Menstruation
Princess Ova’s Great Escape
Menstrual Cycle:
A rhythmic cycle of approximately one
month to prepare a female’s body for the
possibility of pregnancy.
Menstruation

The release of a small amount of blood and
tissue.

lasts approximately the first 5 days of the
menstrual cycle

Menarche= First Menstruation
- Occurs at about 12 years of age

the 1st day menstruation begins the cycle
What is PMS?

Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) is a set of hormonal changes that trigger a
wide range of physical and emotional symptoms in women.

These symptoms can range from anger and irritability, to abdominal
cramping and breast tenderness, to food cravings.

PMS generally occurs between 7 to 14 days before menstruation and then
stops once menstruation begins. It can only occur during a woman's
childbearing years -- after menopause, it stops.

Up to 40 percent of menstruating women experience symptoms of PMS. In
most of these women, PMS is nothing more than an annoyance. But in
about 5 percent of women, the symptoms are debilitating enough to
interfere with daily life.
Premenstrual Syndrome
(PMS)

Signs and Symptoms include:
 weight gain
- swelling in legs
 skin eruptions
- mood swings
 headache
- depression
 anxiety
- clumsiness
 fatigue and
- increased sleep
 cravings for sweets or salty foods
Phases of Menstruation
 Day
1-4 = Menstruation:
The uterine lining called the endometrium
sheds and bleeds through the vagina. 1
ounce of blood flows out as well as the
lining. It will not bleed if there is an egg
implanted.
Proliferative Phase:
Day
4-13 = Proliferative Phase:
Estrogen levels rise and the
endometrium starts to rebuild and
thicken itself.
Ovulation:
 Day
14 = Ovulation:
An egg is released from the ovaries and
begins to travel through the fallopian
tubes. Estrogen levels are at the
highest.
Peak fertility consists of the days right
before ovulation and on this day.
Secretory Phase
 Day
15-28 = Secretory Phase:
Uterine lining continues to thicken.
It is preparing for the implantation of
an egg. If no implantation occurs,
the cycle starts over again. The lining
begins to shed again.
Princess Ova’s
Great Escape
How the menstruation cycle works
The Land of Familia
 Mt.
Brain
 King
Pitt’s
Kingdom
 King
Ovary’s
Kingdom
 Body
Wilderness
 Fallopian
Tube
Tunnels
 Uterine
Forest
Characters

King Pitt

Princess Ova

Fabio ( FSH)

Nanny Follicle

Captain Luke ( LH)

Estrogen

King Ovary

Progesterone

Baby Ova


Endometrium Wall
“ Creepy” Cramp
Man
King Pitt

Who they really are:
Pituitary
Gland
Master of all
the land
 Functions:
Women’s sexual
organs and
development.
Master of the two
most important
hormones FSH and
LH
Fabio (FSH)

Who they really are:

Functions:
Follicle
Stimulating
Hormone
Stimulates the growth
of eggs in the
ovaries
Stimulates
production
Regulate sex organs
for male and
female.
( works with LH)
Men: FSH develops
sperm
Captain Luke

Who they really are:
Luteinizing
hormone
 Functions:
Ovulationrelease of egg
Stimulates
ovulation and
development
of
Loyal to his
mistress
“corpus
luteum”
King Ovary

Who they really are:
Ovary
Produce eggs
and
hormones
(holds them)
 Functions:
Produce
eggs and
female
hormones
Baby Ova

Who they really are:
Egg
Plural form is ovum
Princess Ova

Who they really are:
Egg
 Functions:
Becomes a baby
if fertilized
and implanted
in the uterine
Die and decay
Nanny Follicle

Who they really are:
Follicle
( egg sac in ovary)
“ corpus luteum”
Protect ova and
keep her safe
 Functions:
Egg matures
here
Houses the
egg while it
develops
Estrogen

Who they really are:
Hormone
Gives a girl their
feminine
qualities.
Strength
 Functions:
Thickens the
endometrium
Stimulates growth
of the egg
In charge of
feminine partshair, breast etc
Progesterone

Who they really are:
Hormone
Nourish
“Protects
Life”
 Functions:
Helps:
Endometrium peel
off cleanly without
heavy bleeding
Uterus get ready for
pregnancy
Stops cells from being
cancerous
“ Creepy” Cramp Man

Who they really are:
Brings on stomach
pain and cramps
in a female

Reasons girl get
them:
Prostaglandins
chemical
(Helps push blood
out)
Why does the
“Creepy Cramp
Man visit every
month?
Why?

Cramps are caused by PROSTAGLANDIS:
which are chemicals a girl’s body produces to
make the muscles of the uterus contract.

The contracting muscles help push the blood out
through a girl’s vagina during her period.

Some can be mild annoying or extremely
painful.

It is a normal part of your monthly period.
Menstrual Abnormalities
 Premenstrual
 Starts
Syndrome (PMS)
then stops
 Very
heavy
 Very
light
 Very
painful
Toxic Shock Syndrome
(TSS)

Caused by using tampons

Usually happens when girls use a
super or super plus absorbency
tampon when it is not needed.

Fibers in the tampon allow bacteria to
breed and cause infection.

Avoid by changing tampon at least
once every 4 to 8 hours.
Menopause
 Cessation
of the monthly
menstrual cycle.
 Occurs
 Ovaries
at age 51 on average.
stop producing monthly
ovum.
 Not
true if you start early, you
end early.