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Menstruation is the release of the uterine lining (endometrium) is accompanied by bleeding, and occurred every month except during pregnancy. Menstruation happens constantly referred to as the monthly menstrual cycle. menstruation usually occurs at the age of 11 years and lasted until your menopause (usually occurs around the age of 45 - 55 years old). Normally, periods lasted for 3 - 7 days.

Menstrual cycles vary among women and nearly 90% of women have a cycle of 25 to 35 days and only have 10-15% of 28-day cycle length, but some women have irregular cycles and this could be an indication of fertility problems.



Menstrual cycle length calculated from the first day of menstrual period - the day the bleeding starts is called the first day and then counted up to the last day - that is 1 day before menstrual bleeding begins next month.


A woman has ovarian 2 each of which stores about 200,000 to 400,000 immature eggs / follicles (follicles). Normally, only one or a few eggs to grow each menstrual period and approximately 14 days before the next menstrual period, when the egg has been cooked the eggs will be released from the ovary and then walked to the fallopian tubes and then fertilized. Release process is called "ovulation".
At the beginning of the cycle, a gland in the brain releases a hormone called follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) into the bloodstream, making egg cells are grown in the ovary.One or more eggs and grows faster than the other eggs and become dominant until then began to produce a hormone called estrogen is released into the bloodstream. Hormone estrogen hormone FSH in cooperation with the help of the dominant egg grows and then gives signal to the uterus to prepare themselves to receive the egg cell. Hormone estrogen also produce more mucus in the vagina to help the survival of sperm after having sex.