I think each of us has an obligation to know and care about our bodies.
When we have passed menarche, that is, after the first menstruation, our bodies have the ability to have children. Since then, the estrogen produced in our body every month will thicken the endometrium, and an egg will be discharged from the ovary every month, accompanied by more than 1000 follicles, which will eventually be eliminated due to lack of strength. This finally successful egg broke out of the ovarian wall and rolled to the abdominal wall of the fallopian tube, quietly waiting for the arrival of sperm. The result didn't wait around. At this time, the endometrium falls off and flows out of the vagina, and menstruation comes.
And if our eggs meet the sperm that successfully swam in during this ovulation period, they will fall into the uterus together after pregnancy, which means pregnancy.
The terrible thing is that if our eggs and sperm are not strong after conception and stay in the fallopian tube, they will become ectopic pregnancy. If it is not found in time, the fertilized egg will grow up slowly, leading to the rupture of fallopian tube and the disconnection of bare fallopian tube, which will be life-threatening.
So when we are having sex, if the menstrual period is late, we must have a pregnancy test in time and stop the loss in time.
(1) menstrual towel
Sanitary napkins are the most common menstrual products at present, and there are endless varieties on the market. Daily, night, thick, ultra-thin, ultra-long, etc. However, there are still many misunderstandings about sanitary napkins.
1. I like sanitary napkins with flavoring agents.
Many girls like scented things, such as scented paper towels and scented shower gel, but scented sanitary napkins are not good things. The most important thing is to keep the vulva dry, clean and breathable. If chemicals are added to menstruation, it will only be harmful to menstruation.
2. You can pad at any time when you have more leucorrhea.
Many girls often use pads because they are too lazy to wash underwear. In fact, the air permeability of the pad is very poor. If it is not replaced in time, it will only have a bad influence on the vulva.
(2) cotton plug
Many girls don't even know that there are other menstrual products that can be replaced besides menstrual towels. I feel sorry for everyone, because tampons are so easy to use!
For example, if you think of nosebleeds as menstruating, putting sanitary napkins means putting paper towels on your nostrils. The paper towel soaked your blood, and at the same time, your blood splashed all over your face, just like your whole vulva and buttocks were soaked with blood. A tampon is equivalent to kneading paper towels into a ball and stuffing them into your nostrils. A tampon will block your vaginal outlet. As long as the tampon is not completely soaked, your vulva and buttocks will not be stained with a trace of blood, which is not only clean, comfortable and breathable, but also less susceptible to bacteria. You can swim during your menstrual period.
In fact, in foreign countries, tampons are the most important items during menstruation, but they are not popular because of China's traditional sexual concept.
Like menstruation, tampons can be divided into small amount, medium amount, large amount and super large amount according to the amount of menstruation. Lots of tampons are as thick as your middle finger. The larger the amount, the thicker the tampon, and vice versa. And like menstruation, change it in time and try not to stay in the body for more than eight hours.
General tampons are divided into two forms: long catheter and short catheter. A short catheter is the same as a syringe in a hospital. First pull out the needle tube, then insert the front end of the catheter into the vagina, and then use the back needle tube to penetrate the tampon inside into the vagina. The long catheter just lacks a pull-out action. It may be difficult or even painful at first, but after practice makes perfect, there will be a sense of relaxation that "it is very narrow at first, only in this way can people walk, and they will suddenly be enlightened after a few steps". When you take it out, just pull out the cotton thread dragged behind the tampon.
Then the question is, the cotton thread is so thin, will it break? Not at all. A cotton thread can withstand at least 4 kilograms of tension, and it will not break no matter how it is pulled.
However, many girls are still afraid that this kind of thing will be inserted into the vagina, especially those girls who have never had sex, and they are worried about whether they will puncture the hymen.
In fact, the hymen is not a completely closed membrane. If your hymen is naturally closed, then your menstrual blood can't flow out of your vagina, and you must go to the hospital for an incision. The average girl has a perforated hymen. The average diameter of the hole is about 2.5cm, and the thickest cotton sliver is only 1.5cm. Unless your hole is really small, don't worry at all. Besides, it's just a film. If it breaks, it breaks.
