Does Leap Year have an effect on the regularity of the menstrual cycle?

Question

Throwing an extra day in there could mess up anybodies schedule. Right?

Answer 1

The leap year is a device used to correct inaccuracies in the Gregorian calendar - in other words, every four years, the Gregorian calendar has gotten enough out of sync with the cycle of the seasons and the stars that it needs to be reset a little. That's the purpose of the leap year.

Women's bodies are not in tune with the calendar, and the calendar was not invented to be in tune with women's bodies. So, as other answerers have already said, a woman's menstrual cycle will continue (roughly every 28 days) regardless of leap years, daylight savings time, or any other artifice for measuring time.

Answer 2

I don't think a Leap Year will do anything because normally your menstrual cycle will occur about every 28 days regardless of the extra day being added.

Answer 3

Menstral cycles are related to the lunar cycle--every 28 days. I alays watched the moon to know when I was about to start. The calendar is not much help unless you mark it and count all the time.

Answer 4

Yes, your body knows that every 4th February there is an extra day.