Menstrual Health

We Can’t Talk About Maternal Health Without Talking About Periods

Black Maternal Health Week | Scrub Life Cares Each year during Black Maternal Health Week, we revisit the same urgent and very  necessary conversation: why are Black women in the United States still more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes? The data is quite clear and sobering, that Black women are two to three times […]

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Understanding Ovulation Pain: What Every Girl and Woman Should Know

Did you think menstrual discomfort only occurs during the bleeding phase? For some, this is true. For others, it can be another added layer of discomfort through the fertile phase of the cycle, otherwise known as ovulation. Now, this may come and go without a trace other than the fertile cervical fluid that is produced.

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Endometriosis 101: What’s Normal, What’s Not, and How to Speak Up

You’ve probably heard that periods are supposed to hurt; the pain is normal because someone might have told you it is. Maybe someone told you to just pop an ibuprofen, use a heating pad, and power through. But what if your cramps feel like someone is stabbing you from the inside? What if you’re so

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