Webinar: Just a Period - Let's Talk Heavy And Painful Periods

Millions of women, girls and people who menstruate suffer with severe period pain or heavy bleeding that disrupts their lives. Instead of getting the treatment and support they desperately need, they’re often dismissed and told it’s “Just a Period”.

During this webinar, we will talk about heavy and painful periods.

Our Chair, Professor Dame Lesley Regan, will be in conversation with Dr Aziza Sesay, GP, founder of Talks with Dr Sesay, Health Content Creator and Wellbeing of Women ambassador. They will be joined by Jen Moore aka @jen.dometriosis, writer, speaker and campaigner and Zaynah Ahmed, a 19-year-old journalism student. Jen and Zaynah will share their experiences of living with heavy and painful periods.

They will discuss aspects such as:

· What are heavy and painful periods?

· Overview of common conditions that can cause heavy and painful periods such as fibroids, endometriosis and adenomyosis

· The impact of heavy and painful periods from a young age to adulthood

· Diagnosis and treatment options

· The Wellbeing of Women period symptom checker: find out how the soon to be launched checker can help you start to take back control of your period

Have a question for one of our speakers? Email events@wellbeingofwomen.org.uk before the event. For this webinar, we will also give you plenty of time to have your questions answered by our panellists.