Inspiration
After struggling for years with chronic fatigue and frequent pain that has almost stopped me from pursuing tech, I finally learned how to advocate for myself. 3 diagnoses and a scheduled surgery later, I decided that there needs to be a better way for people to get information about conditions that they may have never even heard of, all in one place. Nearly half of AFAB people/people with menstruation systems experience a similar journey of advocating for their health, and there is a lot of discouraging and false information on the internet about the conditions and treatments available. I wanted a one-stop shop of menstrual health information, and what better way than to create it myself?
What it does
This is a website that is a one stop shop for information about menstrual health. I have seen misinformation that discourages people from talking to their doctors even on sites that seem reputable. It offers data, a dictionary of terms, and a guide on how to advocate for yourself or others.
How we built it
I built this website with Github Pages. Then I added html files for the different pages.
Challenges we ran into
I had never used github pages before, so I used a lot of youtube videos to learn how to get it set up. Once that was set up, I learned how to upload them and connect them on github pages. I then added some fancier features such as a table, pictures, and design. I attempted to create a table with python but ran into issues with python libraries installing.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
I'm proud of getting the website up and running!
What we learned
I began learning how to use html and how to never give up! I also learned a lot about python and plan to implement it into this project in the future, perhaps with beatifulsoup we scraping so people can see reviews/side effects of birth controls from different websites.
What's next for Menstruation Health All-In-One Websit
Implementing beautiful soup for birth control side effects, as well as more information. This will be a great winter break project! I may also create more websites based on my interests and implement python and mySQL.
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