Always Teams Up With The Fibroid Foundation To Debut Its Largest Pad Yet For Heavy Flow

By Kachelle Pratcher · Updated April 12, 2026 National Institutes of Health, ultrasound evidence indicates that over 80 percent of Black women and about 70 percent of white women will develop fibroids by age 50. The condition can lead to anemia, pelvic pain, urinary problems, and The Fibroid Foundation , was diagnosed with fibroids at age 26 after years of painful, heavy periods that she had assumed were normal. Growing up, she watched her mother cycle through multiple pads and tampons at once and push through. “We normalize it,” Venable says. “I thought that was my plight as well.” When she finally sought answers, her OB-GYN provided no explanation about fibroids and did not discuss fertility concerns. The only option presented was a hysterectomy. When she sought a second opinion, the surgeon she found punctured her uterus during the procedure and removed nothing. Since then, she has undergone four procedures, including an open a 1960s study of 476 women conducted solely in Sweden . It did not include other countries, other ethnicities, or varying estrogen levels. And it did not account for heavy menstrual bleeding. “That amount of blood loss was adopted into all of the medical training that we see today,” Venable explains. “These conversations are helping to change that dynamic and change the expectations around what a normal period is, because it varies greatly from person to person.” Fear is another barrier. The Fibroid Foundation, which now has a reach…