Close up on a woman's hands holding a calendar, on which there are five days marked with a red X (representing her last period) and five days marked with green circles (representing ovulation).

With shaking fingers, I carefully unfurled a period pad and placed it into my underwear. It was the day of my grandfather’s funeral last August, and the pad was a precaution against any potential ...

Implantation bleeding is rust-colored, light spotting. By comparison, your period is a steady, light to heavy flow of bright to dark red blood. Implantation bleeding occurs when you’re pregnant, while ...

Bleeding that occurs before a missed period often leaves many women confused and anxious. Many women confuse light spotting ...

Common implantation symptoms include cramping and spotting, or very light bleeding, but those same signs can also be indicative of a normal menstrual cycle. So how do you know when your symptoms ...

Nobody gets a period on birth control” So, you’re on the pill — or maybe you use the patch or the ring — but you still bleed ...

• Cramps are severe or persistent. • You’ve missed more than two periods without explanation. • You experience abnormal ...

Let's be real, literally no one enjoys their period. On top of dealing with stomach cramps and mood swings, there's also the bleeding from the vagina part – which is never fun. So when you ...

Frances Gatta is a freelance health writer with experience covering health care technology, general health, mental health, femtech and personalized nutrition for companies and publications like Oura, ...

A young Black couple sits on a couch smiling, as the man lays his hand on the pregnant belly of his partner If you’re thinking about pregnancy, you’ve probably come across the term implantation in ...

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Lots of misinformation and anecdotal stories exist on the internet when it comes to pregnancy and fertility. One question that often comes up: If you’ve had sex during your period, can you get ...