Be Prepared Period - Healthy Communities Challenge DayWhat’s not to love about a challenge, especially a healthy one? We enjoy hearing about various challenges, that is why when we heard of Marysville’s annual Healthy Communities Challenge Day we immediately joined in!

Every year Marysville hosts a community event filled with interactive activities, fitness demos, and live entertainment focusing on fitness, nutrition and healthy lifestyles. This year, we were thrilled to be included in the fun!

A big part of our mission at www.bepreparedperiod.com is to educate girls and women on healthier feminine hygiene product options. Many are not aware of organic/natural options or eco-friendly menstrual cups, products that can truly help women achieve a Better Period. So this opportunity or “challenge” to help educate families on healthy options was right up our alley! READ MORE… »

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“We are so thankful for all the strong supporters of our monthly #PeriodTalk tweet chats with You ARE Loved! It is hard to believe we are already celebrating one year of chats! To help us celebrate our great friends over at Maxim Hygiene wrote this special post.” READ MORE… »

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First Annual Online Menstrual Party
In celebration of one year of monthly online educational chats, Be Prepared Period and You ARE Loved are proud to announce the First Annual Online Menstrual Party will be held on Friday, July 13 from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET.  This public event can be accessed via Twitter using the hashtag #PeriodTalk.

Marysville, WA   June 25, 2012
With the goal of doing more AND better menstrual education, Be Prepared Period and You ARE Loved joined together to launch a monthly menstrual education event in July 2011.  These monthly gatherings, known to many as #PeriodTalk, have grown from a few to fifty or more participants discussing the month’s topic.  Past topics include Periodic Stories: Ours and Yours, Exploring the Many Feminine Hygiene Options, and Puberty and Periods: Guiding Tween and Teen Girls. READ MORE… »

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We are ready to party!!!

To celebrate one year of #PeriodTalk tweet chats we will be hosting our First Annual Menstrual Party (July 13th) with our wonderful co-host, You ARE Loved.

GladRags Cloth Pad Sampler KitThis month’s chat will include conversation, questions, polls and lots of interaction on a variety of menstrual products. And because no party is complete without prizes, there will be plenty of those too! Thanks to our wonderful friends at GladRags we are excited to announce that we will be giving away a Cloth Pad Sampler Kit (retail value $88.99) to one very lucky participant.

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I just wanted to share a little bit of my story.

Back in 2010 I remember going through so much pain. I had all sorts of tests done along with seeing two doctors. After a scope and colonoscopy, and even having one doctor tell me I didn’t have endometriosis, I was beginning to think I just had to deal with it.

At the end of February 2011 I ended up in the hospital with some extreme pain on my side. After an ultrasound, it was determined I had a massive “chocolate” cyst that had ruptured.

On March 10th, I followed up with the ER doctor. She did an exam and decided we needed to do exploratory surgery.

A week later I went in for my surgery not knowing what would be found. I remember crying to my doctor, telling her I didn’t fear them finding anything. But instead, I feared them not finding a source to my pain.

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