What happens during menstruation and ovulation?

Women should pay attention to their diet during menstruation. At this time, women must not choose their diet casually. They should reduce the intake of some cold and spicy foods, so as not to harm the body. In addition, women's emotions should be stable during menstruation. Unstable emotions can also cause physical problems. What about the menstrual period and ovulation period? Many people don’t understand it well. The following is a detailed introduction.

What happens during menstrual period and ovulation?

Both menstruation and ovulation are affected by endocrine hormones from the pituitary gland and ovaries, and show cyclical changes. The length of their cycles is the same, both occurring once a month, and ovulation occurs between two menstrual periods. Therefore, ovulation does not occur during menstruation. Ovulation date is generally about 14 days before the next menstrual period. To be on the safe side, we call the 5 days before and 4 days after ovulation, together with the ovulation day, a total of 10 days, the ovulation period.

However, emergency contraceptive pills can disrupt menstruation and cause irregular ovulation. In addition, emotional excitement or other stimuli may also lead to extra ovulation. Therefore, safe period contraception is not very accurate.

Can you get pregnant during menstruation?

Generally speaking, the chances of getting pregnant by having sex during menstruation are smaller, but it is still possible to get pregnant. There are indeed precedents of getting pregnant by having sex during menstruation.

First of all, we need to understand what women's menstrual period is. Women have their period every month because they ovulate an egg every month. The sperm and egg combine to develop into an embryo, and after ten months of gestation, a baby is born.

If the sperm and egg cannot combine together, the egg cannot survive in the uterus for a long time (about three days) and will be discharged from the body with the shedding of the endometrium. This is what people often call menstruation.

A woman's ovulation period is generally between two menstrual cycles. We can roughly infer that, from the first day of menstruation this month, push back 14-15 days, which is basically her ovulation period. If you have sexual intercourse within ten days before or after ovulation, you may get pregnant. If you have sex on other days, the possibility of pregnancy is extremely small, which is what people often call the safe period.

Most women ovulate around the 14th day after their period starts, but if ovulation occurs early and the sperm is vigorous, pregnancy is very likely to occur. The average number of sperms a man ejaculates at one time is about 300 million. These sperms can survive in a woman's body for about 7 days. If the woman ovulates early, pregnancy is very likely. Therefore, even during menstruation, necessary contraceptive measures should be taken.

After understanding what happens during the menstrual period and ovulation, women should protect themselves during the menstrual period and ovulation period. It should be noted that if women show abnormal symptoms during the menstrual period and ovulation period, they cannot immediately choose medication to relieve the symptoms. They should first understand the situation so that they know what to do.