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Welcome to Refinery29’s Fertility Diaries, where people chronicle their joyous, painful, and sometimes complicated paths to parenthood. Have your own Fertility Diary to share? Contact us, here. History: I’m a pansexual woman, and I’ve known from a young age that I wanted kids. As an only child, the idea of having a big family with an even number of children (so no one’s left out) delighted me. My plan was always to have a kid at 30. My...

GUEST EDITORIAL: Menstruation is non-binary, period. As a transgender person who was assigned ‘female’ at birth (AFAB), menstruation is a funky topic for me. My body’s feminine properties constantly remind me that I exist in a meat shell which doesn’t quite fit with my perception of myself. But my body is not as clearly binary as transphobic “basic biologists” like to believe.  I had my first period at fourteen. I remember telling my parents, to the horror of my fragile father, and joking that I should get a gift for “entering womanhood” (just you wait a few years love, you�...

By James Wyllie and Ana Da Silva May 22, 2021, 6:00 am Updated: May 22, 2021, 8:30 am © Shutterstock / Kunlanan Yarist Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Aunt Flo? Having the painters in? Aberdeen playing at home? There’s a myriad of clever expressions people have used through the years to describe menstruating – but are these euphemisms doing more harm than good? It comes as a new study has revealed almost one-quarter of women have felt the need to lie to get time off work for PMS symptoms. M...

‘5 Things I Learned Working Out In Line with my Menstrual Cycle for 8 Weeks’ Mini Smith © Provided by Women's Health UK One writer tries a new program that helps you exercise in tune with your hormones, and discovers some serious strength gains along the way. With apps and books appearing every day aiming to help you harness your hormones, more of us than ever are realising the power of being informed. And when it comes to exercise, the benefits appear to be plentiful. According to the science, timing your training and recovery according to where you’re at in your me...

April 14, 2021 Pexels For most of us, our monthly menstruation is an unwelcome guest that often brings along with it a whole slew of other issues, from PMS to body aches, breakouts, and (ugh) the dreaded cramps. Why do period pains happen? Sexual wellness educator Andrea Tan explains, “During the period, the uterus contracts spasmodically to expel the mucous membrane that was formed for a possible pregnancy. This alone can cause pain. The contractions of the uterus are also controlled by the hormone prostaglandins. This hormone is a pain messenger and is also involved in inflammation, for e...