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What is a menstrual cycle?
The menstrual cycle is the series of changes a woman's body goes through to prepare for a possible pregnancy. About once a month, the uterus grows a new, thickened lining (endometrium) so that it is ready to receive a fertilized egg. When there is no fertilized egg to start a pregnancy, the uterus then sheds its lining. This is the monthly menstrual bleeding (also called menstrual period) that women have from their early teen years until menopause, around age 50.
You can measure your menstrual cycle by counting from the first day of menstrual bleeding, Day 1, right up to the next menstrual bleeding. From Day 1 of bleeding to Day 1 of the next time of bleeding is the menstrual cycle. While the average cycle length is 28 days, it is perfectly normal to have a menstrual cycle that lasts 21 to 35 days. 1
Unpredictable or longer menstrual cycles are normal for teenagers and women in their 40s. If you are a teen, your cycles should even out with time. If you are nearing the age of menopause, your menstrual cycles will probably become longer and will eventually stop.
What controls the menstrual cycle?
Your hormone (endocrine) system controls your menstrual cycle. During each cycle, your brain's hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and ovaries send hormone signals back and forth, stimulating the ovaries and uterus to get ready for a pregnancy.
The hormones estrogen and progesterone play the biggest role in how the uterus changes during each cycle.
Estrogen triggers the buildup of the uterine lining (the endometrium).
After ovulation, a rise in progesterone helps the estrogen keep the endometrium thick and ready for a fertilized egg to implant.
A drop in progesterone (along with estrogen) then causes the endometrium to break down, so that it completely sheds from the uterus.
A change in this sequence of events or hormone levels is likely to change your menstrual cycle or fertility. For example, during the transition into and out of the fertile years, teens and perimenopausal women tend to have low or changing progesterone levels. This can lead to unpredictable, heavy menstrual bleeding.
Outside factors that can change your menstrual cycle include use of hormones, such as birth control pills; low body fat; and extreme weight loss, exercise, or stress. The most common cause of a missed period is pregnancy.
What common symptoms are linked to the menstrual cycle?
While some women have no discomfort during their menstrual cycle, others have mild to severe symptoms.
With ovulation, which occurs at the middle of the menstrual cycle, some women have less than a day of red spotting or lower pelvic pain (mittelschmerz); both are normal.
During the week or two before a menstrual period, it is common to have some premenstrual symptoms. You may feel more tense, angry, or emotional; gain water weight and feel bloated; or have tender breasts or acne. You may also have less energy than usual, and you may be less able to exert yourself during exercise. A day or two before your period, you may start having pain (cramps) in your abdomen, back, or legs. During the first days of a menstrual period, these symptoms go away.
How can women manage menstrual bleeding and symptoms?
You can choose from a range of pad and tampon choices for managing menstrual bleeding. Whichever you use, be sure to change them at least every 4 hours. Pads are best for nighttime use.
Many women can improve their symptoms by getting regular exercise, eating a healthy diet, limiting alcohol and caffeine intake, and reducing stress. A heating pad, hot water bottle, or warm bath can also help relieve menstrual cramps. Before and during menstrual bleeding, regular use of a nonprescription nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), such as ibuprofen, significantly relieves premenstrual and menstrual pain and reduces bleeding. 2, 3
If you think you are getting your period/just got your first period, make sure you use a pad so that it doesn't leave a gross stain in your underwear (if it already has, throw that pair out, the stain most likely won't fully come out).
Take it easy during your first period, and recognize how you feel (hungrier, tired, etc.) and plan for that for your next period.
If you prefer/would like to try tampons, use a pad aswell so that if you have the tampon in wrong or it leaks, you are covered.
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well being on you first period could be different for everyone, you could be moody, or have the need to eat or just the opposite, you might get a couple of cramps or a lot , and well what do you need to know? what to use pads of tampons? tea for cramps? um how to follow your period?
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