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Ah yes, the unexpected period gambit. Also known as the "I am not wearing white shorts until I hit menopause" phenomenon. I know it well, as do most people who menstruate. The image of the spreading, red stain on your pants (inevitably in front of the people who pick on you and/or the person you're...

When your period is going to happen in a given month is determined through the whole of your fertility cycle, by a fairly complex process of hormones in your body that trigger when you ovulate, how much uterine lining you build up and when, and how, you shed that lining. The only ways that any kind...

There's nothing about having a menstrual period which makes it impossible or even difficult for someone to have any kind of sex. In fact, because there are extra fluids present, plenty of people find some kinds of sex -- like vaginal intercourse -- more pleasant during menses. People can also...

Bleeding for more than two weeks at a time is a good reason to see a doctor, at least to make sure you haven't become anemic (iron deficient) due to blood loss, and to rule out pregnancy as a cause of the bleeding if that is a possibility. It is most common for a period to last 4-6 days, but...

Hey, there, Anon: glad we've continued being of help to you! Honestly, I don't see any cause for concern here. Not only do I see no viable risks of pregnancy in this, just as you don't, I also don't see any reason to assume that you didn't have a period this time around. My guess is you just have...

First things first: when something hurts, that really is your body's way of telling you that IT wants whatever it is to STOP. So, next time? If it hurts? Press pause. Manual sex really shouldn't hurt -- nor should it just be something one gets used to: sex should feel GOOD -- and if it did hurt a...