{"id":15,"date":"2006-06-16T15:07:06","date_gmt":"2006-06-16T15:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.health-care-clinic.org\/blog\/?p=15"},"modified":"2006-06-16T15:07:06","modified_gmt":"2006-06-16T15:07:06","slug":"menstruation-%e2%80%93-what-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.health-care-clinic.org\/blog\/menstruation-%e2%80%93-what-is-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Menstruation \u00e2\u20ac\u201c What Is It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Menstruation is the periodic discharge of blood and other materials              from the reproductive organs of women. A menstruation cycle usually              lasts around 28 days, but different women can have different menstruation              cycles. When a baby is not conceived in the womb, the lining of the              uterus is removed during menstruation and pregnancy is one time when              menstruation does not take place.<\/p>\n<h3>What Happens During the Menstrual Cycle?<\/h3>\n<p>The menstruation cycle does not just take place during the period              when you are bleeding. It is an ongoing process, which different things              happening during every week. By understanding what happens during              each week of the menstruation cycle, you can better understand what              stage of the menstruation cycle you are in at any time.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Week 1. Week 1 is considered to start from the first day                of bleeding. After the bleeding has stopped, women may be more energetic                and have less vaginal mucus.<\/li>\n<li>Week 2. The mucus becomes wetter in the lead-up to ovulation.<\/li>\n<li>Ovulation. This occurs somewhere around day 14 on the ovulation                cycle. The mucus is very wet. Breasts may be tender. There may be                mood swings and cramps.<\/li>\n<li>Week 3. The mucus production slows down and the moods start                to become more normal again.<\/li>\n<li>Week 4. This is the pre-menstrual phase. PMS symptoms may                start, which can include bloating, cramps, headaches and mood swings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Menstrual Symptoms<\/h4>\n<p>Many women experience some symptoms relating to the menstruation cycle.              Menstruation symptoms may at any time from ovulation to the middle              of their period of bleeding. These symptoms are known by the term,              PMT or PMS, and are caused by hormonal changes. Some of these symptoms              may include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bloating<\/li>\n<li>Mood swings<\/li>\n<li>Depression<\/li>\n<li>Feeling irritable<\/li>\n<li>Abdominal cramps<\/li>\n<li>Acne<\/li>\n<li>Headaches<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Menstruation Products<\/h4>\n<p>There is a wide range of menstruation products that help people through              their periods and throughout the entire menstruation cycle. Menstruation              products can be divided into the following categories.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Products that absorb the blood and other menstrual discharge.                Two of the most popular methods for absorbing menstrual discharge                are tampons and pads. You can also find natural menstruation absorbers,                such as cloth pads.<\/li>\n<li>Products that help with PMT and other menstruation symptoms.                This includes drugs that may be bought from a chemist, but also                includes alternative menstruation products. There are many natural                therapies and tablets that are designed specifically to help with                symptoms caused by menstruation.<\/li>\n<li>Products that help with recording the menstruation cycle.                These are often used by women who want to conceive or as an alternative                contraception method. These products include diaries and special                testing devices so that women can see what stage of the menstruation                cycle they are in.<\/li>\n<li>Products that change or alter the menstruation process                or that work as a contraception method. Oral contraception pills                fall into this category. Some women with irregular menstruation                may need to take medication or other natural methods to help keep                their menstruation cycle regular.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Menstruation is the periodic discharge of blood and other materials from the reproductive organs of women. A menstruation cycle usually lasts around 28 days, but different women can have different menstruation cycles. When a baby is not conceived in the womb, the lining of the uterus is removed during menstruation and pregnancy is one time &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health-care-clinic.org\/blog\/menstruation-%e2%80%93-what-is-it\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Menstruation \u00e2\u20ac\u201c What Is It?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diseases-and-condition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.health-care-clinic.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.health-care-clinic.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.health-care-clinic.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.health-care-clinic.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.health-care-clinic.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.health-care-clinic.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.health-care-clinic.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.health-care-clinic.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.health-care-clinic.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}