Getting your first period after childbirth is a step in your body’s recovery process. The answer to this depends on several factors, including whether you're breastfeeding and how your body is ...

Your first period after childbirth may take some time to return, especially if you are breastfeeding. It's possible to become pregnant before your first postpartum period, as ovulation occurs before ...

Breast development usually starts about two years before the first period. Emotional changes and mood swings can occur just before the period. Growth spurts and pubic hair growth are early signs of ...

My Period: We're getting personal about our periods. The path to menstrual equity starts with talking about it. These significant life moments that we have in our bodies help to frame how we identify ...

As an adolescent, talking about getting your period for the first time with your mom or the mother figure in your life has never been easy, but now, thankfully, there are a plethora of resources to ...

Renita White, MD, is an obstetrician/gynecologist at Georgia Obstetrics and Gynecology in Atlanta, Georgia. Her areas of expertise include fibroids, irregular vaginal ...

If you’ve missed your period, your first thought may be that you’re pregnant. But pregnancy isn’t the only cause of a missed period. If you’ve confirmed that you’re not pregnant, it can be helpful to ...

If you have an extremely short cycle, then the time you ovulate could overlap with your period and you could get pregnant if you have unprotected sex.