Endometrium, cervix and uterus

We know that menstrual blood is coming out from uterus, but where is menstrual blood produced and where does it accumulate?

Where is menstrual blood produced ?

Menstrual blood is produced in the endometrium.　

The endometrium thickens and strengthens under the influence of female hormones.

As the endometrium becomes thickened, it becomes a fluffy bed for the baby and prepares it for implantation.

If the fertilized egg does not implant in the endometrial bed made from the mother's blood, the bed becomes unnecessary and is shed and washed away.

When the uterus contracts and flushes the endometrium out, pain-inducing prostaglandins are also released, causing menstrual cramps.

In people with uterine fibroids, the blood flow to the fibroids is reduced when the uterus contracts, causing increased pain.

Also, in people with endometriosis, pain is exacerbated when the fibroids adhere to organs and tissues inside the abdomen, such as the ovaries.

Where is menstrual blood accumulated?

The uterine cervix is normally tightly closed, but when the endometrium is shed and blood accumulates, the cervix senses this and opens periodically.

When the uterine cervix opens, blood does not come out all at once, but rather accumulates temporarily in the vagina, so blood comes out little by little.

Can you train your vagina?

I sometimes hear that some people are able to stop their menstrual blood from coming out, and in those cases, the muscles at the entrance of the uterus can be strengthened to a certain extent, so I think it is possible to stop bleeding for a certain period of time if it is certain amount. However, it is important to clear the blood regularly.

The muscles at the entrance of the vagina are voluntary muscles that can be trained and strengthened, but the muscles deep inside the vagina are muscles that cannot be controlled by will, so the tightness of the vagina depends on various factors such as the thickness of the vaginal walls, elasticity, fullness, and good blood flow.

Therefore, it is not necessarily true that if a vagina can stop menstrual blood for a certain period of time, it means tight and that if it cannot, it is not tight.

Many complex factors intertwine to create vaginal tightness.

For example, after giving birth, the uterus inevitably falls into the vagina.

The vagina and uterus are connected by a single muscle, so after giving birth, the uterus drops into the vagina, causing the muscle to sag and the inside to become loose.

These factors are also responsible for the vagina becoming loose after giving birth.

In those cases, the first thing we need to do to tighten the vagina is to properly strengthen the ligaments that support the uterus and the pelvic floor muscles around them.

By consciously strengthening the pelvic floor muscles, the uterus will rise and the vagina will rise accordingly. This will stretch the back of the vagina straighter and tighter.

Therefore, just because you can hold your menstrual flow doesn't necessarily mean your vagina is loose or tight.

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