menstrual cycle
noun
: the cycle of physiological changes from the beginning of one menstrual period to the beginning of the next
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The app helps predict your best conception date and logs additional data, like menstrual cycles, luteinizing hormone (LH) testing, and more.
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Latifah Miles, Parents, 8 Apr. 2024
While the menstrual cycle has been notoriously understudied, the first papers on PMDD appeared in 1930s.
—Shalene Gupta, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
Read on to learn how the menstrual cycle affects appetite and how to manage cravings.
—News & Views, Health, 23 Mar. 2024
But others may not realize until their period is noticeably late – which can be hard to determine for people with irregular menstrual cycles – or even further into the pregnancy.
—Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2024
Flamini considers documenting her menstrual cycle as a way of tracking time, but her period is too irregular to serve as a calendar.
—D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2024
Your Vulva May Change Color During pregnancy, estrogen and progesterone—a hormone secreted during the menstrual cycle and pregnancy—increase, causing your vulva to swell and become darker in color.6 Delivering your baby changes hormones as well.
—Anthea Levi, Health, 8 Apr. 2024
Although research shows suicidal ideation is linked to specific times during the menstrual cycle, today most people still haven’t heard of PMDD, including doctors.
—Shalene Gupta, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
Other women simply track their own menstrual cycle to avoid unwanted pregnancies.
—Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2024
Latifah Miles, Parents, 8 Apr. 2024
While the menstrual cycle has been notoriously understudied, the first papers on PMDD appeared in 1930s.
—Shalene Gupta, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
Read on to learn how the menstrual cycle affects appetite and how to manage cravings.
—News & Views, Health, 23 Mar. 2024
But others may not realize until their period is noticeably late – which can be hard to determine for people with irregular menstrual cycles – or even further into the pregnancy.
—Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2024
Flamini considers documenting her menstrual cycle as a way of tracking time, but her period is too irregular to serve as a calendar.
—D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2024
Your Vulva May Change Color During pregnancy, estrogen and progesterone—a hormone secreted during the menstrual cycle and pregnancy—increase, causing your vulva to swell and become darker in color.6 Delivering your baby changes hormones as well.
—Anthea Levi, Health, 8 Apr. 2024
Although research shows suicidal ideation is linked to specific times during the menstrual cycle, today most people still haven’t heard of PMDD, including doctors.
—Shalene Gupta, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
Other women simply track their own menstrual cycle to avoid unwanted pregnancies.
—Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2024
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