Since I started my period when I was 11 my cycles have normalised to about 33 days, but recently it has gone to 40 daysš¬ I donāt feel stressed, Iām living alright at home in lockdown, so what could be the cause of this? and should I be concerned?
Is it normal for an 18 year old to have a c... - Women's Health
Is it normal for an 18 year old to have a cycle of 40 days?
š¤ Nearly every woman is slightly different, but if you need peace of mind donāt hesitate to speak to your GP.
In the first few years, itās common for your period to be irregular and unpredictable. You might go months without any hint of it and then boom, red Niagara Falls.
āMenarche, the beginning of the menses, is very much reflective of menopause because initially, and at the end, weāre not ovulating,ā says Mary Jane Minkin, MD, a clinical professor of OB-GYN and reproductive sciences at Yale School of Medicine.
Our menstrual cycle is governed by our hormones. The physical experience of a period ā the bleeding, cramps, emotional swings, tender breasts ā all comes down to the amount of hormones our body is releasing at any given time. And two hormones in particular dictate our cycle.
āEstrogen stimulates the growth of the uterine lining, while progesterone regulates that growth,ā Minkin says. āWhen weāre not ovulating, we donāt have the regulatory control of the progesterone. So you can get these willy-nilly periods. They come, they donāt come. Then there can be heavy, intermittent bleeding.
Oh okay, so the hormone progesterone is whatās causing me to ovulate later, so get longer cycles?
I find it odd that even after 7 years it can still be regulating, but maybe it is š