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Your Cycle: What's Happening Inside and How It Feels

The menstrual cycle is not just the days with your period. It's a whole process that affects your well-being, energy, mood, and even desires. It consists of several phases, each like a separate chapter in a long story.

📍 Follicular Phase

Begins on the first day of your period and lasts until about ovulation. During this period, the body sheds the old endometrium and then begins to prepare for a new cycle.

How you might feel:
Initially, there might be fatigue or a desire to retreat, but as the phase progresses, more energy, clarity, and motivation appear. It's a good time for planning, meetings, and new ideas.

🌸 Ovulation

Around the middle of the cycle, one of the eggs is released from the ovary. This is a short but important moment when conception is possible.

How you might feel:
Many women feel a surge of energy, a desire to be seen, more confidence, and sexuality. Skin may look better, and thoughts clearer. This is the "peak" moment.

🌙 Luteal Phase

After ovulation, the body works to support a possible pregnancy. The endometrium becomes thicker, and hormones change.

How you might feel:
Towards the end of this phase, irritability, fatigue, cravings for sweets, or simply "leave me alone" feelings may appear. All of this is part of the preparation for menstruation.

💧 Menstruation

If pregnancy does not occur, the body gently begins a new cycle. The layer of endometrium is shed — this is the menstrual flow.

How you might feel:
Some may want silence and rest, while others feel relief. The main thing is not to fight yourself but to let your body do what it needs to do.


Each phase of the cycle is not just hormones. It's part of your internal rhythm. Understanding these changes helps in taking care of yourself and not demanding the same productivity from yourself every day.

In IVA, you can track the phases of your cycle, see how they relate to your feelings, and over time understand yourself better. It's not control. It's support.

Your Cycle: What's Happening Inside — IVA