THE MENSTURAL CYCLE

puberty has to do with sharing information on the changes that occur in the body both physically and emotionally, at this point in time it is very important that young girls or teenagers are given the right information about the menstrual cycle.

When mensuration comes often this is called the menstrual cycle. Seeing your regular menstrual cycles is a sign that some parts of the body is working normally. The menstrual cycle provides important body chemicals, called hormones, to keep you healthy. It also prepares your body for pregnancy each month. A cycle is counted from the first day of 1 period to the first day of the next period.

The menstrual cycle is very unique to every woman it might come as a surprise at first but it is some that every woman has to experience at certain point in their life. The menstrual cycle occur at different times depending on the individual. The normal cycle periods for most ladies is 28 days but sometimes some people experience from the last 21 days to 35 days depending on the individual like i said before, but note that this is absolutely normal.

Some women have a long cycle and some do have a short cycle, when a woman has a short cycle she is going to have her periods more often than just once in a month, but if a woman has a long cycle she is going to have her periods few times in a year this still depends on individual.
Some girls see their fist period between 11 and 13 years old but it doesn't necessarily need to be 11 or 13 some girls see theirs from age 8 to 16 depending on the individual.
n the first half of the cycle, levels of estrogen (the “female hormone”) start to rise. Estrogen plays an important role in keeping you healthy, especially by helping you to build strong bones and to help keep them strong as you get older. Estrogen also makes the lining of the uterus (womb) grow and thicken. This lining of the womb is a place that will nourish the embryo if a pregnancy occurs. At the same time the lining of the womb is growing, an egg, or ovum, in one of the ovaries starts to mature. At about day 14 of an average 28-day cycle, the egg leaves the ovary. This is called ovulation.

After the egg has left the ovary, it travels through the Fallopian tube to the uterus. Hormone levels rise and help prepare the uterine lining for pregnancy. A woman is most likely to get pregnant during the 3 days before or on the day of ovulation. Keep in mind, women with cycles that are shorter or longer than average may ovulate before or after day 14.

A woman becomes pregnant if the egg is fertilized by a man's sperm cell and attaches to the uterine wall. If the egg is not fertilized, it will break apart. Then, hormone levels drop, and the thickened lining of the uterus is shed during the menstrual period. Remember the menstrual cycle is unique make sure to see you doctor if you encounter any problems that has to do with the menstrual cycle.