What should I do if I have sex before my period is over?

Having sex before the menstruation is over will cause a lot of harm to your body, and you must stop having sex. For couples who are not careful, the female friends' vagina will be greatly affected, and their menstruation may even stop. This should be taken seriously. You need to wait until the menstruation is completely over before having sex, which will also make cleaning easier.

Most couples are able to abstain from sex during menstruation. However, people often do not pay much attention to the time to resume sexual life after menstruation. Many people take it for granted that they can resume sexual life after menstrual bleeding stops. Little do people know that such practice is detrimental to women's reproductive health. When a woman's menstruation just stops, there are still broken blood vessels and glandular ducts on the surface of her uterine cavity, and the tiny blood vessels are still bleeding. The new endometrium has just begun to grow, and the surface is not yet covered with epithelium. At this time, the wound in the uterine cavity is like the skin with epidermal abrasions. Although it has stopped bleeding, it has not yet completely regenerated and repaired.

Therefore, experts suggest that it is better to have sex three days after menstruation. Because at this time, the wound caused by the shedding of the endometrium has healed, and the acid-base environment of the vagina has also been adjusted. Having sex at this time will reduce the incidence of inflammation. If you have sex right after your period, the wound on the endometrium may not have healed completely, and the vagina is still in a weak alkaline environment. The vagina has poor resistance, making it easy for pathogens to enter the vagina, into the uterine cavity, and even into the fallopian tubes, leading to infertility. Therefore, it is best to wait three days after your period ends before having sex[2].

During menstruation, the endometrium sheds to form a wound, and the cervix is ​​also slightly dilated. Furthermore, due to the discharge of menstrual blood, the acidic environment in the vagina is diluted and the self-cleaning ability of the vagina is weakened. During sexual intercourse at this time, the male reproductive organ will bring in bacteria, infect the endometrium and cause pelvic inflammation, causing pain to the woman. Moreover, even if you use a condom, you cannot have sexual intercourse because condoms can only prevent sperm from entering the vagina, but cannot prevent bacteria from entering the vagina, so doing so is also harmful.