Ms Mya Doocey:

In the chat boxes of the survey, a few people said they had to take the pill because they had such bad periods and could not cope with it while training. They took the pill and other things like that to get rid of their period as they could not train and compete with their period. We wanted to educate younger people on periods because we have both had struggles with our period and sport. Many girls have problems with their period and are not taken seriously. As the Deputy said, they could have underlying conditions such as PCOS or endometriosis and doctors tell them it is just their period. Many people are not taken seriously and not diagnosed when they should be.