is period blood actually blood
Yes, menstrual blood is real blood, but I can understand why you ask. Sometimes it just doesnât look like the blood when you have a cut. Thatâs because in addition to losing 4 to 12 teaspoons of blood per cycle, youâre also shedding the lining of your uterus. Doesnât much make for a pretty sight, but itâs totally natural. Yes, it is REALLY blood! During the second half of your cycle, the lining of your uterus (endometrium) begins to thicken in preparation for a fertilized egg. By then end of the cycle, if this does not happen, the hormones progesterone and estrogen begin to fall and that thickened endometrium begins to slough off.