We spend almost 6 years of our lives having our periods.
Yet, nearly 25% of women consider that they lack information regarding their menstrual cycle.
To begin with, the menstrual cycle does not correspond to the period of the period but to the time between the first day of the period and the first day of the next period. It is basically the entire period during which the body prepares itself for a future pregnancy.
From puberty to menopause, each woman will ovulate approximately 400 times…
And each time, the cycle will follow the same principle:
The first day of your period marks the first day of your menstrual cycle, which is divided into 3 stages:
- The rules , which last on average 5 days.
- The estrogenic phase during which our ovaries synthesize estrogen. This phase, which allows the uterine wall to fill with blood to prepare for a possible pregnancy, is of variable duration and ends with ovulation.
- The progestin phase during which our ovaries synthesize progesterone. This phase always lasts 14 days.
If pregnancy begins, progesterone will help the fertilized egg to stay in the uterine wall, this is called implantation.
In the absence of pregnancy, there will be a drop in progesterone which will lead to the arrival of menstruation.
The uterine wall eliminates the blood it had stored during the estrogenic phase in order to store “new” blood. This is the beginning of a new menstrual cycle.
