menstruation

I have been dealing with depression for about 8 years now. It seems i have "phases" where i will be normal but then i will have what i call a "dark cloud over my head" where everything seems to be going wrong even though i know it isn't. Right now i have a 3 year old, a great job, i just got...

I was discussing the female period with my partner (as you do), and she mentioned that her menstrual cycle tended to synchronise with other women she would spend long periods of time with. When she lived at home, this was her sisters. When she moved away, it was the two women she shared a flat...

In my early college years, I was digging through a book of myths for various cultures. At one point, I stumbled across a fantastic myth. The story is supposed to explain why women menstruate. It's my favorite by far. It's just insane. Problem is, I can't remember any details about it aside...

i am trying to find info on the age women began menstruation and began pregnancy in the ancient world for a paper. can anybody help? i can't find any info online.

I'm curious about what the medical basis might be for suggesting that women not spend too much time upside down (for instance, in a headstand) while menstruating. The amount of time I'm talking about is on the order of 1 - 5 minutes, maybe 10 at most. Because the practice is expected to be...

Breastfeeding plays a role in determining renewed fertility after childbirth: in general, the longer the kid nurses, the later the renewal (the amount of nursing necessary to achieve this effect differs from woman to woman). But even after a (nursing?) mother starts menstruating again, fertility...

Greetings! My wife is currently writing a novel, and has reached a point where a certain event is pivotal to the plot. The event revolves around the ascertation that it is dangerous to bring a menstruating woman around a stallion, as it will attack. Since she's a good skeptic *g* she's trying...

I'm a male, for those of you who don't know, or can't tell despite my deep, masculine voice. I've been wondering about the veracity of claims that women who live together will, over time, synchronise their menstrual cycles. I checked this website which said, There's something about 'little...

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ANSWERS/2003/ANS01251.html If the primary intent here is to reduce menstrual period frequency, why is it being marketed as a birth control pill?

http://www.msnbc.com/news/949294.asp?0cv=CB20 Sounds better than chocolate... Luceiia