Medically reviewed by Renita White, MD Hormonal birth control is the most reliable way to regulate your menstrual cycle.Natural remedies like vitamin C or herbs lack strong clinical evidence for ...

Medically reviewed by Laura Young Weight gain during your period is temporary and usually ends once the period is over.Eating ...

In moments like those-you know, after you curse those menstrual goddesses-you might think, damn, if only I could will my period to come when I wanted it to. Menstrual cycles typically last 28 days, ...

Renita White, MD, is an obstetrician/gynecologist at Georgia Obstetrics and Gynecology in Atlanta, Georgia. Her areas of expertise include fibroids, irregular vaginal ...

If you have an extremely short cycle, then the time you ovulate could overlap with your period and you could get pregnant if you have unprotected sex.

My period is, and always has been, very regular, reliably arriving every 21 days. So when it was 10 days late this past September, I freaked out and called my doctor to figure out what the heck was ...