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A period (menstruation) is normal vaginal bleeding that is a natural part of a healthy monthly cycle for a person with a uterus and ovaries. Every month, in the years between puberty (typically age 11 to 14) and menopause (typically about age 51), your body readies itself for pregnancy For most women, the menstrual cycle each month lasts for three to five days.

Every month, in the years between puberty (typically age 11 to 14) and menopause (typically about age 51), your body readies itself for pregnancy. The lining of your uterus thickens and an egg grows and is released from one of your ovaries.

If pregnancy doesn’t occur, estrogen and progesterone levels fall, eventually hitting a level that tells your body to begin menstruation. During your period, the uterus sheds its lining and it’s passed, along with some blood, out of the body through the vagina.

The average person who menstruates loses about 2 to 3 table spoon blood during their period.

The time between periods (last day to first day) typically averages 28 days, with bleeding typically lasting around 4 to 5 days. However, people can experience longer time between periods, and fewer or more days of bleeding, and still have totally “regular” periods.

No method guarantees no periods, but, according to a 2014 articleTrusted Source in the International Journal of Women’s Health, you can suppress your cycle with various types of birth control such as:

• Birth control pills.If you take daily birth control pills, after a year you’ll have about a 70 percent chance of suppressing your cycle.
• Hormone shot.A hormone shot can affect your fertility for up to 22 months. After a year, you’ll have about a 50 to 60 percent chance of suppressing your cycle; about 70 percent after 2 years.
• Hormonal IUD.One year with a hormonal IUD (intrauterine device) gives you about a 50 percent chance of suppressing your cycle.

Arm implant. With a birth control implant inserted in the upper arm, your chance of suppressing your cycle is about 20 percent after 2 years.

A person might notice that their period blood smells metallic due to the presence of blood and iron. The vagina’s acidic environment and the presence of different types of healthful bacteria may also play a role in the smell of vaginal secretions and period blood. The normal pH of the vagina is 3.8–4.5, which is acidic. A pH of 7 is neutral.

The color of a person’s period blood can indicate different health conditions. For example, orange or gray blood can indicate a vaginal infection, while red or dark brown period blood can be an early sign of pregnancy.

A menstruation cycle is the normal regular cycle of menstruation or periods occurring every month in a woman, signifying that all the important parts of the body are functioning properly.

The menstruation cycle prepares the body for pregnancy every month and also helps cause hormonal changes in the body to keep a woman healthy.

Hormones are chemicals generated by glands in the body that controls most of the major bodily functions, from simple basic needs like hunger to complex systems like reproduction, and even the emotions and mood. In a woman, among other hormones, estrogen and progesterone are the key hormones produced by the ovaries.

The average menstrual cycle among women is usually 28 days. The first day of the menstrual cycle is when blood starts to flow out from the vagina.
The complete duration of a menstrual/period cycle can be divided into four main phases:

1. Menstrual phase (From day 1 to 5)
2. Follicular phase (From day 1 to 13)
3. Ovulation phase (Day 14)
4. Luteal phase (From day 15 to 28)

• On day one of the menstruation cycle, or the first day of your period, there is very little circulating estrogen or progesterone in the body.
• From days three to seven, the ovaries start to secrete estrogen, which directs your period (or the bleeding) to slow down and stop. Estrogen also guides your ovaries to start maturing a follicle that develops into an egg during ovulation. Therefore this part of the cycle is known as the follicular phase.
• Thereafter, estrogen levels continue to rise until around day 14, which is when the follicle releases an egg from the ovary. This is known as the ovulation phase.
• After the ovulation phase, the second half of the menstrual cycle begins, which is the luteal phase. During this phase both estrogen and progesterone begin to rise and then peak after about 7-10 days. It is during this time that many girls and women experience what is known as symptoms of Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS).

After the peak, both estrogen and progesterone fall, triggering your next period to begin. This marks the end of one menstrual cycle and the beginning of the next one.

