CRAMPED

Kate checks in with comedian and recent hysterectomy patient Max Gross, as well as therapist Suzanne Garrison to figure out - what is medical trauma, and do we have it? How does undiagnosed and untrea...

18 Maalis 202541min

Kate sees a specialist and finally gets a diagnosis for the condition causing her severe period pain. But instead of relief and a clear treatment plan, she just has more questions. She interviews her ...

11 Maalis 202538min

Kate gets sucked down a rabbit hole of "hormone balancing" content on TikTok, and wonders...this whole time, have her cramps just been due to a hormone imbalance? She talks with Alex Sujong Laughlin (...

4 Maalis 202544min

Kate takes a field trip to Evanston, Illinois to visit the Gynecology Research Laboratory, where a team of doctors and researchers are doing groundbreaking studies to understand period pain and find n...

25 Helmi 202536min

It seems like a simple question, right? How many other people out there are experiencing "death cramps"? It turns out...not so much. Kate brings on her sister Maeve, who also gets death cramps, to fig...

18 Helmi 202539min

When you're in severe pain and can't figure out how to make it go away, you might seek help at an ER or Urgent Care. But if you're experiencing severe PERIOD pain, you may not get what you need.Kate a...

11 Helmi 202540min

Just how bad are Kate's "really bad cramps"? And what could be causing them?  In the first of ten episodes, host Kate Helen Downey describes what happens when "death cramps" strike at work. Gynecologi...

4 Helmi 202541min

A sneak peek at what's to come in the 10 episodes of CRAMPED - first episode dropping Tuesday February 4th, with new episodes weekly for 10 weeks.  See more info at https://www.katehelendowney.com/cra...

21 Tammi 20255min