gals...is it true???

Question

is it true that having small interval between periods like just 18-20 days, is good?

Answer 1

I would think that it needs to be looked at ,cos that is not really long enough between periods.....then again I am a guy....cheers

Answer 2

it all depends on how old you are, if you want to have kids, and a lot of other things.
When menstruation onsets, around 13, your body does not know how to cope with the new hormones, and it is very usual to have irregular periods, some every two months, some every two weeks.
The same can be said about menopause, irregularity is the rule.
From the end of your teens until the end of your... thirties, let us say, your body is ready to have babies. An interval of about 28 days between two periods is not an effect of random choice, it goes with the hormonal changes which occurs every month.
The first days of your cycle are the ones when you have your period. Then, on the 5th to 7th day, you enter the follicular phase, in which one of your ovaries get ready to free one ovule. During that time (about a week long) the estrogens produced by your body will stop your bleeding, and you uterus gets redy with a new lining to potentially start soon a pregnancy. Around the 14th day, you ovulate, and the egg remains near the ovary, expecting.
Then, you enter the progesterone phase, also known as luteal phase. During about those last two weeks, your body is ready for a pregnancy, and the hormones you produce (progesteron and estrogens) increase the vascularity of the lining in your uterus.
If the egg is not fertilized, a new period will begin, and a new cycle after those two weeks.
A short time between two periods can mean that there was no ovulation, or that the luteal phase is so short that an egg would not have time to come to the uterus, where it will spend the next nine months before the lining it needs is gone.
That means that a cycle shorter than 21 days implies a check up, if you want kids.

Answer 3

Manhood, regardless of whether you define it as machismo or maturity, you are still defining proper manhood as a function of will. Manhood is about choices, intelligence, even the soul.

Womanhood is a biological function that women have no control over.

Amanda is spot on. There is a tendency to infuse the menstrual period with all sorts of societal meanings of almost mythical proportions (e.g., the essence of womanhood, woman power, etc.). This is detrimental, especially when it comes to women making informed period-related health decisions. Why? Because, by definition, myths aren't to be explained; they're to be believed. This is a dangerous proposition when it comes to your health.

It's relatively easy to restart the monthly bleeding in women after menopause. This is why postmenopausal women can, and have carried pregnancies and have given birth. (The oldest woman on record to give birth is a 63-year old Californian.) What's not possible (yet) is for these women to be fertile, to create a baby from their own eggs--they no longer* have any and have to use donor eggs.
ontrast the fertility situation in postmenopausal women with that in reproductive-age women who no longer have a period because they use hormonal birth control. Once these women stop using period control, they are fertile because they have functioning eggs. Not only that, but it appears that using the Pill actually improves fertility. A study of more than 8,000 women found that women who had used the Pill had an increased ability to become pregnant. Moreover, the longer the women used the Pill, the better their chances of conceiving within the first 6 months after stopping the Pill.

On another related note, pausing your monthly cycle--like when you use period control or when you're pregnant--does not hasten the onset of menopause.

Bottom line: The period is nothing more and nothing less than an ordinary body function. Having a menstrual period does not make women inferior, nor does it empower them to rule the world. And, at least biologically speaking, the menstrual period most certainly does not a woman make: managing your period won't make you become more like a man.

*Recently, researchers have found that, in mice, the ovary appears to produce eggs throughout the female's life. [If this finding is accurate, and if it holds true for humans, this would absolutely revolutionize the way we view human fertility and reproduction.]

Answer 4

Your menstrual cycle is just your body preparing for a pregnancy. Once each month your body produces a lining on the inside of the uterus where the fertilized egg implants itself and is nourished. This lining is called the endometrium. When fertilization does not take place, this lining is shed, hence you have your period. The fact that you experience your period in a span of less than 28 days (which is the norm for most women) could mean nothing more than rapid egg production. In any case you should consult an OBS GYN Dr. just to be on the safe side. The egg is actually fertilized in the fallopian tube. After fertilization it moves to the uterus where it lodges in the endometrium, is nourished and grows into a fetus.You may have high levels of estrogen which is the female hormone produced by the ovaries to aid in the promotion and growth of the female reproductive system.

Answer 5

Most women have a menstrual cycle every 25-28 days. But everyone is different. Having a shorter cycle means more periods in a year -- not fun!

Answer 6

Depends on how many months you go on having a shorter than 28-30 days. Stress, activity level and medications can sometimes effect cycles. May want to talk to a dr. to make sure there isn't an underlying cause.

Answer 7

Between periods there should be approximately 28-31 days. Everyone is different, but that is average.

Answer 8

I think you better consult a doctor who is expert about this case because for ten days of bleeding that is too much well that depend if after four or five days is only a spot i think thats ok

Answer 9

if we have periods in between 25 to 35 its normal

Answer 10

depend if u are that interval between periods all the time or sometimes