A woman in her 30s noticed her period was irregular. It turns out, she had ovarian cancer.

Natalie May was diagnosed with stage 1 ovarian cancer at 37 years old. Courtesy of Natalie May A woman was diagnosed with early ovarian cancer after she had an irregular menstrual period. She was 37, more than a decade younger than typical patients, and a rare case of stage 1. Ovarian cancers are on the rise in younger people and are typically missed due to subtle symptoms. In front of a crowd of about a thousand people, Natalie May stepped onstage to talk about something she'd barely even spoken to close friends about — her vagina. Her husband was mortified. But by 2018, May had gotten used to being known as "the vagina lady" to audiences ranging from 12 to 200, sharing her own experience to help others recognize the early warning signs of ovarian cancer . "It's not just something that happens to someone else.