This is big news if you're trying to get pregnant
In one of the biggest studies investigating menstruation to date, 600,000 menstrual cycles and 124,648 women from the UK, Sweden, and the USA were observed. And despite the commonly-held belief, only 13% of women were found to have 28-day cycles – instead, the average was 29.3 days.
Furthermore, only 65% of women had cycles that lasted between 25 and 30 days. That means that an entire third of us fall outside the 'typical' window of cycle length. "Traditionally, studies have concentrated on women who have approximately 28 day cycles and these studies have formed our understanding of the menstrual cycle," says professor Joyce Harper at the UCL Institute for Women’s Health."For the first time, our study shows that few women have the textbook 28 day cycle, with some experiencing very short or very long cycles".
“We have also demonstrated that ovulation does not occur consistently on day 14 and therefore it is important that women who wish to plan a pregnancy are having intercourse on their fertile days," adds Harper."In order to identify the fertile period, it's important to track other measures such as basal body temperature as cycle dates alone are not informative.”
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