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When Your Hormones Have a Voice (opens the original)
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“I Thought I Was Just Adjusting.” (opens the original)
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A few weeks ago, a woman came to see me with her six-week-old daughter.She apologised before she even sat down.“I don’t know why I’m here, doctor. The baby is healthy. My reports are fine. I just… don’t feel like myself.”She wasn’t sleeping, even when the baby slept. She cried in the bathroom so no one would hear. She felt a strange distance from her own daughter, and then unbearable guilt for feeling that distance at all.She had mentioned it to her mother-in-law once.“Every new mother goes thro
The Women's Health Gap (opens the original)
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“Maybe You’re Just Tired.” (opens the original)
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The First Period, the School Washroom... and the Doctor Every Girl Deserves (opens the original)
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“Ma’am... I think I’m bleeding.” It was just another Tuesday afternoon. The mathematics teacher was explaining fractions while twelve-year-old Amaya sat unusually still. Something didn’t feel right. She shifted in her chair, uncomfortable and confused. Finally, she raised her hand. “Ma’am... may I go to the washroom?” A few minutes later, she looked down—and froze. There was blood. Her heart raced. “Did I hurt myself?” “Am I sick?” “Am I dying?” She quickly folded tissue paper, hoping no one wou
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