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Menstrual planner / Cycle diary

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A journal. An energy planner. A (pain) diary. Or an ordinary agenda.
It's up to you.

You decide how you want to use your Fulla Planner. Your Fulla Planner is a best friend who can keep your secrets. Your Fulla Planner is like a big sister who accompanies you to appointments with your healthcare provider or coach.

Whatever your choice, your Fulla Planner provides you with more insight into your own cycle, your energy levels, and if applicable, your pain symptoms. By tracking your cycle, you can identify patterns and move in harmony with your body. If you wish, you can better align your activities and important appointments for maximum strength.

Already bought a planner? No worries, your Fulla Planner loves to make friends with this new planner and happily works alongside it as a journal or diary.

Tap on the image to enhance it.

Whether you’re experiencing your first menstruation (menarche), have a regular cycle, an irregular cycle, a child-wish, no child-wish, are going through menopause, have a medical condition, or are dealing with multiple things at once, the Fulla Planner is a must-have for your daily routine.

By writing, you’ll gain more insight into your own cycle without having to put sensitive information into an expensive and impersonal app. Using the Fulla Planner keeps the information about your menstruation truly private. Whether you want to keep your planner just for yourself or share information with others, it is and always will be your choice.

You can personalize the planner however you like. Do you have your own business and want to align your business appointments or project milestones with your cycle and energy levels? Or are you an athlete who wants to train more effectively? Look ahead to see when your expected menstruation week will be. Going through menopause? Write down details that can be used during a dcotor’s appointment. No longer menstruating? Use only the applicable icons and, for example, note what you eat and how you feel.

Writing in your Fulla Planner gathers valuable data that gives you insight into potential pain symptoms. You can also use the planner during your conversation with a doctor or coach if you suspect conditions like endometriosis, adenomyosis, or PCOS. This (pain) diary can contribute to a faster diagnosis, allowing you to get help sooner. Since the need for a (pain) diary doesn’t always start on January 1st of the new year, the Fulla Planner is designed without a year, so you can start whenever it suits you.

An additional health benefit is that writing in a journal, unlike using a menstruation app, has a positive effect on your mental health.

And the benefits aren’t just for you. For every Fulla Planner sold, 1 euro is donated to the Dutch Endometriosis Foundation and 1 euro is donated to Freya, the Dutch association for people with fertility problems. So, you help yourself and others.

The Fulla Planner is created, designed, and produced in the Netherlands, significantly reducing CO2 emissions compared to other planners. Additionally, the planner is environmentally friendly made using wind and solar energy, and the paper used (Munken Rough) has an Eco-label and FSC certification.

The Fulla Planner is easy to use with icons that can be seamlessly integrated into your daily routine. A neutral cover and serene page layout with plenty of writing space make it a beautifully designed gift to give or receive. All texts in the planner are both in Dutch and in English.

In most books where a menstrual cycle is described, it is limited to a period of 28 days. If you are menstruating for the first time, your Fulla Planner finds it important that you know how hormone levels rise and fall and that this pattern repeats itself. That is why your Fulla Planner includes two cycle periods of 28 days instead of just one. This allows you to understand that you may feel differently each week under the influence of hormones, and it’s good to know that this is normal. Not everyone has a 28-day cycle. It can be longer or shorter and varies from person to person. Together with your Fulla Planner, you will increasingly understand your own cycle and its duration.

The hormone cycle goes briefly as follows:

  • Development of egg cells: Multiple follicles develop in both ovaries. This occurs under the influence of the hormone FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone). These follicles release estrogen, which makes the cervix more suitable for sperm.
  • Full development of one egg cell: Per cycle, only one follicle fully develops. When this happens, a lot more of the hormone estrogen is released.
  • Ovulation: The pituitary gland recognizes the estrogen and releases the hormone LH (luteinizing hormone). The follicle bursts open, leading to ovulation, and the egg cell moves from the follicle and ovary to the oviduct.
  • Journey to the uterus: The egg cell travels through the oviduct to the uterus. The empty follicle produces the hormone progesterone. Progesterone and estrogen make the endometrium suitable for a potential pregnancy and inhibit the hormones that cause more egg cells to develop.
  • Menstruation: If conception does not occur, estrogen levels drop, you menstruate, and the cycle begins anew.

If you search online for an explanation of the 4 seasons of your cycle, you will find plenty of sites.

But in short, it comes down to the following:

Winter

Lower energy

More introspective

Creative

Rest

Reflection

spring

Higher energy

More extroverted

Productive

New ideas

summer

Higher energy

More extroverted

Productive

Collaboration

Presenting

autumn

Lower energy

More introspective

Creative

Focus

Finishing things

The green bars in the illustration represent your energy.

You can find a fantastic explanation of the seasons of your cycle from the Dutch organization Cycle and the Belgian organization Guud Woman.

And for anyone who hasn’t figured it out yet… (I should have included this in the Fulla Planner, sorry)… where it says morning, afternoon, and evening, it refers to when you experience (pain) symptoms, such as in your intestines or lower back. Is the pain part of the day or does it last all day? This is valuable information for a doctor, so you might be referred more quickly.

About Fulla paper

What we stand for

Fulla Paper is a publishing house with a heart, where making a profit is not an end in itself, but a means to continue existing and developing new products.

Fair products that are produced in the Netherlands with care for the environment.

Fulla Paper creates and designs beautifully crafted publications that enable medical journaling for specific conditions or pain symptoms.

Fulla Paper contributes to improving care and disease prevention by donating a portion of the proceeds from every product sold to an interest group or scientific research.

Logo and company name

Since I love Scandinavia, the logo is written in runes.

From top to bottom, it spells ‘FULLA’.

Fulla is a goddess in Norse history, who was historically associated with:

My story

My lifelong love for beautiful writing materials and simplifying complex things to their essence come together in the products being developed.

Products that bring joy to people. I want to extend a helping hand and assist you in gaining insights through my products.

The power lies in simplicity. I aim to create products with a neutral design, minimal text, and no judgment. Everything and everyone is accepted. Everyone can feel good with a product from Fulla Paper, regardless of their background.

With the very first product, the Fulla Planner, I hope that people will see menstruation as something normal and that those who experience pain related to their cycle will receive faster and better care.

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