Women's Cycle

Duh....High school health class...Cause you are not losing blood directly from an artery, its blood your body builds up, stores, and intentionally disregards. Two totally diff things.

Research has shown that the average period blood loss is 40-60 mls (8-12 teaspoonfuls). Some women may complain of excess loss when they are only losing less than 10mls.

Some women losing up to 400 mls do not realize that they have a problem (500mls is about a pint, the amount given when someone donates blood), which for a menstrual cycle, is very heavy. A physician should be contacted if this is the case.