Perimenopause and after
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Perimenopause and after
When cycles start to change
General information, not medical advice. For anything about your own health, talk to a healthcare provider.
- Everyday LifeThe surprise-period kit: school, work, car, lockerA period can arrive early, late or without warning. Here is a kit that works whatever you use: the basics, what to add for each format, where to keep it, and where to find free products in Canada.
- Everyday LifeProtecting your bed and sofa on heavy nightsWhat readers put under themselves on heavy nights, what makers and health authorities say about each format at night, and the signs that make a heavy night worth a conversation with a healthcare provider. In the sources’ own words.
- Life StagesPerimenopause periods: flooding, skipping and everything betweenPeriods can come closer together or further apart, and get heavier or lighter. Here is what Canadian and UK health sources say, the one sign the NHS says to get checked even if it happens only once, and what each period product format offers when the calendar stops helping.
- The FormatsIncontinence pads and period pads: what’s the difference?Both look alike. They are built for two different liquids that arrive in two different ways.
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