So often using tampons will make the vagina loose? For menopausal women who have not had sex for a long time, the vagina will become loose, and for women who are nourished by sex, the vagina will only become tighter. So tampons relax the vagina? This is sheer nonsense.
(3) Menstrual Cup
Girls who have never heard of tampons should be more unfamiliar with menstrual cups. The menstrual cup is shaped like a small funnel for menstrual blood. Its greatest advantage is environmental protection, and it can be reused for 5 to 10 years. Think about it, it will cost five years to wear a menstrual towel, but if you use the menstrual cup once, you don't need to replace it for five or six years, you can disinfect it with boiling water before and after each use.
Its disadvantage is that the opening is large, and it is relatively difficult to put it in or take it out. When you put it in, you should first fold the mouth of the cup in half, and then slowly put it into the vagina. Be careful not to push it too far, because its handle is short, and it will be troublesome if you can't grasp the handle when you take it out. When buying, it's best to buy a ring-shaped pull ring under the handle, so that you can pull it out by grasping the pull ring when you take it, but what I bought is a basic one with only a short handle, and I'm always nervous when I take it out, afraid I won't take it out.
Generally, after the menstrual cup is put into the vagina, its small funnel will automatically bounce off, and menstrual blood will flow into the cup smoothly. If you are worried that the cup will not bounce off, you can also put your finger in and have a look after it is released.
After you take out the menstrual cup, you can really observe the appearance of fresh menstrual blood, unlike menstrual towels and tampons, which have absorbed menstrual blood and can't see the original appearance. The blood in the menstrual cup is fresh and flowing. However, due to poor technology and not used several times, the cup has not been taken out perfectly so far. Every time I take it out, I accidentally spill my menstrual blood all over the floor, making it look like a murder case just happened in the bathroom.
Menstrual cups are also divided into three sizes according to the amount of menstruation. Unlike menstrual towels and tampons, they need to be changed frequently, even if you have slept for 12 hours.
Have you ever wondered why my menstrual cycle is longer than others? Why is my period shorter than others? Why is my menstruation larger than others? Is my period abnormal?
In fact, most women's menstrual period is relatively normal. We usually say that the average menstrual cycle is 28 days, but it doesn't matter if it is longer or shorter. Normal menstrual cycle is 2 1 ~ 35 days, and normal menstrual duration is 2 ~ 8 days, which is still relatively long. The normal amount of blood loss is about 2-6 menstrual towels every day, and it doesn't matter if it is a little more or less.
There is no scientific evidence that any food should never be eaten during menstruation. It depends on your physical fitness. If you have severe dysmenorrhea, you should try to avoid cold drinks. If there is nothing wrong with your body, you can eat it.
Brown sugar water and hot compress can't treat dysmenorrhea scientifically and effectively, but if it really works for you, use it happily.
We often see the scene of girls bleeding at their first night in various film and television dramas, so we have this stereotype that their first night will definitely bleed.
However, as we said above, the hymen is a membrane with holes, and the sizes of the holes are different. Some people are born with large holes (even some people are born without membranes), and the penis can pass through these holes smoothly. How can you say it's bleeding?
In fact, more than half of people don't bleed on the first night. A large part of the reason for the first night bleeding is the tearing of vaginal tissue caused by being too nervous and unfamiliar with skills, not the rupture of hymen.
As for why the ancients always saw blood at the first night, it was because ancient women had sex for the first time when they were thirteen or fourteen years old. The hymen was still very thick, which was easy to cause injury and bleeding, but it became thinner and thinner with age.
What? Did you ask me if there was any bleeding on the first night? Of course not. Otherwise, I wouldn't have investigated it so seriously.
