

I just wrote this new post on How to Always Know When Your Period Is Coming Even With An Irregular Cycle which you may also want to read! The phases of the menstrual cycleġ. It is far more useful to understand what is happening in real time in your menstrual cycle, rather than subscribing to the belief that all menstrual cycles are 28 days long.

If ovulation was later in my cycle than usual I would have known to expect my period later. If I had been tracking my cycle and observing the signs from my body, I would have been able to identify when I ovulated. I later learnt that my period was never late, I had just ovulated late. Has this ever happened to you? Late Period or Late Ovulation? Usually resulting in me awkwardly buying an unnecessary pregnancy test at the supermarket, only for my period to arrive a few days later.

Before I started properly tracking my menstrual cycle, I had a number of late period freak-outs.
