04/11/2026
Constipated the days before your period, only to spend day 1 running to the bathroom? 🚽
If your digestive system feels like a roller coaster throughout your cycle, you are not alone, crazy, or doing anything wrong. Here is why your gut flips the switch:
🔹 Before Your Period: High levels of progesterone act as a natural muscle relaxant, slowing down how quickly food moves through your gut. Result? Sluggish digestion, bloating, and constipation.
🔹 On Day 1: To shed your uterine lining, your body floods your pelvis with hormone-like chemicals called prostaglandins. Because your intestines sit right next door, they absorb those exact same signals—causing rapid bowel contractions, intestinal cramping, and loose stools (yep, the famous "period poops").
Swapping cold, raw meals for warm, easily digestible foods and staying extra hydrated helps cushion your gut through these sudden shifts! 🌸
💬 Let's normalize normal bodies: Did you know prostaglandins were behind these sudden bathroom runs? Tell us in the comments below! 👇
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