Your Cycle, Demystified
June 15, 2007 by Kristen King
Filed under Women's Health
A few weeks ago we talked about what happens to your eggs when you don’t ovulate.
About.com’s guide to women’s health, Tracee Conforth, takes it a step further with a great breakdown on your cycle and all the equipment that makes it happen.
Do you know how many hormones play a role each month in causing your periods to be normal or abnormal? Can you name all of the parts of the female reproductive system? There is a delicate interaction between your reproductive organs and your hormones that influence the timing and amount of blood flow you experience during your monthly menstrual cycle. To understand how your reproductive organs and hormones interact first you should know something about the biology behind your menstrual cycle. Any change in your hormones or reproductive organs can have a significant affect the timing of your periods, the amount of blood flow you experience during menstruation, and your fertility.
Keep reading, and be sure to check out these great articles from the Lively Women archives:
- FDA Approves Oral Contraceptive That Stops Your Period: Birth Control Pill Lybrel Halts Menstruation
- Mortifying Menses: Women Confess Their Period Horror Stories
- Painful Periods in More Ways Than One
- Chewable Birth Control Hits the Shelves
- Mood Swings? Energy Ups and Downs? It May Be Your Hormones
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