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Diagram illustrating how the uterus lining builds up and breaks down during the menstrual cycle Menstruation (also known as a period, among other colloquial terms) is the regular discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the inner lining of the uterus through the vagina. The menstrual cycle is characterized by the rise and fall of hormones. Menstruation is triggered by falling progesterone ...
Menstrual cycle The menstrual cycle is a series of natural changes in hormone production and the structures of the uterus and ovaries of the female reproductive system that makes pregnancy possible. The ovarian cycle controls the production and release of eggs and the cyclic release of estrogen and progesterone. The uterine cycle governs the preparation and maintenance of the lining of the ...
Many girls wait to make an appointment after their periods have started, Dr. Anne Smith, a pediatric and adolescent ob-gyn at Yale Medicine, tells Yahoo Life. But if a girl has not yet started her ...
It was my first postpartum period after having her younger brother, and she startled at the unexpected sight of blood when I emptied my menstrual cup. ... Jamie Beth Cohen, a writer and mom of a ...
Those feelings of fear and shame hearken back to when Biel got her first period at 11 years old, the morning she was set to perform in a school play. It’s a story she’s shared on her Instagram ...
In the 1976 horror film Carrie, the title character has her first period in high school, and becomes hysterical in the gym shower believing she is dying. [129] The other girls tease her by throwing tampons and sanitary pads at her. The gym teacher tries to calm Carrie down, and eventually must explain the concept of menstruation to Carrie ...
When her 11-year-old daughter got her period for the first time this past January, Jade Powell leapt into mom mode. She offered supplies, and words of support. And a couple of days later, she ...
A niddah (alternative forms: nidda, nida, or nidah; Hebrew: נִדָּה nidá), in traditional Judaism, is a woman who has experienced a uterine discharge of blood (most commonly during menstruation), or a woman who has menstruated and not yet completed the associated requirement of immersion in a mikveh (ritual bath).