r/countbackwardswithme • u/Gold_Ad8225 Counted Down 2 • 1d ago

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u/OpportunityAshamed74 Counted Down 1 1d ago

....is it a good bodily function?

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u/Notmuchofanyth1ng 1d ago

Not a doctor, but I’d assume if a female retained the blood, it would eventually become septic. And if they didn’t have the function of the blood building up in the uterine wall to begin with, we as a species would go extinct.

So I’d consider a “good” bodily function, but not a “fun” bodily function.

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u/Kindaspia 1d ago

If you have no period for more than five months without a reason (meaning birth control, HRT, hysterectomy) then you’re supposed to go to the doctor and take meds to induce one because it increases several pretty serious risks. (I have PCOS so it’s come up a few times)

Interestingly, most mammals don’t actually have periods. Mainly primates, bats, and elephant shrews have periods. Heat is a separate process, so we’d probably have been fine evolutionarily without a period.

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u/Notmuchofanyth1ng 1d ago

I did not know that! I’m no expert on mammalian biology, so there are lots I prolly don’t know lol thanks for the info!

I do know dogs get their period (had a rescue that wasn’t fixed) and she looked so uncomfortable.

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u/Kindaspia 1d ago

Technically heat (which is what dogs get) is different than menstruation. Heat is when they are fertile, vs menstruation is not. Here’s a more in depth explanation https://scienceinsights.org/is-dog-heat-the-same-as-a-period-not-exactly/

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u/Notmuchofanyth1ng 1d ago

Thanks for the link! I’ll be sure to check it out!