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When does the menstrual cycle start and stop?

The answer, each girl is different. The menstrual cycle is not something a woman can control every month. Each woman is different depending upon her activity and diet level. Certain forms of contraception can also change the cycle or make it stop. Most women will have their menstrual cycle for 47 days, which an ovulation period in between for 21 – 35 days.

What are menstrual myths and how do they affect a girl or woman?

Menstruation was a mystery over a hundred years ago when there was no scientific explanation as to why a female’s body produces a menstrual cycle every month. In current times there are no menstrual myth’s except for that a woman can will her period away. This is not true, a woman can not mentally will away her period one month if she so choose. The body’s menstrual cycle is natural and cannot be controlled.