How much period bleeding is too heavy?
If you’re soaking through a pad or tampon every hour for several hours straight, that’s too heavy. So is a period that drags past seven days. Passing clots bigger than a rupee coin counts too. Doctors call it menorrhagia, but the everyday signs are simpler...
Which foods should you avoid if you have PCOD?
Sugar and refined carbs top the list. White bread, sweets, sodas, anything that spikes blood sugar fast. With PCOD the body already struggles with insulin, and these foods make it worse. When insulin climbs, the ovaries pump out more male hormones, and that’s...
How do you know if you are ovulating?
Your body drops a few hints. The clearest one is cervical mucus, around ovulation it turns clear and stretchy, a bit like raw egg white. Then there’s basal body temperature. It nudges up by half a degree or so the day after you ovulate, and stays up. Some women...