Is it best to have sex one week after your period ends?

Women have regular menstrual periods about once a month, and the duration of menstruation varies, mostly from three to seven days, and some may be longer. Regular menstruation also means regular ovulation, so having sex during ovulation will make it easier to get pregnant. But is it best to have sex a week after your period ends? This is not absolute and depends on the regular menstrual cycle of women.

1 Menstruation is a physiological cycle that occurs in some fertile female humans and in chimpanzees and other hominins. Cows, mares, female camels, sows, and sheep also have menstruation, and some mammals experience estrus cycles. In women of childbearing age and female primates, the endometrium undergoes cyclical changes every month or so, with autonomous thickening, blood vessel proliferation, glandular growth and secretion, and endometrial collapse and shedding accompanied by bleeding. This periodic vaginal discharge or uterine bleeding is called menstruation.

2 In order to explain this problem, we must first understand the structure and physiological function of women's reproductive organs.

The female internal reproductive organs consist of the ovaries, uterus, and fallopian tubes. The main function of the ovaries is to produce eggs and synthesize ovarian hormones, while the uterus and fallopian tubes are reproductive organs. The ovaries contain hundreds of thousands of follicles, each of which contains one egg.

Before puberty, the follicles are essentially non-functional. During puberty, under the action of gonadotropin from the anterior pituitary gland, immature follicles gradually develop and synthesize estrogen. When the follicle matures and ovulates, the follicle wall collapses, the cells become larger and yellower, and are called the corpus luteum. It synthesizes estrogen and produces progesterone.

As the ovaries change, the endometrium is also affected and undergoes corresponding cyclical changes. Estrogen causes the endometrium to thicken, the endometrial cells to increase in number and size, and the arterioles in the interstitium to become more tortuous and spiral, which is called the proliferative endometrium. After ovulation, due to the combined effects of estrogen and progesterone, the endometrium becomes edematous, the glands produce a large amount of mucus and glycogen, and the thickness of the endometrium increases from 1 mm to 6 mm, which is called the secretory endometrium.

If the egg released at this time is fertilized, the fertilized egg is transported to the uterus through the fallopian tube for development, which is called pregnancy. The pregnancy tissue synthesizes a chorionic gonadotropin, which supports the continued development of the corpus luteum of the ovary. If the egg is not fertilized, the corpus luteum will atrophy and stop secreting estrogen and progesterone about 14 days after ovulation. At this time, the blood vessels in the endometrium contract, the endometrium necrotizes and falls off, causing bleeding and forming menstruation.

Therefore, the length of the menstrual cycle depends on the length of the ovarian cycle, which is generally 28-30 days[1], but varies from person to person and can be 23-45 days, or even 3 months or half a year as a cycle. As long as it is regular, it is generally considered normal menstruation.

The bleeding time is generally 2-7 days, and the total amount of bleeding each time is 30-50ml. Some people believe that menstrual volume exceeding 80ml is a pathological condition.

3 Causes of formation Menstruation is regulated by the interaction between reproductive hormones from the hypothalamus, pituitary gland and ovary. During the menstrual period and proliferation period of the menstrual cycle, the levels of estradiol and progesterone in the blood are very low, thereby weakening or eliminating the negative feedback effect on the pituitary gland and hypothalamus, leading to increased secretion of gonadal hormone-releasing hormone by the hypothalamus, which in turn leads to increased secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone by the pituitary gland, thereby causing follicle development and a gradual increase in estrogen secretion. At this time, estrogen stimulates the endometrium to enter the proliferative phase. Luteinizing hormone increases the secretion of progesterone, leading to ovulation. During this period, both estrogen and progesterone levels increase. This produces a negative feedback inhibitory effect on the hypothalamus and pituitary gland, thereby reducing the levels of ovulation-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone, leading to corpus luteum degeneration, and then reducing estrogen and progesterone levels. The endometrium loses the support of these two hormones and begins to shed and bleed, which is when menstruation occurs. At this time, the decrease in estrogen and progesterone begins the next menstrual cycle.

How long after menstruation can I have sex?

Women have higher sexual desire before and after menstruation because female hormones accumulate rapidly in the body.

At the same time, it should be noted that it is best not to have sex during menstruation, because during menstruation, the cervix of women is wide open, and having sex will allow bacteria to enter the uterus. At the same time, the uterus is at its most vulnerable and cannot resist bacterial invasion. It is also easy to damage the uterus and cause some diseases and other problems.

Women need to wait 3 days after their menstruation before having sex.

Because the uterine wall lining has not fully recovered after menstruation, it takes 3 days for the uterine wall lining to recover.

If you are weak, you may need 3-5 days.

Women need to be careful when having sex after their period and avoid too much intense movement to avoid injuring the uterus, which can easily cause corpus luteum rupture.

Corpus luteum rupture is serious

Of course, some female friends must have said that they can have sex after their period is over and nothing has ever happened! I am in good health now.

The body needs to be taken care of, especially women's body. Be careful and attentive first, and don't wait until something goes wrong. By then it will be too late and you will have no choice but to go to the hospital for treatment.

Some women experience this after having sex immediately after their period ends.

Vaginal and uterine bleeding

Uterine, abdominal pain

Reduced resistance and physical weakness

Uterine fluid accumulation

Vaginitis, metritis and other diseases