September has been #MenarcheMonth at re: Cycling, and as it draws to a close–just two posts left to come in the menarche series–I thought I’d collate the links to the full range of topics our contributors have covered this month.
I kicked it off by paying homage to one mom’s first period talk with her daughter from a 1989 episode of the hit TV series Roseanne. Watch Roseanne set the right tone with her daughter Darlene in #Menstruationmatters and it starts with menarche.
Menstrual designer Jen Lewis’s Ms. September–Menstruation Pin-up was titled Let it Flow #2.
In Weekend Links we featured first periods stories and a short list of people and organizations talking about menstruation on Twitter.
Dr. Lara Briden’s post about Why young teens need real periods–not the pill generated the liveliest response with 33 comments. If you haven’t read it yet, please do, and share your thoughts about what Briden, a naturopathic doctor, and other commenters had to say on the topic.
In A daughter raise with body literacy, Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner Lisa Leger told a unique story of how she taught her daughter about menstrual cycle charting from her first period and what she believes her daughter gained by having this knowledge.
Mother-daughter co-authors Sheryl Mendlinger, Phd, and Yael Magen, Esq., read a passage from their book in A poignant first period story from the book Schlopping. In a subsequent post Mendlinger shared what she learned from immigrant women about their menarche experiences in How do mothers pass on knowledge about menstruation to their daughters?
Suzan Hutchinson informed us about precocious puberty in What happens when a seven-year-old gets her period? Her piece makes clear that neither society nor our elementary schools are as prepared as they could be, or should be, to support girls experiencing early menarche.
Be sure to check out the final two post in the September 2015 #MenarcheMonth series.
Laura Wershler is a veteran sexual and reproductive health advocate and writer, SMCR member, and editor-in-chief of re: Cycling.
