A ‘normal’ menstrual cycle?
Think about how old you were when you got your first period. Now think about how old you may be when you enter menopause. Your body and life will change a lot from one to the other, right? So does your menstrual cycle
Pay attention to what’s normal and healthy for you and what does your period says about you so you can pick up on early signs of trouble.
Your menstrual cycle helps your body prepare for pregnancy every month. It also makes you have a period if you’re not pregnant. Your menstrual cycle and period are controlled by hormones like estrogen and progesterone. Here’s how it all goes down:
You have 2 ovaries, and each one holds a bunch of eggs. The eggs are super tiny — too small to see with the naked eye.
During your menstrual cycle, hormones make the eggs in your ovaries mature this is is the follicular phase of this cycle —
when an egg is mature, that means it’s ready to be fertilized by a sperm cell we call it as ovulation.
—- next starts The luteal phase which is one stage of your menstrual cycle. It occurs after ovulation (when your ovaries release an egg) and before your period starts. During this time, the lining of your uterus normally gets thicker to prepare for a possible pregnancy.. This lining is made of tissue and blood, like almost everything else inside our bodies. It has lots of nutrients to help a pregnancy grow.
Length of your normal period cycle It starts on the first day of your last period and ends on the first day of your next period. Though the average cycle is 28 days long, anything between 21 and 45 days is considered normal.
That’s a 24-day difference
If pregnancy doesn’t happen, your body doesn’t need the thick lining in your uterus. Your lining breaks down, and the blood, nutrients, and tissue flow out of your body through your vagina.
There you go , it’s your period!
Pay attention to what’s normal and healthy for you and what does your period says about you so you can pick up on early signs of trouble.
