This is your personalized, monthly Hormone Test
Your Period is an excellent hormonal self – evaluation tool. It’s like getting lab work every month that gives you an immediate heads-up about any hormonal imbalances. Also, don’t worry if the color is changed, you can always fix it by changing your diet and supplements can modify a troublesome period within a cycle or two.
Red V-Sign Type
If you see cranberry or cherry red when you change your tampon or pad and the blood is clot-free, it’s an indication that your hormonal levels are balanced. Celebrate you are healthy !!
Purple V- Sign Type
When you look at your period blood, is it a deep purple -blue color with clots and clumps? This is a sign that your estrogen levels are too high in proportion to progesterone, which can cause the uterine lining to be thicker than normal. This results in heavier periods and more severe PMS symptoms, including stronger cramps, bigger mood swings, and depression. Excess estrogen can lead to common period problems, such as fibroids, cysts, or endometriosis. When high estrogen levels remain unchecked, it can increase the risk of certain medical conditions, including thyroid dysfunction and breast or ovarian cancer.
Brown V – Sign Type
Without enough progesterone, the uterus doesn’t shed completely, and the leftover lining oxidizes and turns brown. If you’re trying to conceive, low progesterone makes it harder to maintain a pregnancy during the first trimester. Seeing a brownish color on Day 1 or on the last couple days of your period indicates your progesterone levels may be too low, which increases your chances of longer cycles or skipping cycles. Women with this type of bleeding may experience mood swings, anxiety, depression, trouble concentrating, sleep disturbances, headaches or migraines, and low libido.
If you’re trying to conceive, be aware that low progesterone makes it harder to carry a pregnancy through the first trimester. Many of the women I see with low progesterone also experience hot flashes and other symptoms usually associated with perimenopause, even if they’re still in their twenties or early thirties. over time, your uterine lining may build u abnormally, leading to a condition called endometrial hyperplasia, which can lead to uterine cancer in some cases.
Pink V – Sign Type
If your blood is pale pink in color on the first and last few days of your period, it’s a sign that your estrogen levels are too low. When your body doesn’t pump out enough of this hormone, your uterine lining doesn’t build up the way it should with each cycle. Shorter periods are a common side effects of low estrogen levels. Insufficient estrogen can also put you on the fast track to aging and is associated with osteoporosis and heart issues later in life. Low estrogen is one of the hallmarks of perimenopause and menopause and is associated with loss of skin elasticity, vaginal dryness, low sex drive, hair thinning, anxiety, and depression, and difficulty concieving. Younger women with low estrogen levels may experience these same symptoms even if they are yearss away from perimenopause.