What to do if your menstruation is irregular after menarche

Regular menstruation can reflect a woman's physical health problems, but we should also pay attention that for women who have their first menstruation, irregular menstruation after menstruation is actually a normal thing. Because many women may have their second menstruation several months after their first menstruation. These are normal. It takes some time for menstruation to form a certain pattern. The most important thing is to take good care of yourself.

Of course, many mothers hope that their children's menstruation will be like hers now, very regular every month. We should not be too anxious about this hope of growth. It is not possible to establish a regular menstrual cycle all at once.

The onset of menstruation is a very precisely regulated process. It does not mean that menstruation will come on time. In fact, there is a very precise regulation, just like the normal rhythm and speed of a clock or watch. It does not mean that we can move the pointer by ourselves when we watch it. The movement of the pointer depends entirely on the densely packed and tightly interlocking gears behind the clock to make the pointer move so evenly and accurately.

What are these interlocking gears in the body?

The hypothalamus is a higher-level nerve center that regulates the menstrual cycle, and it has a subordinate, the pituitary gland. The pituitary gland and its subordinate are the ovaries. At least these three parts work closely together to ensure that menstruation comes on time. Finally, the estrogen and progesterone secreted by the ovaries are regulated by their superior pituitary gland and then by their superior hypothalamus. The ovaries produce estrogen and progesterone cyclically, which act on the endometrium, allowing the endometrium to be shed monthly. This is a precise regulatory process.

Adolescence is the stage when a person transitions from childhood to adulthood. It will probably take six or seven years. This maturation process takes some time for a person, so we should never expect menstruation to come immediately, as it rarely happens.

After menarche, only a few children have monthly menstruation, and most children need a period of adjustment. Our textbooks say that how long it takes for the second menstruation to come after the first menstruation. On average it takes 36 days, which is an average. For some people, it may come once every 20 days or so, and for others, it may come once every 50 or 60 days. Some people may only have their period once every two or three months.

I hope girls and parents will not ignore these common sense issues, because during adolescence, children will undergo many physical and psychological changes, so we must take care to let children understand these issues in advance, so that they will not feel at a loss when they really face them.