells at the same time. If you think you've left a tampon in and you can't get it out, go to your GP or nearest sexual health clinic.