Progress Your Health Podcast

You know you have heavy periods when . When you have tampons everywhere. In every single purse, the glove box of your car. In the glove box of your friend's and spouse's car. In the kitchen drawers, all bathrooms, in your jacket pockets, even your grocery bags. You never wear white. You don't own white underwear because at some point they will no longer be white. You know exactly when and how much ibuprofen you can take. You have a whole bunch of the light tampons because you never use them from the box. You laugh at the purple Tampax lites.  Because seriously, what magical woman actually uses them? And we hate her. You time everything around your period. How long can I stay in the meeting? How long is that exercise class? How long is that road trip and what are the stops on the way? You always get your period right before or during vacation. You devote an entire bathroom cabinet to super-heavy-plus tampons and those huge, bulky overnight pads. If you have heavy periods, aka menorrhagia, then