Period Tracking

Soso Answers: Gel Discharge, Pink Blood and Tampon Trouble (September 16 to 23)

This week you asked about gel-like discharge that soaks through, a first period in white trousers, pink blood on day one, a tampon that hurts once it is in, and how many days there should be between periods. Here are the real answers.

How long does the first period last? Here's what to expect

Your first period is here and you're counting the days? Find out how long it can last and what to expect from your first few cycles.

Soso Answers: Lumpy Discharge, Sudden Sweat and Swimming (September 2 to 8)

This week girls asked Soso about clumpy discharge, sweating out of nowhere, whether a pad works for swimming, how to tell light from heavy, and how to ask for pads without saying it out loud.

How to tell the difference between spotting and a period

Spotting is light and irregular bleeding, while menstruation usually lasts longer and follows the cycle’s usual pattern.

How your cycle works and the group chat inside your body

Understanding your menstrual cycle doesn't have to be complicated. Think of your body as an exclusive 'chat group' where the brain, ovaries, and uterus use hormones instead of text messages to coordinate your monthly rhythm. From the first day of your period to the subtle clues your body leaves behind, discover how this unique communication system works and why your cycle is as individual as you are.

How to Track Your Period: A Beginner's Guide for Girls

A beginner's guide for girls to tracking your period, what to log, how to build the habit, and why app predictions are gentle guesses in your first year.

Brown blood, skipped months, short periods, in your first year they are usually completely normal. A girl's guide to irregular first periods and when to ask an adult.

Soso Answers: 5 Things Girls Asked Soso (June 15 to 22)

Every week, girls ask Soso what is really on their minds. Here are the five questions we heard most this week, with gentle, honest answers.

Your cycle is so much more than your period. Here's a friendly walk through the four phases your body moves through every month, and why tracking it helps.

A period is a normal, healthy part of growing up, and once you understand what's happening, it feels a whole lot less mysterious. Here's the simple version.

If your period doesn't arrive like clockwork, that's completely normal. Here's why cycles change from person to person and month to month.