Category: Beyond the Cramps

Why Do We Feel Embarrassed About Our Periods? How To Handle Period Shame Shoving your tampon up your sleeve on your way to the bathroom, frantically getting your friend to check you for leaks while you’re in public, there are so many micro actions that go often go unnoticed when we’re dealing with our periods.…

5 Myths About The Vagina We Need To Stop Believing Why is it important to challenge common myths about the vagina? Throughout history the vagina has been treated and portrayed as a mythical entity by many. Othering the reproductive body part, sexist rumours and myths about the vagina have seeped into everyday knowledge and conversation,…

5 Yoga Poses To Help Ease Period Cramps Let’s be honest, exercise is usually the last thing on your mind during your period. Between painful cramps, bloating, and fatigue, just getting through the day is hard enough without adding exercise into the mix too. Although you might want to curl up on the sofa with…

Why Is My Tampon Leaking? Any person who menstruates will be familiar with that feeling of leaking while on their period. You know it, you’re standing there talking to your friend, and the next minute you feel a gush in your underwear while you scramble to the nearest bathroom to do some damage control –…

Gender bias and the importance of equity in healthcare Gender equality has been a long-held dream, fought for by women and our allies for decades, yet according to the 2022 Global Gender Gap Report, we still have 132 years to wait for gender parity. That’s if we continue at our current rate of progression. Unfortunately, the…

Up to 36 days a year lost due to menstrual health symptoms Joii’s latest research, conducted in the UK and Ireland in February 2023, gave us some new insight into just how much menstrual health symptoms impact the daily lives of women and those who menstruate. Worryingly, the data revealed people are missing as much as 36…

Problematic Menstruation: the long path to diagnosis Battling painful periods Painful periods are a common condition that can range from mild to debilitating. For some sufferers, a couple of painkillers will take the edge off. For others, it’s time off work and days of trying anything and everything to get a moment of relief. Worryingly, for many women…

Better menstrual products & more choice for better periods. How often do we think about our period products? We think about them most frequently when it’s that time of the month and we have a recurring fear or panic about a leak before checking whether all is well. Despite these frequent moments of anxiety, we make…

Dr Jacqueline Maybin: Understanding a typical period. Why everyone needs access to better information about their cycle According to research from the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, it is estimated that up to one in three women will have problematic bleeding at some point in their reproductive lives. Add to this, the estimate that…