Your Period Is More Than Just a Period, It’s a Monthly Health Report

Do you think of your period as just a monthly inconvenience, or something to be ignored unless it’s “off”? What if I told you that your menstrual cycle is actually one of the most powerful reflections of your overall health?

• Your Cycle as a Vital Sign: Like blood pressure or heart rate, your period offers insight into your hormonal health, metabolic balance, and reproductive readiness. A healthy cycle should arrive regularly—every 21 to 35 days—without debilitating symptoms.

• What a Normal Period Looks Like: A true menstrual cycle starts with ovulation and ends in a bleed triggered by a drop in progesterone. You’re looking for a flow that’s:

  • Mostly liquid with no large clots

  • Red to brown in color

  • 25–80mL total blood loss (changing a pad/tampon every 2-4 hours, not every hour)

  • Not waking you up at night due to heavy flow

• What Your Period Is Trying to Tell You: Missing periods? Painful ones? Heavy clots? These are all messages from your body. Instead of suppressing symptoms with hormonal birth control, it’s time to ask why they’re happening.

Understanding your menstrual cycle is foundational for fertility, energy, mood, and long-term health. Tracking your period is the first step in reconnecting with your body and unlocking answers that lead to true healing.

Period tracking 101:

• First day of your heaviest day of bleeding (day 1 of your cycle)

• Number of days between “day 1” and your next “day 1” (length of your cycle)

• Number of days of bleeding

• Amount of blood (menstrual fluid) lost

• Cervical fluid

• Pain

  
  

Want help decoding your period and improving your cycle naturally? Reach out for a free consultation to start your personalized preconception journey, HERE.