Are Form 2220 Periods 2022-2023

Menstruation also called having a period as girls get older and their bodies change they get their periods the uterus is the part inside the body where a baby grows when a woman is pregnant the inner lining of the uterus supports and nourishes the developing baby if there is no baby the lining is shed during her period during a period blood and other tissue from the uterus leave the body through the vagina a period can last from a few days to about a week you may have heard doctors talk about the menstrual cycle this is the time from one period to another usually about 28 days day one of the menstrual cycle is the first day of a period the uterus starts to shed its lining as soon as the period ends the uterus prepares again to receive a fertilized egg eggs are released from a woman's ovaries eggs are super tiny one-tenth the size of a poppy seed women have two ovaries one on each side the fallopian tubes leave from each ovary to the uterus in the middle of the menstrual cycle an ovary releases an egg after ovulation the egg travels down the fallopian tube it takes a few days to complete the journey meanwhile the lining of the uterus gradually gets thicker so can support the development of a fertilized egg if the egg gets fertilized it will implant in the uterus and the woman is pregnant if the egg is not fertilized the woman is not pregnant and the egg will begin to dissolve because the woman is not pregnant the lining of the uterus is not needed a woman will have her monthly period and the cycle begins again you.