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a recurring cycle (beginning at menarche and ending at menopause) in which the endometrial lining of the uterus prepares for pregnancy

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Adira Woman understands the embarrassment due to staining and how it feels when aunt flo knocks on women's door & forces them to stop going out and engage in the activities they love.
This most common of human aspects continue to come in many disguises; Aunty from Reading, Aunt Flo, Big Red, the red tent, red dress, a visitor, the BUS (Bleeding Uterus Syndrome), Carrie, Cousin TOM (time of Month), trip to the moon, Gs in the hood, the crimson tide--are but a few of apparently thousands of indirect references made to it.
Operations fail to save him, so "stop cutting, Jimmie told them, let me go to earth and snow and silver trees." Aunt Flo sides with the doctors because her religious faith won't permit Jimmie to commit suicide by stopping his "treatment", and so "Auntie Flo went on reading St.
Despite my 20 years of visits from Aunt Flo, I am still caught unaware on a regular basis.
While many of us will be heading to the mall on Saturday to return that purple shirt from Aunt Flo, or busy traveling to the next holiday party, a hearty group of folks will rise at the crack of dawn and make their way to the Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary (WMWS) in Westminster.
Menstruation Made Easy: Including Menopause Made Simple" is an ideal guide for any man who has been burned far too often for being insensitive during Aunt Flo's visit, and for community library relationship collections.
Mary McCullagh, 59, told Nicole Anderson she would receive the money back with interest when McCullagh's Aunt Flo died and she inherited a pounds 9m home in the Irish Republic.
Because lets face it, when your battling through the madding crowds trying to find that special something for Aunt Flo, the last thing you want to hear is the latest cheerful cheese from the winner of X-Factor.
This Christmas they published the Alternative Gift Catalogue, so if you are stuck deciding on a present for aunt Flo, maybe a flock of goats is the answer.
"Don't you see, Aunt Flo, what a good idea this is?
A tyre went flat on the return journey and she left Aunt Flo in the car and went off to seek help.
This time, among an entry of 115, three Scandinavian possibles-El Gran Lode and Senador from Sweden, plus Woven Roving from Denmark-are joined by two from France, Double Heart and Aunt Flo.
I hadn't a clue whodunnit but my Aunt Flo knew it was the vicar - "because his eyes were too close together".
"My aunt Flo in America sent me some Christian Science leaflets.
They have since added to their string and given their horses names such as Blue Zola and Aunt Flo.