How to Use menstrual period in a Sentence

menstrual period

noun
  • Brain fog can last a couple of years after the final menstrual period.
    — Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Menopause is defined by going at least twelve months without a menstrual period.
    — Jess Cording, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Gestational age is time that has passed from the first day of the pregnant person’s last menstrual period.
    — Caroline Catherman Orlando Sentinel (tns), al, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Menopause is the time that marks the end of a woman's reproductive years, or twelve months without a menstrual period.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
  • Many women still think their symptoms won’t begin until their menstrual period stops.
    — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
  • While losing their menstrual period permanently may be a good thing, the side effects that come with it can be daunting.
    — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Four restrict at 20 weeks or 22 weeks after the last menstrual period.
    — Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 June 2024
  • That occurs at about six weeks of gestation — measured as six weeks after a woman's last menstrual period began.
    — USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
  • Perimenopause The years leading up to your last menstrual period are known as perimenopause.
    — Cristina Mutchler, Health, 7 Apr. 2024
  • Perimenopause is the transition period leading up to menopause (the end of your menstrual period).
    — Merve Ceylan, Health, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Ultimately this phase is followed by menopause, defined as 12 full months since a woman's last menstrual period.
    — Karina Zaiets, USA Today, 30 June 2025
  • Menstruation is also known as the menstrual period, menses, or a periods.
    — Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 14 Mar. 2023
  • In combination, mifepristone and misoprostol can be used up to 70 days after the start of the last menstrual period.
    — Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Perimenopause also includes the one year following your last menstrual period.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
  • The menopausal transition typically lasts about seven years; menopause is reached when there's been no menstrual period for 12 consecutive months.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 13 May 2023
  • The end of perimenopause and the start of menopause is officially defined as not having a menstrual period 12 consecutive months.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Less than 9% had menarche — the scientific term for a girl’s first menstrual period — before age 11, which is considered early.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Menopause is defined as going 12 consecutive months without a menstrual period.
    — Jess Cording, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The test, which also analyzes data such as weight, height, last menstrual period, and hormone levels, identifies patterns and predicts outcomes that a standard blood test cannot.
    — Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Her Girl Scouts service project provided access to menstrual period products for local middle school students.
    — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Irregular bleeding and spotting describe vaginal or uterine bleeding that occurs outside of your menstrual period.
    — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Menopause is a natural phase of aging in which a woman has gone at least 12 consecutive months without a menstrual period due to a decline in her reproductive hormones.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 11 July 2025
  • Eating disorders are also feminized, such as a diagnosis that associates an eating disorder with the loss of a menstrual period.
    — Samia Salahi, The Arizona Republic, 8 June 2023
  • Trotman suggests having discussions surrounding body changes and the menstrual period early on in pubertal development, like when the child first notices breast changes.
    — Anna Earl, Parents, 14 July 2025
  • For women who are more than 10 years from their final menstrual period, starting hormone therapy may increase their risk of cardiovascular disease.
    — Genevieve Hofmann, The Conversation, 18 Nov. 2025
  • Under normal circumstances, the uterus sheds a limited amount of blood during each menstrual period (less than 5 tablespoons or 80 mL).
    — Brittany Barreto, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • In medical terms, pregnancy begins the first day of the person's most recent menstrual period, before an embryo actually has begun to develop.
    — Erin Alberty, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Special to the Courier Journal Menopause is the time of life when menstrual cycles end, and the diagnosis is made after twelve months without a menstrual period.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 1 Sep. 2023
  • It is usually diagnosed during puberty when an adolescent girl presents with abdominal or pelvic pain and difficulty urinating but has no menstrual period.
    — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Millennials are quickly discovering that their symptoms – brain fog, frozen shoulder and itchy ears – are perimenopause, the years leading up to menopause when a woman still has her menstrual period but hormone levels fluctuate.
    — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 18 May 2026

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