All of us, girls, sooner or later come across this: irritability, fatigue, bad mood ... And ill-health. Premenstrual syndrome - it seems he has been with us all his life. But relatively recently this phenomenon was not even described by official medicine - after all, our great-grandparents, giving birth to children one after another, so rarely faced with the phenomenon of a monthly malaise, which they somehow did not suffer.

PMS - premenstrual syndrome

Let's try to systematize several facts related to premenstrual syndrome and the female cycle as a whole:

• Usually PMS occurs on days 21-22 of the 28-day cycle. For some young ladies this whole week is indicated by the symptoms of the approaching event, some mark them only the day before.
• A great role in how easily and painlessly you have the last stage of the cycle is played by genetics. If the mother or grandmother complained of severe illnesses - the daughter also has a real chance to get upset with PMS.
• A healthy lifestyle, physical activity, the level of daily stress also contribute. If during the month you regularly walked, visited the gym or swimming pool , did not allow stress to win over you - most likely, the syndrome of premenstrual ailment for you will not be so noticeable.
• Acclimatization in a new location and peak climatic loads seriously affect the condition these days. Try to make sure that the date of your arrival to the place of rest does not fall not only on the first, but also on the last week of the cycle - otherwise the vacation will face a serious test.
• If on critical days many women have significantly reduced appetite, then in the last week of the cycle, during the PMS period, appetite can become your enemy in the fight against excess weight . An important role is played by a constant change of mood - there is a temptation to bite stress tasty. Go at your place, but as a tasty dish, choose not a cake, but dried fruits, pineapple, bananas, sweeten tea more than usual, but not with white sugar, but with honey.
• Even more than his own gluttony these days pestering excessive sweating, rapid growth of hair on the epilated surface of the skin, fat skin of the face. All this is related to the hormonal background of your body these days. To correct the situation will help again a diet: give up alcohol, salt, pepper, do not overdo it with coffee ( about when and how much coffee you can drink with health benefits, we wrote on the MaxyBaby.net.ua in the article Coffee: drink or not ) , especially - with soluble surrogates.
• Having carefully prepared for the fourth week of the cycle, that is, to the PMS stage, you will ease yourself and the beginning of the next cycle: the new critical days, and such manifestations as migraine, breathing problems, depressed psychological state will be less noticeable.

What are the other stages, except for critical days and PMS , the female body passes for 28 days of the cycle?

• The second week of the cycle (8-14 days): The mood is often on the rise, because the level of estrogens in the blood is growing by leaps and bounds. You feel more confident, and it is for this period that you can plan the beginning of new affairs, the establishment of business and personal contacts, a radical change in the image.
• The third week of the cycle (15-21 days): As the cycle turns to its end, negative aspects begin to appear for the appearance: rashes, irritations on the skin, swelling are possible. The construction is still on top: use the days before the "dark side of the cycle" for important things, meetings, negotiations.

Our sex life at this time.

If the second week of the cycle, being the most favorable for the conception of the child, gives you increased sexual activity and, of course, increased sexual attraction in the eyes of the partner (and non-partner: everyone is now paying attention to you;)), then the third week is already less is active. Love and affection is desirable not so often, but, already inflamed, you are capable of much more than just crazy stormy sex. Use this week for experiments: your beloved will appreciate and support your beginnings.
But critical weeks in terms of sexual appetite are extremely individual. There are women on whom waves of passion roll on the 2-3 day of the cycle, and in some PMS - this is the hottest sexual time, despite the bad mood and daytime irritability. And someone from the last week and until the end of critical days at all can not think about love caresses. Having listened to yourself, it is good to discuss these features with a regular partner: after all, your hesitation from wild passion to complete indifference will not be very clear to you, without prior explanation, depending on what the week is now.