April is PMDD Awareness Month. This is time for much-needed awareness about a hormone-based mood disorder that affects around 1 in 20 women and AFAB individuals of reproductive age. Here, Cindy Lopez-Smith, USA project coordinator for Vicious Cycle: Making PMDD Visible, shares her story and tells us why awareness of PMDD is so important.   Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) symptoms arise during the premenstrual or the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle and lasts

  We’ve rounded up the big period news stories of the year so far. 2019 is shaping up to be a powerful year for periods!   Menstrual wellbeing to be taught in English schools:   It’s SO exciting to see that children in both primary and secondary school will now be taught about menstrual wellbeing. Instead of a brief overview of what a period is, children will now learn all about what is and isn’t