![]() ![]() If you use a menstrual cup, these often have volume measurements (ex. It is difficult to figure out how much menstrual fluid leaves your body every cycle. If you use hormonal contraception, your period/bleeding patterns may be different. Certain bleeding conditions, medications, and infections can also affect menstrual bleeding, and cause irregular spotting (7). Periods and uterine bleeding can also fluctuate because of certain health conditions, like uterine polyps, fibroids, or PCOS - conditions that should be addressed with your healthcare provider. ![]() Every period is different, just as every body is different. Hormones can change temporarily because of things like stress, exercise, diet, or taking an emergency contraception pill (the morning after pill) (3-6). You may still notice some changes though - the heaviness and length of your period depends on your hormones, which can fluctuate. In between these life stages, your period should generally be about the same length and volume each cycle. ![]() If you don’t ovulate each cycle - you may miss a period, or it may come later than usual, and/or be heavier or lighter and/or shorter or longer than your usual period (1). Not ovulating regularly - anovulation - is common during these times, and is a common cause of temporarily absent or heavy menstrual periods (1,2). Periods fluctuate for a while after they first start ( menarche), after pregnancy, and as they come to an end ( perimenopause). ![]()
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