04/10/2026
When I started building SVAAN, I wasn’t starting from a product idea. I was starting from years of feeling like so much of being a woman was just something you were expected to put up with.
Pain. Mood changes. Exhaustion. The days where you don’t quite feel like yourself.
And so often the response is basically: just live with it.
Of course, not every uncomfortable symptom means something is wrong. And I don’t think we need to turn every phase of our cycle into a problem that needs fixing.
But I do think there’s a huge difference between understanding what’s normal for your body and accepting that feeling awful is simply the price of menstruating.
That tension became a big part of why I wanted to build SVAAN in the first place.
Not to make women obsess more about their hormones.
But to make women’s health feel more understood, more supported, and a little less like something we’re just supposed to endure. 🦢