This is how a menstrual cycle runs:

• The first day of the period (when the bleeding begins) marks the day one of the cycle.  This occurs after both your estrogen and progesterone levels fall at the end of the previous cycle, directing the blood and tissues lining the uterus to break down and flow out from the body. The bleeding lasts for about 5 days.
• For most women, the bleeding completely stops by the seventh day. During this time, leading up to day 13, also known as the follicular phase, the hormone estrogen also guides the ovaries to start maturing a follicle within which lies an egg.
• Between day seven and 14, as the follicle continues to develop to reach maturity, the lining of the uterus thickens as it gets rich in blood and nutrients, waiting for a fertilized egg to be implanted there.
• For most women approximately on day 14, the mature follicle bursts and releases an egg from the ovary. This is the ovulation process.
• In the next few days, the egg travels down the fallopian tube towards the uterus or the womb. If the egg meets and unites with a sperm in the uterus, the fertilized egg continues its journey down the fallopian tube and attaches itself to the lining of the uterus which at this time is rich in blood and nutrients.
• Alternatively, during this period if the egg does not fertilize, the hormone levels (estrogen and progesterone levels) fall at around day 25  triggering the next menstrual cycle to begin approximately by day 28 for most women. The unfertilized egg breaks down and passes out of the body during this next cycle.

Though every girl’s body has its own schedule in preparing for the first period or menstruation, the average age in India for a girl to experience her first period is between 10 to 13 years.

Some women experience symptoms before or while menstruating. This is called Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS).

Some common symptoms triggered by the two main hormones, estrogen and progesterone are:

Estrogen effects:

• bloating
• changes in sleeping pattern
• mood swings
• breast cysts
• headaches

Progesterone effects:

• acne
• increased hunger
• fatigue
• irritability

For most women, a period lasts for around approximately five days.

Women continue menstruating till they reach a phase in their lives known as menopause which usually occurs between the ages 45 – 50 years.

Some women may experience early menopause due to medical reasons such as undergoing hysterectomy.

For some women, the time between periods and the amount of blood shed during menstruation vary considerably. This is known as irregular menstruation. Irregular menstruation may have different causes such as:

• hormonal imbalances (may be due to life cycle changes such as pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and menopause)
• sudden and extreme weight loss
• sudden and extreme weight gain
• stress
• using contraceptives
• eating disorders, such as anorexia or bulimia
• suffering from disorders such as PCOS, thyroid disorder, endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), sexually transmitted infections (STIs), diabetes

cancers such as cervical cancer or uterine cancer.

A  woman may experience late period or miss periods due to a variety of reasons such as:

• pregnancy
• stress
• sudden loss of weight
• sudden weight gain
• suffering from disorders such as PCOS, thyroid disorder, endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), sexually transmitted infections (STIs), diabetes
• using birth control
• early peri-menopause
• thyroid issues

Women can experience pains or cramps during menstruations due to various reasons such as:

• Stress
• Poor physical health
• Lack of physical activity
• Dehydration
• Endometriosis
• Adenomyosis
• Uterine fibroids
• Insertion of copper IUD for birth control
• Pelvic inflammatory disease
• Uterine defects

You should change your sanitary pad before it becomes completely soaked with blood and unable to retain the blood. If you use a tampon you should change it every 4 to 8 hours. A girl will easily understand when she needs to change her pad/tampon.

You should change your sanitary pad before it becomes completely soaked with blood and unable to retain the blood. If you use a tampon you should change it every 4 to 8 hours. A girl will easily understand when she needs to change her pad/tampon.

For what kind of periods/menstruation related problems should a doctor be consulted? 

You need to consult a doctor if you experience the following symptoms related to menstruation:

• you have not started menstruating by the age of 16 years
• you have not started menstruating within 3 years after your breast growth began
• your breasts have not begun to grow after 13 years of age
• unusually heavy flow/bleeding
• experiencing high fever
• you are experiencing sudden irregular periods after years of having regular periods
• nausea and vomiting
• severe pain or cramps
• bleeding that lasts longer than seven days
• you are experiencing periods more often than 21 days or less often than 35 days
• your periods have stopped for more than 90 days and you are still not of menopausal age
• spotting occurs for a long time after periods should be ideally over in a month
• you experience bleeding between periods
• sudden bleeding occurs after you have undergone menopause

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