Menstruation

The menstrual cycle is the reproductive cycle, a domino effect of hormonal changes between the brain and reproductive organs - douching inside your vagina has no effect on your menstrual cycle what-so-ever. Douching is also unhygienic and unhealthy as it can change vaginal pH, force harmful bacteria further into the vagina, and strip vaginal walls of lubrication.

Both is true; while on your period you bleed until a certain amount of blood leaves your system. The number of days that you have your period is different for every person.

Yes, you should take a pregnancy test if you had unprotected sex during the last month. The late period could be due to pregnancy or due to delayed ovulation after Nuva Ring.

Yes, you can swim in a river with a tampon. There are no special concerns about doing so, whether it's a river, pool, or lake.

If you are not pregnant go see a doctor since you might have a hormonal problem.

No if you are pregnant the uterus is closed so the lining is still in there. Some spotting can still be during the pregnancie though but not heavy bleeding. If you are worried go to your doctor.

No. Few mammals undergo menstruation. It is mostly just the primates who do this.

You have to wait 2 weeks until you can take a pregnancy test.

Yes it's okay for 13 year old to use tampons or whatever else they want during soccer or any other activity they want to do on their period. Tampons are not recommended to teens due to increased risks of TSS so you need to make sure you understand the risks and how to use tampons correctly to reduce risks. You may want to consider using safer more reliable options like menstrual cups.

The contents of the uterus are suctioned out through a thin (3-4 mm) plastic tube that is inserted through the undilated cervix. Suction is applied either by a bulb syringe or a small pump

No, of course girls don't have to use tampons.

During menstruation there are many options that girls can use - tampons, sponges, pads, liners, period underwear, menstrual cups, diaphragms softcups, etc. or girls can go without using anything at all, methods like menstrual release mean women can learn to control their flow so they can let it out just as they would when going to pee, and thus don't need to use any form of menstrual product like tampons.

You won't know that you've stopped having them until they've stopped. Some women notice their periods becoming lighter and lighter as menopause progresses, with some becoming more like spotting than a period before they stop completely. You know your body best.

Menstrual

Menstrual cycle is the reproductive cycle, if a woman is fertile she is always on her menstrual cycle. I think you're asking if menstruation smells, there is a smell but it shouldn't smell bad - maintaining good hygiene prevents odour, also avoiding unhealthy menstrual products such as tampons and commercial sanitary pads will prevent bad odour too.

Yes. But if you are sexually active, take a pregnancy because it is also likely that unprotected sex occurred due to alcohol use. See the link below...refer to the section called "Heightened Vulnerability" about information relating to how alcohol abuse affects a woman's health.

One of the side effects of IUDs are heavier menstrual periods. I personally don't like IUDs because they can be very dangerous.

This would only be abnormal if the spotting on the eighth day is bright red.

Actually, I have always happened this to me - bleeding for 5 days, not bleeding one day, and then bleeding bright red and a lot for another 2 days. What it meant for me was that I have an inverted (heart shaped) uterus. This causes the disruption in bleeding. At least that's what I was told.

What does your Gynecologist say? If you don't have one, it's time to get one. Girls (women) have their first periods at a wide variety of ages.....some as early as 10 years old, some not until they're 17. A Gynecologist will be able to help you determine whether the discharge you've noted is of concern, or normal for a developing girl.

They were first invented around World War I. Until then, women used dish cloths or rags.

you will need to clarify your question. If you place a Nuvaring in mid cycle (if I am not mistaken) you should still remove it after the third week---if it is your first NuvaRing. Try this website for common questions. Hope this helps!!! http://www.nuvaring.com/Consumer/index.asp?guid={5F20063F-5305-4510-8966-2B3007029EEF}&sid=281781517

Some women have a sharp pain from the ovary when the egg is released but many women don't. This pain is called Mittelschmirtz. If you don't have this pain you need to take your Basal Body Temperature every morning. A woman passes a egg during ovulation. Basically when a woman ovulates this means her egg is in the correct position to be fertilised and comes with a high risk of pregnancy. When this occurs a woman will lose cervical mucus that looks like egg-whites. This is the ovulation discharge. Ovulation usually occurs around day 14 of a womans cycle in a 28 day cycle. If your cycles are different buy a ovulation kit to find out your fertile dates. The other form of passing a egg is when a womans egg breaks down and forms into a period. I hope this has helped you some. Take care.

You should first take a pregnancy test. You didn't give an age so that makes it tough. It could be the start of menopause if your older or it could be begining stages of pregnancy. It is normal to have brown spotting and even some blood in begining stages of pregnancy. This is caused by the implanting of the fertilized egg on the side of the uterus. It causes some of the tissue to break lose and bleed. Some of this blood stays in the uterus and comes out later which is where the brown spotting comes in. Brown spotting is old blood.

If you had a miscarriage & are still experiencing pregnancy symptoms, then this can be caused by HCG still remaining in your system. Or alternatively you may of conceived again. See your doctor for a blood test & Im very sorry for your loss.

yes its just spotting