[Mz]

FYI: Menstrual blood is not like, say, blood from a cut on your arm. It is clotty, nasty, disgusting stuff. Menstrual blood has been collecting in the uterus for some weeks, creating a lining on the walls intended to become a placenta should one get pregnant. And when a woman fails to get pregnant, the body decides to shed that lining.

It's really not pleasant stuff to deal with. Plus, it is contaminated by mucus of varying amounts and thicknesses.

[teamhappy]

"Not pleasant to deal with" is a lot better than "gross" :)

[Mz]

My first thought was "turns my stomach." I went with "gross" instead out of deference to the largely male audience whom I did not expect would understand my strong negative reaction. :-)