Can you describe your relationship with your menstrual cycle in three words?

Meticulous, Codependent, Passionate.

If your period was a fictional character, who
would it be?

Before having a baby: Lola Bunny in Space Jam (flirty, powerful, go-getter).

After having a baby: Tilda Swinton’s character(s) in Suspiria (2018) (bloody and intense.

Are you navigating any cycle-related conditions and, if so, how do you manage them?

In my luteal phase I like to make special potions to put in my bath, light candles, and watch tiktok till the water gets cold and I’ve turned into a prune. Last month I ate a sweet potato kale soup INSIDE THE BATHTUB!!!

Before joining Stardust, Lola worked in fertility health care and as a doula. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, son, and dog.

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What’s your go-to act of self-care when your’re having your period?

Hot water bottle, more sleep, sweet treats, words of affirmations from my loved one.

How do you know your period is coming?

I get so intensely thirsty and every month I’m like “weird why am I parched?! Why do I have this unquenchable thirst that not even 1000 gallons of water could cure” and then a day later my period arrives.

Choose your fighter: tampons, pads, menstrual cup, period underwear

I was a menstrual cup girly for about a decade and then my uterus almost fell out postpartum (uterine prolapse, look it up) and now I’m scared to go back to using one cus I feel like it could suction my uterus out (it wouldn’t)...now that tampons are filled with arsenic and lead I’ve lately been a reusable pad gal!! Or organic tampons. I kinda rotate each month.

What’s your ultimate period craving—sweet, salty, or something unexpected?

It’s cliché but chocolate. I used to pretend to like dark chocolate to appear sophisticated but I want the milkiest, silkiest, sweetest bar of le chocolat sil vous plait.

What is a hormonal meltdown you’ve had where you can look back and laugh?

In high school I once shouted at my parents (which was very rare) “I don’t want to go to F***ING school!” and dramatically slammed the bathroom door. In the bathroom I then (of course) discovered my period in my underwear and ended up laughing.

What do you wish you knew about your menstrual cycle when you were younger?

I wish I was taught about all 4 phases and not just about the period. I didn’t learn about ovulation until I started looking into all the different birth control options. I thought if you had unprotected sex you would get pregnant and that’s a fact. There were no percentages of efficacy rates or options or explanation of all the phases. I had to seek that information for myself out in my early twenties.

What’s one thing you do to treat yourself when PMS hits hard?

Recently I’ve gotten into a naughty habit of ordering in cupcakes…

How do you use Stardust and what are your favorite features?

I love the sync with friends option because I have all my close friends and it’s wild to see when and where we align. I use partner mode with one of my besties and it’s great to get updates on where she’s at in her cycle every morning - a new level of intimacy unlocked.