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Can stress delay your period?
Exactly how and why does stress affect your period? How can you tell if a late period, or another period issue, is caused by stress or by something else?
4 Reasons to Learn About Your Reproductive Health
Your reproductive health has a lot more bearing on your overall health and well-being than you probably realize. It may not be super intuitive, but in actuality, reproductive health is vitally important to maintaining good overall health…
Decipher your cycle with these sample Groove charts
Deciphering your cycles isn't always easy — everyone's body is a little different. But once you know what to look out for, collecting data about your periods can give you a powerful look into the health of your hormones, your reproductive system, and your body…
Confused about your cervical fluid (cervical mucus)? You don’t have to be.
Everyone’s cervical fluid pattern is a little different, and it won’t always follow the stereotypical “sticky” → “creamy” → “egg white” → “watery” pattern that we always hear so much about…
Are your periods healthy?
Your period is different from my period, which is different from someone else’s period…but it’s also kind of the same…make sense?
6 Things to Know About Your Irregular Period
In this guest blog post, Dr. Laura Briden ND explains how you may have an irregular period now, but it won’t always be like that. Your body wants to ovulate regularly…
Tracking Your Cycles with Groove
The good news is, it doesn’t have to be this frustrating. Whether your cycles are like clockwork or feel more like a broken clock, it is possible to accurately predict your periods…
Infographic: 8 Awesome Period Facts Everyone Should Know
There are lots of things about periods that isn’t common knowledge—for instance, periods you have on the pill aren’t actually real periods. Crazy, right?! Learn more interesting period facts with this awesome infographic…
PODCAST: The Pill, Natural Birth Control, & Menstrual Taboos
I had the pleasure of sitting down with Lisa over at Fertility Friday and chatting about my experience with the pill, finding fertility awareness, and writing my book…
Avoiding the Dreaded Period Sneak Attack: the Secret to Accurate Period Predictions
The way many of us (and our apps) predict our next period is extremely unscientific. I’ve blindly circled days on a calendar more times than I can count, and I’ve tried tons of apps that use all-too-basic math to (unsuccessfully) predict my periods…
4 Awesome Reasons to Get in Tune with Your Cycle
Getting in tune with your menstrual cycles doesn’t mean that you have to profess your love for your period, but there are plenty of great reasons to get to know Aunt Flow…
6 Myths About Your Period, Debunked!
I can’t even tell you how often I hear inaccurate information about periods. There is so much misinformation flying around out there about the female reproductive system…
The Myth of the Average Menstrual Cycle
This “myth of the average cycle length” ends up causing a lot of confusion and often makes women and girls think that they’re abnormal for not having 28 day cycles. And many of us end up feeling like our cycles are “irregular” simply because they’re not all the same length…
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Learn how to track your fertility using the sympto-thermal method of fertility awareness.