1. You won't get pregnant on your first night, will you?
Many boys think that they won't get pregnant on their first night. They naively think that the hymen is closed. Even in after ejaculation, sperm will not be sent into the body because of the blockage of the hymen. As a result, many ignorant girls were taken in the first time after listening to these nonsense. We should know that abortion does great harm to girls' bodies, not only physically, but also psychologically. We must protect our bodies.
2. Will you not get pregnant during the safe period?
Many boys insist on the safe period and will not get pregnant. First of all, explain what is the safety period. The time outside ovulation and menstrual period is called safety period. We know that our body ovulates once a month, and the day of ovulation is called ovulation day (usually around 15 days before the next menstruation). Because sperm can live for up to 4-5 days in a woman's body, even if the ovary has not ovulated, you can wait for the arrival of the egg, and the egg can stay in the fallopian tube for 1-2 days, and even after ovulation, it is possible to fertilize. Ovulation date has the same periodicity as menstruation, but the calculation method of ovulation date is not accurate. Even if your menstrual cycle is regular, there is no guarantee that you will never ovulate today, not to mention those girls with irregular menstruation, so it is very dangerous to rely on safe period contraception.
3. Will you not get pregnant if you interrupt sexual intercourse?
When many girls let boys wear condoms, boys will say, don't worry, I won't shoot in. In fact, boys may have sperm in their body fluids before ejaculation. Even if not, if boys can't control the time of ejaculation well and can't pull it out in time, it's like playing with fire and setting themselves on fire. So be sure to let boys wear condoms, or even wipe them.
1. Male condom. The effective rate of contraception is as high as 98%.
This is the most common method of contraception, as long as it is used correctly, it will generally not get pregnant. But it is best to check whether it is damaged or expired before wearing it to reduce the failure rate of contraception. If you accidentally put it on backwards, or slip off halfway, you must change it again to avoid failure. Moreover, before wearing it, the air in the seminal vesicle must be exhausted and taken out in time in after ejaculation, otherwise the semen will easily overflow from it. Of course, it is also important to choose the right size. Apart from contraception, it is the only one that can effectively prevent sexually transmitted diseases including AIDS.
2. Short-acting contraceptives. The effective rate of contraception is as high as 99.7%.
Many sister papers think that it is a three-point poison, and taking medicine is definitely not good for the body, but on the contrary, short-acting contraceptives not only have small side effects, but also regulate menstruation and relieve dysmenorrhea. Its contraceptive principle is that the drug contains estrogen and progesterone, which inhibits ovarian ovulation and makes your uterus mistakenly think that you are pregnant, so that you will not be pregnant again. But its disadvantage is that it must be taken every day, at the same time every day. If you miss one day, you will lose contraceptive effect. If you don't have contraceptive effect within 7 days before taking it, you still need to wear condoms for contraception. There are generally two kinds of short-acting contraceptives. One is a pack of 2 1 pills, which is taken from the first day of menstruation to 7 days after the end of 2 1 day, and then another pack is used to continue taking. There is also a pack of 28 pills, which need not be stopped every day, but 7 of them do not contain hormones. However, if you are breastfeeding, you can no longer use this contraceptive method. Among them, estrogen and progesterone will affect the normal secretion of hormones in your body, thus affecting your breasts. In addition, short-acting contraceptives cannot prevent various sexually transmitted diseases, and it is generally recommended to consult a doctor before taking them. If you have breast hyperplasia or breast problems, you can't take it. According to the survey, people who take short-acting contraceptives for a long time are slightly more likely to develop breast cancer than ordinary people.
3. Emergency contraception. The effective rate of contraception is only 85%.
Completely different from short-acting contraceptives, its contraceptive rate is not only low but also harmful to human body. Emergency contraception contains a lot of progesterone, which can delay ovulation in a short time. Because there are too many hormones, it leads to hormone imbalance in the body, which easily affects the normal menstrual cycle. And contraception is completely ineffective after more than 72 hours. The shorter the taking time, the higher the effective rate, and there may be consequences of irregular vaginal bleeding. Although emergency contraception has many shortcomings, compared with abortion, the harm it brings is minimal. You should take it when you should, and you can't take any chances.
