Ok, right now its my time of the month and i noticed that when you sit down to urinate or defacate or flatulate that it pushes some of the period "fluid" out. My mom said its basically all the same muscles down there. So, if I use these muscles to push "fluid" out in the shower or on the toilet, could i shorten my period?
2007-04-15 02:31:37 · 16 answers · asked by Lauren. 4 in Health ➔ Women's Health
Oh what a wonderful dream. 20 years ago, you would have had me sitting on the potty hoping it was true.
But my guess is that the fluid built up in the surrounding tissue is discharged as it is available in the tissue to do so. So what would happen is that the tissues would be continually collecting for whatever time they require to rid the body of the amount that the body wants to rid itself of. So, no, you can only discharge the amount that is immediately there at the time. You just have to wait for the rest.
2007-04-15 02:40:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No you cannot shorten your period by doing so. You are only pushing out the same amount of blood that you would be wiping out or that will come out into the pad or tampon. There is no way to shorten your period. Everyone's body is different. The only possibly way would be going on a birth control pill..
2007-04-15 10:46:51 · answer #2 · answered by smurfbaby87 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here's the deal. When you...err, 'pass motion', or urinate, your abdominal muscles contract to increase pressure in your abdominal cavity. Since a woman's uterus is located in the abdominal cavity (anatomically it's right between your urinary bladder and rectum), there's probably some pressure applied there, which is what you have been experiencing.
A period, on the other hand, is when a woman expels degenerated endometrial lining (a lining of cells on the inside of your uterus) after a full menstrual cycle. So unless you have endometrial cells dying off everyday, the answer is...no.
2007-04-15 03:00:12 · answer #3 · answered by teejay_mc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good Question, but I am guessing no. I always had 7 day very difficult periods. And nothing really made any difference.
2007-04-15 02:35:20 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No babe but I notice that theres less blood on my pads when I do that.
Sorry if I made anyone sick.
Oh but my peroid does not become shorter.
2007-04-15 02:40:11 · answer #5 · answered by WICCA 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that will work your period lasts a certain amount of days and thats that .I've never heard of it being hurried along.
2007-04-15 02:36:29 · answer #6 · answered by snowluk 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you really sit down to fart?
You're kidding, right?
Answer: No, it won't shorten it. But I'm not a doctor, I just play one on TV.
2007-04-15 02:35:38 · answer #7 · answered by alison k 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't think it will make it shorter, but it could help get some of it out quicker. If that makes any sense.
2007-04-15 05:07:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you can not, but if you push to much you can bleed more, because you bring more blood to your pelvis.
2007-04-15 02:36:29 · answer #9 · answered by tea 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would guess probably not, I think nature just has to take it's course.
2007-04-15 02:36:01 · answer #10 · answered by dwm5_62 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