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If your period is impacting your life, know your period can help you understand some of the symptoms and causes of abnormal uterine bleeding and when to seek help from your doctor.
This website was created to provide you with information about your period to find out if you are experiencing abnormal uterine bleeding. We hope that this information will help you to have conversations with your doctor, family and whānau and friends. Experiencing abnormal uterine bleeding can be a difficult and isolating experience, but having information can give you ways to manage it.
It is important to know that you are not alone. In fact, 1 in 3 people with a uterus experience abnormal uterine bleeding.
Hear about others experiences with abnormal uterine bleeding
In these videos, Claire and Rahera discuss their experiences with abnormal uterine bleeding and how it has impacted their lives.
In the videos, they discuss four main topics:
What a period means to me
The impact on my life
How to advocate for yourself
and seek help
Things that have
helped me
These videos may be useful to hear lived experiences of abnormal uterine bleeding. Claire and Rahera have advice and recommendations that they learned from experience during their lives.
Remember that these are their own personal experiences and yours may be very different to theirs.
“There’s still that big step of going and seeing someone… it’s not just something you have to put up with, it’s not something you just have to go along with.”
— Claire
“Do your research, hear your body, listen to your body because only you know your body.”
— Rahera