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Can holding your laptop on your lap/stomach for extended periods (hours) of time interrupt your normal menstrual pattern, or make menses stop altogeth?

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No: A laptop on your lap/stomach to long periods of time will have no affect on your menses. Best wishes!

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Answered 3/16/2015

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