About 25% of women with heavy menstruation may have an undiagnosed bleeding disorder, says researchers from Duke University Medical Center.

An international expert consortium recently outlined the signs that may indicate the presence of a bleeding disorder in women:
• Heavy blood loss during menstruation
• Family history of bleeding disorder
• Notable bruising without injury
• Minor wound bleeding that lasts more than five minutes
• Prolonged or excessive bleeding following dental extraction
• Unexpected surgical bleeding
• Hemorrhaging that requires blood transfusion
• Postpartum hemorrhaging, especially if occurs more than 24 hours after delivery.
(The recommendations are published online and will appear in the July issue of the …read more

This post is part of a series about continuous birth control pills. Please check back for more. And remember to seek advice from your medical professional before changing the way your take your birth control pills.
Since we talked about what it means to take continuous birth control pills, now it’s time for why?
There are both lifestyle and health reasons for choosing to skip your periods through the use of birth control pills. One health reason is for the treatment of endometriosis (this is why I do it). If your cycles make you sick, why have them anyway?
And if you …read more