Kirsteen O’Sullivan, Windsor BBC Reah Steer and her husband Jono underwent IVF treatment after her diagnosis of endometriosis A mother has spoken out about dealing with severe pelvic pain for two decades before finally being diagnosed with endometriosis. Reah Steer, 34, from Windsor in Berkshire, described enduring years of agony and being prescribed the contraceptive … Read more
Getty Images Finding the right period product for you can be a difficult task For many of us, our first lessons about periods were brief and practical, often limited to learning how to use pads or tampons. Alongside these traditional options, there’s now a wider range of products available, including reusable options such as menstrual … Read more
Michel Danino, Guest Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (Archaeological Sciences) and Head of the Curricular Area Group for Social Science textbooks – a body working in collaboration with the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) – speaks to The Hindu about the process of designing new middle school Social Science … Read more
“What I go through is not normal, but it is normalised,” says Emily “It felt like being stabbed, I’d be on my hands and knees in pain.” Emily Handstock, 25 has struggled with period pain for 10 years and has documented the agony she has gone through on TikTok. “I was admitted to hospital and … Read more
Fishermen have urged Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to release the dole for the lean fishing period before the Deepavali. Community leader Nanjil Ravi said families in around 270 fishing hamlets from Tiruvallur to Nagapattinam would benefit from this. “The government had announced a dole during October to December up to Nagapattinam to ensure … Read more
People throng the Visakhapatnam Railway station to get a foothold in the train, on January 17. | Photo Credit: V. RAJU The story so far: One could book railway tickets four months in advance for long journeys. Now passengers will only be able to book tickets on Indian Railways two months in advance, a circular … Read more
BBC 17 year old Eliza has to regularly take time off from college due to severe period pain A new study will seek to identify changes in the brain when teenagers experience period pain and whether it is linked to developing chronic pain in later life. In what is described as a world first, researchers … Read more
Parents have reacted angrily to a school’s policy of refusing to authorise sick days related to period pain unless parents provided “related medical information”. Neale-Wade Academy in March, Cambridgeshire, also said it was no longer accepting explanations such as “unwell, poorly or ill” for it to authorise student absences. Some parents criticised the move on … Read more
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Instagram/Bella Humphries Comedian Bella Humphries says her show is “very honest” and “a bit raw at times” Telling hilarious or embarrassing stories from your personal life is something many stand-up comedians do night after night on stage. But what about turning your periods into a laughing matter? That’s what comedian Bella Humphries has done for … Read more