All about menstruation

Every woman is menstruating monthly. When menstruation play often complaints that even before menstruation even take place. Read below all about menstruation.

Contents

• Menstruation 

• The first menstruation 

• Symptoms during menstruation 

• PMS 

• Menstrual delay 

• Tender breasts before menstruation 

• Menstrual Cycle 

• Menopause 

• Care during menstruation 

• Sex during menstruation 

• How can I not experiencing flow? 

• What can you do the symptoms of menstruation? 

• The pill 

Menstruation

Every woman will menstruate at puberty. One likely as the others. Menstruating women before they get some ailments such as pimples and headaches. Menstruation in a woman means that blood from the vagina, which comes from the uterine wall. The average period lasts about 5 days. For others it takes 3 days and in others it can also last for 7 days. The cause is not fully known, but this does not mean it's weird. A woman loses an average of 60ml of blood per day. 

The first menstruation

The first period will be a woman between the 11th and 16th birthday. You need not be alarmed when you are not menstruating at this time. It is very rare for women around the 19th / 20th birthday only menstruate. The first months or even years of menstruation, the periods are irregular. Do not be afraid and be not afraid for the first menstruation. You will one day discover that you slip into a brown discharge it. At that point you may be very happy! Not the fact that a brown discharge in your slip is, but because at that moment a young fertile woman become! This should do a little celebration. 

Symptoms during menstruation

Complaints How common is it?

Abdominal distension 67%

More irritable than usual 62%

Back pain 60%

Feeling that you're fatter than normal 57%

Cantankerous 55%

Fatigue 53%

Excitement 48%

Headache / Migraine 47%

Stuffed Breasts 44%

PMS

Women may get your period a number of complaints, both physically and emotionally. The symptoms are: 

• Headache

• Bloating

• Sore swollen breasts

• Nausea

• Stomach ache

• Confusion

• Anxiety

• Tension

• Weight gain

• Fluid collection

• Irritability

• Fatigue

• Depression

• Aggressive outbursts

• Palpitations

Approximately 53% of all menstruating women suffer from PMS. PMS means "Premenstrual Syndrome". If you are severely affected by a few of these symptoms should you always have to focus on regular exercise. This could prevent the symptoms continue or even worsen. There has also been studied that the symptoms are less when less coffee, alcohol, fat, salt and hot spices eat and drink. 

Menstrual delay

There are various ways to postpone menstruation. This may be due to holiday, birthday, wedding etc. If you have your normal 7 pill stop days before you go start your next pack. If you want your period forward, stop after about 2 weeks with the strip so after 2 or 3 days a bleeding, and bleeding after you go back to the next strip. You need to be properly calculate the date that you are on vacation, so when you start with the "procedure". 

Tender breasts before menstruation

It is quite normal to have breast tenderness just before or during menstruation. Around 40% of all women suffer from. One person has more signs of breast tenderness than the other. This comes from the fact that a sensitive breast tissue than others. If you have sore breasts, do not think once that might have something to do with breast cancer. If someone has breast cancer is uncommon if they experience pain in the chest. 

Menstrual Cycle

A menstrual cycle is the first day of your period until the first day of the next menstruation. The cycle is on average 28 days in women. If you want to become pregnant and you have a cycle less than 21 days or longer lasts 42 days, consult a doctor. The menstrual cycle has been announced in phases: 

Phase 1 

In the first phase ovarian estrogen. This is a female hormone. This hormone causes a fertilized egg can implant in the endometrium. If ovulation occurs then the egg about 0.1 mm in diameter. Each month there will be an egg Fri 

Phase 2 

After ovulation in phase 2 to the ovaries 'progesterone' on. Because this substance emits the uterus the embryo is incomplete.Progesterone can also be blocked before you have to menstruate vanje intestines. This is not always the case. 

Menopause

Menopause is also called 'transition' mentioned. This is the period that you are very irregular menstruation and the biggest complaint of menopausal hot flashes are annoying. During the flushing of a sudden somebody gets very hot and you will sweat.From about the age of 50 you will suffer from this. If a delay of more than one year stay away, you know for sure that you are going through the menopause. 

Importance of adequate calcium and assist to swallow. You have about 800-1200 mg per day to eat. Calcium is in leafy vegetables, milk, cereals, citrus fruits and beans. 

Care during menstruation

The blood can be solved towel, a tampon or a softcup needed. 

Towels: 

Sanitary towels absorb. That means good blood is collected in the towel. At the bottom of the pad is an adhesive strip that you can put in your underwear so it does not move. Pad, you change every 4 hours. If you do not have a chance that it leaks through. 

Tampon: 

The tampon you in different sizes. That has nothing to do with the size of your vagina, but the amount of blood leaving the uterus. A tampon should never contain more than 6 hours. You have your chance you will get a bladder infection. 

Softcup 

A softcup is not like a towel or tampon. The softcup you should introduce and apply in the cervix. The softcup can sit around 12 hours. If you want to get him out, you go sit on the toilet with your knees apart. Then find your index finger at the edge of the softcup just behind the pubic bone. Hook your finger under the rim and take it slowly and as straight as possible to the outside so no leakage occurs. 

Sex during menstruation

Many people do not, but you can have sex during menstruation. Often people stop them because there is blood involved. What you can do is put a towel underneath so that when blood is released, it there is. Other women do not like to have sex during menstruation. The penis is touching the uterine wall which can be quite painful. Other women do not suffer from the pain and find it just tastes better during menstruation. 

How can I not experiencing flow?

• It may be that if you first menstruate very irregular, and sometimes so that menstruation can continue. You do not have to worry about this, because this is quite normal.

• It is also possible that after the sex has not menstruated. This may mean you are pregnant, but it does not always! Just go get a test at the pharmacy and test preferably with morning urine.

• During the transition you will also make changes. This is perfectly normal.

• Because certain medications can your periods stay away, look good on the leaflet.

• By physical or mental effort, the periods stay away. Think of stress, thinking you're pregnant but it turns out to be, bulimia, anorexia etc.

What can you do the symptoms of menstruation?

The best remedy for the symptoms of menstruation is a paracetamol. Here you may take 6 per day. In addition, a hot water bottle on your tummy often its activity against pain, but a warm bath may also help. If you feel severe abdominal pain or stabbing to come, it is important that you are just going to relax. So it is about the fastest. If symptoms are worse than usual, you have to contact your doctor. 

The pill

There are different types of contraceptive pills that you can not get pregnant. One is lighter than the other. The pill also works for the symptoms of your period less to do. The pill makes the egg is not fertilized within it so you can not get pregnant. There is thus no ovulation to take place. The pill you have as much time in the same position. This makes the pill even more reliable. Before the pill going is important to advance the good leaflet. You can discuss with your doctor what pill is best for you.