menses

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"Discrepancies in the incidence of who gets migraine attacks associated with menses is likely due to premenopausal women having more regular menstrual cycles and thus more menstrual-related migraines," says Ailani.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2024

Anytime before the “quickening”—the time in pregnancy around 16-18 weeks when women can feel the fetus moving within them— women could ingest herbs or teas to try to get their menses to restart.

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2022

Nonetheless, women continued to restore their menses with home treatments and induced early abortions before quickening as permitted by common law.

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2022

Elizabeth Ward, a Boston-based dietitian and co-author of “The Menopause Diet Plan,” notes that sudden changes in weight can also affect menses.

From Washington Post • Aug. 21, 2020

The menses may be obstructed or sparing, or they may be too profuse or frequent.

From Fruits of Philosophy A Treatise on the Population Question by Knowlton, Charles