Hi, I'm Naila

I started Periodwise for a simple reason: my period is genuinely the worst. I get extremely painful periods, and I got sick of them interfering with my life and my productivity every single month. I tried so many things, went deep down the research rabbit hole, and kept wishing all of it lived in one honest, judgment-free place.

Then I went on birth control and saw a second problem: figuring out your options is genuinely hard. There are so many methods, so many trade-offs, and so much jargon standing between you and a confident decision. That experience became the other half of the inspiration for this site.

Periodwise is everything I wish I'd had — the science explained plainly, the options compared honestly, and none of the dismissiveness that so often comes with period pain.