COVID-19 Vaccination Side Effects On Women: How the COVID Vaccine May Impact Your Menstrual Period by Lacey Dunn, MS, RD, LD, CPT
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The COVID-19 vaccine may bring a side effect that women need to be aware of: changes to their menstrual periods. Whether you are on birth control or not, the COVID vaccine may cause period changes, because they are an inflammatory stress response and a normal side effect, just like having a sore arm.
The vaccine may cause:
- heavier periods
- increased cramps
- mid-cycle spotting
- change to period length
- a missed period
There's no need to freak out about this. This is a normal response to a stressor on your body, which the vaccine is! As women, our period is our fifth vital sign. If there is any stressor our body, whether internal or external, it signals to our brain and ovaries that it may not be completely be safe to have a baby.
What happens? Our menstrual cycle can change. We may not produce as much progesterone as normal, or we may not even ovulate, which produces our progesterone! Though your period may change, it should regulate back with your next cycle.
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