Fertility Friday Radio | Fertility Awareness For Pregnancy And Hormone-free Birth Control

Today’s episode is focused on period taboos, and how menstruation is managed cross culturally. My guest Ila Mostafa published the paper The Real Period Stain: Menstrual Stigma and Its Pressures in South Asia  based on a combination of her research and personal experience in this area. If you’ve ever wondered about menstrual taboos and/or stigma in different cultures, you’ll definitely appreciate this episode. Today’s episode is sponsored by the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Workbook. The first fully customizable paper charting workbook of it’s kind, available in both Fahrenheit and Celsius editions. Click here to grab your copy today! Listen to The Fifth Vital Sign for free with your free 30 day trial of Audible! Click here to listen now. Topics discussed in today's episode: What brought Ila to studying menstrual stigmas Ila’s personal experience with menstruation and how it differed How Ila defines menstrual stigma and what impact it has on our lives How different religions view women’s menst