Heavy Periods Making You Tired?
Heavy periods aren’t just inconvenient or messy—they can be absolutely exhausting. While it might feel like you’re losing gallons, the typical amount of blood loss during a period is actually much smaller than most people think. On average, most women lose 20 to 80 milliliters of blood per cycle—that’s about 1 to 5 tablespoons total for the entire period. Let me repeat that: total. Not per day. The National Institutes of Health actually compares it to one and a half shot glasses. (Yes, that’s the official visual. Cheers?) What causes heavy periods?
What Hormones Are In What Part Of Your Cycle?
Have you ever wondered if or which of your many hormones shine throughout your cycle? For example, how does your period differ from ovulation? How does that differ from the week before your period that might cause PMS symptoms? And does this change in perimenopause?
The menstrual cycle is normally divided into 2 phases - the follicular phase and the luteal phase.
The day you start your period is counted as day 1 and is the start of the follicular phase.