4. Female condoms. The contraceptive rate is 95%.
Many boys are excited to see this. There are even condoms for women. However, it is difficult to buy female condoms in the market. After all, women's vaginas are not exposed like men's. When using a condom, the inner ring of the condom needs to be inserted deep into the vagina, and only the outer ring is exposed for 2-3cm. If the technology is not skilled, it will definitely not be stuffed well, and not only the contraceptive rate is not as high as that of men, but also the price is relatively higher than that of men. Female condoms should be put into the body eight hours in advance, which can make women better protect themselves.
5. Spermicide. The effective rate of contraception was 82%.
Killing sperm makes it impossible to conceive. However, its contraceptive efficiency is low and it is generally not recommended.
6. Intrauterine devices.
Because of the different materials, sizes and expiration dates, the contraceptive efficiency is different. However, it is the most commonly used contraceptive method for married women in China. Because it needs to be placed in the uterus, it is necessary to go to the hospital for intrauterine device surgery. When choosing IUD, try to choose IUD containing copper and progesterone to improve contraceptive effect. It is best to go to the hospital regularly to check whether the IUD falls off or leaves its original position after releasing the IUD, and be sure to go to the hospital for IUD removal surgery before the IUD expires, otherwise the IUD will rust or drift in the uterus, causing adverse effects and unimaginable consequences. It should be noted that it is best to wear the ring within 3-7 days after menstruation is clean, and you can't have sex during this period; Sexual life is forbidden within half a month after releasing the ring to avoid infection. If it is a natural delivery, it will take at least 3 months after delivery to get the ring. Because the uterus recovers slowly, it will take at least half a year to get the ring after delivery. But it is best to wear the ring after lactation, otherwise the hormones in the contraceptive ring will also affect the breast. If you take anti-inflammatory drugs after operation, it will cause harm to the fetus.
7. Male ligation. The effective rate of contraception was 99.9%.
The method of male ligation is to make a small wound on the testis and cut off the middle section of the vas deferens, so that the liquid injected by the boy during ejaculation does not contain sperm. Within half a month after operation, because the sperm has not been cleaned up, condoms should still be used for contraception. Male vasectomy is much less risky than female vasectomy. However, many men have a lot of misunderstandings about this, thinking that after ligation, they are no longer real men, but become feminine like eunuchs. In fact, it will never happen. Androgen can still be secreted normally after operation, the penis can still ejaculate and produce sperm, and it will erect normally, but there is no sperm in semen. Although ligation is irreversible, it is still possible to recover within ten years.
8. Female ligation. The effective rate of contraception was 99.5%.
Because female ligation requires laparotomy, it will inevitably lead to postoperative bleeding. The method is to remove all the fallopian tubes on both sides to prevent pregnancy. It is suggested that if pregnant women choose cesarean section, they can complete ligation at the same time to avoid a second laparotomy.
9. Contraceptive needle. The effective rate of contraception was 99.7%.
The principle is similar to that of short-acting contraceptives, and it also inhibits ovarian ovulation through hormones. You need an injection every three months.
10. Subcutaneous implantation. The effective rate of contraception was 99.95%.
It is by burying a capsule containing progesterone under the skin to make it slowly release progesterone, which can be buried for 3-5 years.
1 1. Contraceptive patch. The effective rate of contraception was 99.7%.
It is a square patch that can be attached to the buttocks, abdomen and arms. From the first day of menstruation, stick it once a week at a fixed time, and stop taking medicine for one week after sticking it three times in a row. Because it is not available in China, the price is more expensive.
12. Vaginal contraceptive ring. The effective rate of contraception was 99.7%.
It is a ring with a diameter of 5cm, which will release estrogen and progesterone after being put into the vagina and be replaced once a month. But you can hardly buy this kind of thing in China.
Although there are so many contraceptive methods, the most convenient and harmless one is to use the most common male condom.
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