How to calculate your female cycle?

08 October 2022

female cycle, period , hormonal cycle, different terms to talk about the cycle that governs the women's lives and bodies of childbearing age. Of the puberty to menopause, all women are familiar with this cyclical and repetitive phenomenon: female hormonal cycle. Do you have questions about how the menstrual cycle works? Find our series of complete articles on the menstrual cycle:

Our complete and uninhibited guide to the menstrual cycle can also be of great help in better understanding your body.

Keep a menstrual calendar and calculating your cycle can be a good idea to organize yourself, anticipate, put all the chances on your side to get pregnant but also to know if we have delay. It is also important to observe its cycles to know if they are more or less balanced, if they do not shift. In short, following the progress of its cycle is important and quite simple. We promise no scholarly calculations, we will explain everything to you!

The menstrual cycle and its different phases

First of all, we remind you that a female cycle is made up of four different phases:

the period ou with medium flows, always managed calmly with belle pair of period panties clean, pretty, low priced and reliable Louloucup or a ultra soft menstrual cup Spitz ;
la follicular phase or pre-ovulatory during which the follicles mature;
theovulation, a mature follicle ruptures and releases a oocyte ready to be fertilized by sperm;
la luteal phase, and last phase of the cycle, prepares the endometrium for potential implantation or for the next period depending on fertilization or not.

Average female cycle, imperfect female cycle

Le female cycle lasts on average 28 days. Be careful though, this is not a precise phenomenon. It is influenced by a whole host of external factors that can disrupt it: stress, eating disorders, sport practiced at a high level, but also certain illnesses or treatments. So from one cycle to another, the duration may vary slightly (28 days, 30 days then 27 days, etc.). Don't panic to notice a very slight lag early or late. It's exactly normal.

Governed by hormones (estrogens, progesterones), the menstrual cycle is a vast, well-established machine which can therefore experience certain setbacks. No need to worry if the variation in days remains slight, if there is no pain or other unusual symptoms accompanying your period. Your periods can also depend a lot on your type of contraception.

Knowing how to count or calculate your female cycle is not so hard!

Why calculate its cycle?

Yes why take the trouble to calculate its cycle? For several reasons.
Get pregnant, to know when one is more or less fertile, to know the fertile days and approximately the ovulation day increases the chances of getting pregnant faster. It also works in the opposite direction, if you do not want to get pregnant, it is useful to know your fertile period in the cycle or the month, in order to avoid all unprotected sex and thus avoid the risk of unwanted pregnancy.

Calculating your cycle is ultimately to have control of your cycle and your body, to better understand it, to clearly identify the various manifestations that occur during the cycle.

You have some cravings a little weird and inexplicable or are you more irritable, weaker or more depressed? You are surely going through luteal phase and the famous PMS, Premenstrual Syndrome.

You notice transparent losses in fairly sticky quantities, comparable to egg white? You are surely in full ovulation. This is why it is interesting to know your cycle and to know what phase you are in!

Summing up, it is useful to know how to calculate your cycle if you want to have a baby or if you don't want to be pregnant. It is also obvious that the calculation of your cycle makes it possible toestimate the next date of your period. Very practical in order to anticipate the washing your period panties Loulou for example.

What is the correct way to count your cycle?

Do not panic for the worst in math, calculate your female cycle is easy. You should already know how long his cycle lasts. You have no idea? No problem, base yourself on 28 days, the average number of days in a menstrual cycle.

Le first day of your cycle is the first of your periods. Simple so far. You then count 28 days which will take you to the start of the period of your next cycle. Obviously, each woman is different, each cycle is different.
A hormonal cycle generally lasts between 25 and 35 days. They are considered short if they last less than 20 days and long if they last more than 35 days.

Write down the first day of your period on a calendar, your calendar or your bullet journal. Then then add 28. This will take you to the start of your next cycle.
First of all, if you are not sure of the average length of your cycles it may not be accurate. After a first cycle, readjust with the precise number of days of your first cycle. this will correspond more to your personal rhythm.

Keeping a menstrual calendar, the right tools

After several months and several cycles, you will therefore be able, normally, if you have no irregular periods, know exactly when your next period is.

Follower of bullet journal, fluorescent and other colored pens? Make yourself a menstrual chart staff to report your period days. You can very easily find models or inspirations on the internet, Instagram or Pinterest.

To know the dates of your next period, very useful and well-made tools are available. Of the applications to find on Playstore or Appstore and to download on your smartphone or tablet are very well thought out. Very often free, you can enter important information. The app then estimates the date of your next cycle, it can notify you a few days before with a notification. For some, you can note some symptoms felt.

Finally, very useful for women looking to become pregnant, certain apps provide information on the fertile window or fertile period (the days before and after ovulation) to increase the chances of getting pregnant.

Distrust however, counting the days of his cycle has never been a method of contraception sure when you know that a spermatozoon can stay alive for 5 days and that many disruptions can occur shifting the day of ovulation.

Louloucup: your brand of washable and durable menstrual protection

Finally, we wouldn't be able to end this article without reminding you of our menstrual products. Louloucup is a French brand of sustainable menstrual products and reusable. Our objective ? Offering real alternatives to disposable tampons and pads, healthy and organic solutions for all women to better experience their periods.

Today Louloucup is rich in several types of products:

- teen period panties or washable period panties,
- menstrual cups or medical silicone menstrual cups,
- menstrual swimwear so as not to miss the pool session.

We also offer more specific ranges so that all women can find their way:

- a range of period panties for Teens : a selection of our best models in size XXS,
- a range of Large Size absorbent panties : a selection of beautiful menstrual panties in sizes XXL, XXXL and XXXXL,
- a range of invisible washable panties : a selection of absolutely invisible and seamless underwear,
- a postpartum range perfect for young mothers who face lochia and other heavy bleeding following childbirth,
- a menstrual tanga range for all those with light periods or vaginal discharge.

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