“What can you do and not do during your period? », asks Gaëlle Baldassari, trainer, founder of the movement « Love your Cycle », author of love your period, published by Larousse. Would there be things allowed, and others forbidden, when the menstrual blood flows? Is it forbidden to go to the swimming pool? To do sport ? How to wash? Can we have sex? And, according to a popular belief: would it be possible, when you have your period, to achieve the feat of making mayonnaise? So many questions that Gaëlle Baldassari answers in this episode of our weekly podcast “ Everything is explained », devoted to sexuality, health and society. Good listening !
Limiting popular beliefs
Would baths be prohibited during menstruation? Gaëlle Baldassari answers in this interview: “There is no contraindication. When you have your period, you are not going to have a bath that will look like a shark attack! We only have a few drops that will flow. And most of the time, the bath water will remain transparent. If it tints a little pink, that’s no problem. Because there is no health problem in taking a bath when you have your period. It can even be good, because it can reduce period pain for some people. Because the bath is relaxing. »
How to wash sex when you have your period? Gaëlle Baldassari reminds us that the vagina is “self-cleaning”, and that there is no point in washing the inside of this organ. On the contrary. “We don’t put anything in the vagina, neither water nor product, because we can end up with fungal infections and vaginosis”, recalls the trainer in this interview. Listen to the rest in the audio player above.
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