Taking care of period underwear properly is essential to ensuring their longevity and effectiveness. However, there are common mistakes that many people make when it comes to caring for their period underwear.
Menstruation
Know Your Cycle, Know Your Body.
At Maxim, we want to empower women to feel confident about their bodies. Your hormones and moods fluctuate during your menstrual cycle. You’ll be surprised to know that your menstrual cycle happens everyday throughout the month, not just the period of time when you’re...
Period Underwear vs. Regular Underwear
Spoiler: Not much is different
5 Questions About Clotted Period Blood
What is Clotted Period Blood? Clotted period blood is jelly like clumps of coagulated blood released during your period. These clots shed from the uterine lining. They are deep red in color and smaller than the size of a quarter. During menstruation, estrogen is at an...
6 Reasons You Might Be Having Irregular Periods
1. PCOS Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome can cause irregular periods, heavy bleeding, excessive facial or body hair, infertility, weight gain, baldness/hair loss, and infertility. If you experience a combination of the above, be sure to ask your doctor to check you for...
5 Ways to Regulate Your Hormones this Holiday Season
Whether you’re pregnant, menstruating, perimenopausal, menopausal, or just alive for 2020, the holiday season stress is powerful enough to throw off your hormones. From cooking Thanksgiving dinner to finding the perfect gifts for our loved ones, it's normal to feel...
Four Ways Your Body Changes Through the Seasons
A woman's body definitely changes throughout the cycle of a month, but did you know our bodies change throughout the year as well? A recent study in Nature Communications found that as many as one-fifth of the genes in our blood cells undergo seasonal changes in...
5 Ways to Naturally Alleviate Period Pain
Every month or so, the deluge comes -- abdominal cramps, lower back pain, nausea, diarrhea, and more. Over half of women who menstruate experience period pain (dysmenorrhea) for at least one to two days every month. The main culprit of period pain are prostaglandins...
CBD for Period Pain
From weed tampons to arm patches and vaginal suppositories, cannabis is becoming an increasingly popular method of treatment for period-related pains. There is growing evidence that cannabidiol, or CBD, a non psychoactive compound found in the hemp (cannabis plant)...
3 Fun Ways to Test Your Period Products At Home!
Period products are a dime a dozen, so why should you or your loved ones choose Maxim Hygiene? A lot of it comes down to awareness -- did you know that generic pads are made of up to 90% plastic! It is estimated that one pack of menstrual pads is equivalent to 4...
Six Tips for Staying Healthy Down There This Summer
Summer can wreak havoc on our bodies, but in particular, the extra heat and moisture can cause problems with vaginal health if not kept in check. Here are six tips for keeping your vagina healthy this summer -- 1. Wear Cotton Only Cotton is not only hypoallergenic, it...