“When I found out my first child would be a daughter, I was ecstatic,” writes Holly Garcia. “ But as quickly as the excitement filled my heart, I started getting the unsolicited comments about how hard it is to have girls. I wasn’t surprised, of course. Even back when I was a teenage girl, plenty of women in my life preached about raising girls as a cautionary tale: Just wait until you have a daughter just like you, then you’ll know what we’re talking about.”

Well, she’s over that attitude — and today, she’s explaining why.

— Kelly Faircloth, Executive Edito

“If you're a Gen Xer or millennial, you may have noticed an unsettling trend lately: the mention of the word perimenopause pops up more and more,” writes Deirdre Kay… and she’s totally right. “But you can't argue that the frequency you find yourself Googling about perimenopause has definitely spiked. And one of the questions likely plaguing you right now is WTF is up with bleeding during perimenopause.” And today, she’s got answers.