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To ask your cycle length?

79 replies

Pusheenicorn · 17/09/2018 20:27

No reason, just curious.

I'm 28 and never tracked it before until I came off all hormonal contraception (just using condoms now) so downloaded an app and I seem to be on a bang on 26 day cycle and now I'm finding the whole thing quite interesting!

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VforVienetta · 17/09/2018 23:12

20-27 days, but mostly 25ish.
Periods last about 7 days.
My cycle used to be 32 days long and pretty regular, but since children it's gone right up the spout.
Yay ovaries.

havingabadhairday · 17/09/2018 23:18

Used to be 35. god knows now, anything from around 25-35.

DuggeeHugs · 17/09/2018 23:21

Anywhere from 10 days to 6 months.

bananafish81 · 17/09/2018 23:21

If I only have a period every 150 days surely that can't be my cycle length can it?

Yes, but it's likely to be an anovulatory cycle. The period isn't likely to be a true menstrual period, when falling levels of progesterone cause the uterine lining to start to break down (which is the period). If it's an anovulatory cycle then there will be no progesterone produced, so the lining will just thicken until it reaches a point when it naturally breaks down. A true menstrual period is caused by progesterone levels dropping in the absence of pregnancy post ovulation. Periods after anovulatory cycles are strictly oestrogen withdrawal bleeds

Although if you've fallen pregnant naturally with very long cycles as standard, then you must have been ovulating at some point - but very late in the cycle

SleepingStandingUp · 17/09/2018 23:22

About 90. It isn't exact but roughly that

BetterEatCheese · 17/09/2018 23:24

Unsure exactly but I am sure that it is getting shorter as I get older

crosstalk · 17/09/2018 23:27

27-36 days. Not very clued up, never had period pain so imagine my surprise when I failed to conceive!

Lostin3dspace · 17/09/2018 23:36

It's an 18" frame

FluffySlipperSocks · 17/09/2018 23:40

Every 30 days and period lasts no more than 7 days

GBroGal · 17/09/2018 23:41

I used to start my period every full moon - so perhaps it wasn't just PMT ...

lonelyatchristmas · 17/09/2018 23:43

I used to be bang on 28 days.. starting losing weight last year and since then it's gone erratic... could get one every 2weeks.. went on the pill to regulate it but it only seems to make it more frequent

Keeptrudging · 17/09/2018 23:46

I always had a 28 day cycle, until this year when it dropped to 21 days. I'm perimenopausal, have been for a few years, so it looks like I'm getting closer to proper menopause.

Ollivander84 · 17/09/2018 23:49

25 days. Used to be 28 Angry

Seren85 · 17/09/2018 23:51

I kind of always knew that the date my period was due would move on a couple of days each month so from say starting on 27th of one month it would be 30th or 31st the following month. I've just started to vaguely track via fit bit and it seems to be around 30 days.

cannotmakemymindup · 18/09/2018 00:04

Currently getting quicker atm but first time I've been off contraception hormones for a whole year. So every 27-25 days. Really hoping it doesn't get any quicker. To much of my life taken up!

tor8181 · 18/09/2018 00:05

in my case 35 years

im 37 with 2 kids 14 y old was conceived naturally
8 y old using 4 years of strongest strenth clomid tablets,both were tried for and planned

saw a very light first period at 12 and never seen since

was told at 17 i had severe PCOS and was infertile and would need ivf in the future

caught naturally at 23 and after 4 years of clomid finally caught at nearly 30

i love having no periods and iv never used any contraception(been with 1 guy who is my oh since 17)

BeeMyBaby · 18/09/2018 06:50

Since puberty it used to be 45-90 days but since my 3rd DC a couple of years ago it's changed to 57-150 days. I have borderline pcos.

lljkk · 18/09/2018 07:01

No idea. I stopped keeping track about 20 yrs ago.
I ranged 22-35 days before that. Would be kind of consistent only for limited spells.

As for the other type of cycle: which one? The MTB, tandem, tourer, cyclo-X...? Wink

Clare45BST · 18/09/2018 07:05

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BloodyDisgrace · 18/09/2018 08:35

Must be 30 days as it starts on the same day of the month. Lasts a couple of days, pain only on the first and I zap it with Nurofen.

steff13 · 18/09/2018 08:36

Mine is 28 days on the dot.

CluedoAddict · 18/09/2018 20:53

28 days usually. I am just 40 and have skipped a month twice last year. Now back to every 28 days.

Maybethistime8 · 18/09/2018 20:55

Between 27-29 days for me

Worieddd · 18/09/2018 20:57

Around 31-35 days, usually 32 days but sometimes it’s been 43 days! Never shorter than 30 though.

Benandhollysmum · 18/09/2018 20:59

Mines are all over the place so no idea

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