The Flowy journal
A practical order for easing bad cramps today, what the evidence for each option is worth, and the pain patterns worth taking to a clinician.
10 min readClinicians judge regularity by the spread between your shortest and longest cycle. How much spread is ordinary at your age, and which change to watch.
11 min readWhether unexpected bleeding counts as day one, what the common causes look like on a calendar, which ones need a clinician, and what is worth writing down.
10 min readThe tests you can apply at home to decide whether your period is heavy, which signs mean same-day care, and what to write down before you see a doctor.
11 min readHow to tell a routine period clot from a decidual cast or pregnancy tissue, what the evidence on casts actually shows, and the signs that mean call today.
12 min readThe test says no, the bleeding still has not started. What usually explains a delay, the mechanism behind it, and the point at which it is worth a clinician's time.
9 min readWhy menstrual blood darkens, why almost every shade is the same blood at a different age, and the short list of changes that are worth a clinician's time.
10 min readCycle syncing bundles three very different claims together. Here is which part is established, which is mixed, which is unsupported, and how to tell them apart.
8 min readWhat happens to progesterone and allopregnanolone after ovulation, why normal hormone levels can produce an abnormal response, and how to prove the pattern is real.
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