The menstrual period accompanies women periodically for many years of their lives. Each body reacts differently to sex hormones and menstruation. At each stage of a woman’s life, her routine and stress levels can influence hormone intensity and, consequently, her period1. Although many questions arise on this topic, the answers should not try to change your body or simply focus on “getting rid of” menstruation, but rather on learning to control the symptoms and understand what signs your body is giving about your health.

What Stops Menstruation on the Same Day?

Menstruation can stop almost instantly in some cases. This happens when a woman is submerged in water, or ingests certain substances listed below. If you plan to use them intentionally to stop your period, you should only do so under medical supervision.

  1. Medications such as a menstrual regulator, prescribed by gynecologists.
  2. Herbal Remedies: There are many grandmother’s recipes for herbs and supplements that can stop menstruation. However, there are no studies proving the effectiveness of these supplements. Additionally, if taken without medical supervision, they may cause harm to your health2. Some of these supplements include green beans, Angelica root, raspberry tea, alchemilla, garden sage or shepherd’s purse.

Generally, even if something “cuts” menstruation for a while, it will return naturally until it is completely eliminated from the body.

How to Stop Your Period on the First Day

It is difficult to stop menstruation on the very first day. Some medications can reduce the flow for those who bleed excessively. Some herbal remedies, such as ginger, have a similar effect. It is not advisable to use medications like acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin), as they can actually make the flow even more intense. Other methods to modify your period include medications prescribed by a doctor.

How to Stop Your Period for a Few Days

For those who wish to bring their period forward or delay it by 1 or 2 days, the most recommended way is to take medication advised by a gynecologist. There are drugs that block certain hormones responsible for ovulation and building up the uterine lining. They can be used for menstrual bleeding and other purposes, but only under a doctor’s prescription.

When Your Period Comes for One Day and Then Stops

When your period comes for one day and then stops, it could be due to a change in diet or using birth control, but in these cases there’s no reason to worry. It could also not be menstruation, but just breakthrough bleeding or implantation bleeding for those who have become pregnant. If, in addition to the period lasting fewer days, it disappears for several months, pregnancy could be a possibility. If your cycles stop without pregnancy and before you reach menopausal age, hormonal imbalances should also be investigated.

How to Reduce the Number of Menstruation Days

Menstruation can shorten when a woman starts taking birth control that inhibits ovulation and sometimes stops the bleeding itself3. Even with pills that have a pause for menstruation, there is a decrease in both bleeding and the number of days with flow, and in some cases, menstruation is completely suppressed.

How to Make Your Period Last 3 Days

Some women may also take medications prescribed by a gynecologist to treat bleeding and menstruation symptoms. The medicines can relieve pain or reduce menstrual flow, but everything should be done with medical supervision.

IMPORTANT: There is a risk of ibuprofen overdose. Do not self-medicate.

What Should I Consider as the First Day of My Period?

The fertile window starts about 14 days before menstruation. It is counted from the first day that the blood flow is heavy, red, and not just a brown discharge in your underwear. The discharge that may show up right before your period does not yet count as the first day.

After Stopping Birth Control, How Many Days Until My Period Comes?

During the pill-free week, when the pack runs out, bleeding can occur after one or two days. It is common for it to take up to 4 days to start. This bleeding is not technically “menstruation”; it happens due to the shedding of the endometrium.

How to Change the Day of Your Period

For those not taking birth control, the only way to change the day of your period is with menstrual regulators and certain medications prescribed by a gynecologist. For those taking birth control, the start of the pack can be changed to change the day of your period.

How to Change the Day of the Period While Taking Birth Control

To change the day your period starts, the combined oral contraceptive can be “linked” by taking two or at most three packs in a row. You can also do the pill pause, but only after the second week, that is, after the first 14 pills. The pill should be restarted normally after counting 7 days, in the case of packs with 21 pills, since the last pill taken. This restart should use a new pack, or the remaining pills from the previous pack followed by a new one. In the case of 24 or 28 pill packs, the method may be different. Check the package insert and consult your doctor. See also: Period With Clots – What’s Happening?