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Trends in menstrual bleeding changes after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination

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Re: Trends in menstrual bleeding changes after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination

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> formerly menstruating people is that referring to post menopausal women?

Among others, but the thing I’d guess the parent was referring to is a specific kind of culture warrior who loses their absolute shit when anybody uses the term “people” in relation to any topic that primarily involves women; some trans men may menstruate or have done so in the past, for example, so there is a tendency in the field to avoid gendered terms unless it’s necessary.

Re: Trends in menstrual bleeding changes after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination

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It does define the term later, and includes a breakdown.

'e.g., those on menstrual suppression therapies or postmenopausal people'

'This sample included 35,572 (90.9%) woman-only identifying and 3557 (9.1%) gender-diverse respondents'

Re: Trends in menstrual bleeding changes after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination

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As someone who was trying to conceive while the vaccine rolled out, this isn’t surprising. People were regularly reporting basal temperature spikes, delayed ovulation, and delayed periods. This is a community that is extremely data-oriented, since with the right measurements you’re able to predict your fertile (or non-fertile) window.

I was disappointed to see how little research there was into menstruation at the time. We were told that the vaccine was perfectly safe, and even questioning the vaccine made you ‘anti-vax.’ Now over a full year later the scientific community is confirming what random message boards have been saying all along. It may be safe, but nobody really cared to look at the impact on menstruation or pregnancy beyond confirming that the rate of miscarriage is unchanged.

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