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  2. Why Is My Period Late? 6 Possible Reasons (Besides the ...

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    Basically, it’s totally normal if, in the year or two after getting your first period, your body doesn’t immediately fall into a regular cycle. 4. You’re Breastfeeding

  3. Menstrual cycle - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Menstruation - Wikipedia

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    The first day of menstrual bleeding is the date used for the last menstrual period (LMP). The typical length of time between the first day of one period and the first day of the next is 21 to 45 days in young women, and 21 to 35 days in adults. [2] [3] The average length is 28 days; one study estimated it at 29.3 days. [10]

  5. Menstrual disorder - Wikipedia

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    Headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and fatigue may also accompany the pain. Pain may begin gradually, with the first several years of menses, and then intensified as menstruation becomes regular. Patients who also have secondary amenorrhea report symptoms beginning after age 20 and lasting 5–7 days with progressive worsening of pain over time.

  6. What the age you got your period says about you - AOL

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    For the study, researchers followed 1.2 million women who didn't have heart disease, stroke, or cancer, and broke them into groups based on when they got their first period. Girls who had their ...

  7. 10 Period Myths That You Definitely Should Not Believe (Like ...

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    After your first period, it can take from six months to a year for your period to become regular (occurring every 28 days). Still, if you are sexually active and miss a period, see your doctor for ...

  8. Age and female fertility - Wikipedia

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    The average age of a girl's first period is 12 to 13 (12.5 years in the United States, [6] 12.72 in Canada, [7] 12.9 in the UK [8]) but, in postmenarchal girls, about 80% of the cycles are anovulatory in the first year after menarche, which declines to 50% in the third year, and to 10% by the sixth. [9]

  9. Why do doctors always ask about your last menstrual period ...

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    Knowing the first day of a woman’s last menstrual period is useful in other ways. Dr. Arlene Go, an ob-gyn and specialist fellow studying endometriosis at Hera Biotech, tells Yahoo Life that it ...