🩸It should arrive every 25-36 days (average is 28-30 days)
🩸Follows ovulation
🩸Bleed for 3-7 days
🩸Lose 25-80 ml of blood (average 50ml) This is why a menstrual cup is an excellent option because you can track how much blood you lose. To put the amount in perspective, 80 millilitres of blood is the equivalent of 20 tampons per cycle
🩸 Pain-free but perhaps some mild cramping first day (if you have to take a few ibuprofen on the first day and the pain goes away that is fine, but ideally you want to get to a place where you don’t need painkillers) instead of painkillers, ginger, turmeric & magnesium work wonders. Many people have had success with CBD as well.
🩸Bright, cranberry-coloured blood that is the consistency of syrup & clot free. There may be a few clots but anything over a dime-sized clot signifies a hormone imbalance.
🩸Luteal phase of 11-16 days
It’s important to note that we will all have abnormal periods at some point. One month you might have a painful period, heavier bleed, or start early or late. If this is not your normal pattern, don’t fret.
Observe this change and take note of your next period. It’s only when this deviation in your period persists for three cycles in a row that a pattern is created, signifying there is a hormone imbalance at play.
🩸 What’s up with your period?
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