Monthly visitor

'The first thing was,' she lowered her voice, 'my, you know – monthly visitor – didn't appear. I didn't think much about it because I've never kept track of that very well. […]

I bought a home pregnancy test yesterday and I'm praying that stress is the cause for the lack of my monthly visitor as I watch the stick that I just peed on.

Once my “monthly visitor” arrived, the sports I'd always played were out of the question. My symptoms were so severe and I couldn't risk being on a team that depended on me.