By Tania Lorena Rivera For Years, My Periods Were Pure Agony and I Want Better for My Daughters
“You look white as a sheet,” said Jacquie sitting next to me in math class. I nodded and gripped my…
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By Kerith Mickelson This Is My Second Half Too
Part-time teacher by day, security guard at my daughter Amelia’s basketball games by night. It’s extra cash to take Tai…
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By Charissa Bates Cancer Is Weird
Cancer is weird. For 3.5 years I looked into the mirror and didn’t recognize the person looking at me. First,…
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By Katie Weber My Uterus Isn’t Running the Show Anymore
I remember age 12 when my first period arrived on Christmas Day, surrounded by aunts and cousins all saying congrats.…
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By Beth Tate But I’m Only 37
As I sat on the cold exam table in the proverbial paper gown, I bit my lip and held in…
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By Ashley Kahn Salley Motherhood is No Excuse—See Your Doctor, Mama
Recently I made a joke about making all my neglected doctor visits now that my youngest is in school three…
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By Amy Weatherly There is No Shame in Getting Help
I went to counseling today. One hour. Not because I’m sick. Not because I’m crazy. Not because I feel broken…
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By Jodie Utter It’s Your Birthday! Call Your Doctor.
Who can remember when it's time to schedule that dreaded pap smear? Or the awkward and ouchy mammogram? The annoying…
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By Her View From Home Welcome to Periods in Your 30s and 40s
Do you remember that day in the fifth grade when the boys and girls were separated for the "Sexuality and…
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By Shelby Spear I Had a Hysterectomy and It’s Important You Know Why
While we all haven’t had a hysterectomy, as women we do all journey along with a uterus for a time.…
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By Karen Gauvreau Why Parenting Teenagers Is Exactly Like Having a Mammogram
Young women who have not yet had a mammogram, or male readers, you may want to sit this one out.…
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By Bailey Suzio Please Don’t Give Me a Sick Day For My Period
I sat, curled up on the floor breathing slowly in and out. I was trying to hold back tears, trying…
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