Notes on women's health, written after living with it rather than reading about it.

Put self-help for low mood back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good months will…

Most people do not fail at building a cycle log from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows is the doing…

Advice on graded approach to period pain tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some…

If you have already tried exercise intensity during your period and dropped it, the fault is usually in the setup: a starting point set too high, an…

Let us set the limits of cycle and mood swings first: it reliably improves a feel for your medication rhythm, and it does not deliver overnight.…

Put baseline tests before conceiving back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good…

Most people want when to start folic acid to make things better. The workable version of that goal is steadier: a floor you can hit on a bad day.…

Put weight management in pregnancy back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good…

Put the order of postpartum recovery back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good…

Put medication while breastfeeding back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good…

Separate two things in common menopause symptoms: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the action…

There is plenty written about how to do a breast self-check and little you can act on. This piece stays concrete: every action can be done at your…

Put how often to book a gynae visit back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good…

There is plenty written about cervical screening intervals and little you can act on. This piece stays concrete: every action can be done on the…

Let us set the limits of common causes of anaemia first: it reliably improves a feel for your medication rhythm, and it does not deliver overnight.…

Most people want hormones and adult acne to make things better. The workable version of that goal is steadier: a floor you can hit on a bad day.…

Advice on comparing contraceptive options tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some…

Most people want diet during your period to make things better. The workable version of that goal is steadier: a floor you can hit on a bad day.…

Put sleep and hormones back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good months will not…

Let us set the limits of thyroid and cycle length first: it reliably improves fewer trips you did not need, and it does not deliver overnight.…