Tracking Your Monthly Cycles Together

As a mom, have you ever considered the benefits of tracking your menstrual cycle together with your daughter? What would that be like if you both understood where each of you was in your cycle? Would you have more compassion for what she is experiencing? Tracking and sharing with each other provide numerous advantages for both of you. Here are some reasons why you should give it a try.

Firstly, tracking your menstrual cycle can help you understand and predict the physical and emotional changes that come with each phase. This can be particularly beneficial for your daughter as she navigates the new experiences in her body. Sharing your own experiences can help her feel more comfortable and less alone.

Secondly, tracking menstrual cycles together can open up lines of communication not only about reproductive health but other topics as well. Through regular communication, a deeper trust may be found in each other. You may find your teen wanting more conversations about all kinds of topics. It pays to listen without any judgment or advice at times. I enjoy watching my daughters come up with their own solutions—ones I never thought of.

Thirdly, it can strengthen your bond. Going through the process together can lead to mutual understanding and compassion. It's an opportunity to support each other through the challenges of menstruation and celebrate womanhood together. Negotiations around chores could be smoother if you both know where your emotions might be.

Lastly, tracking your cycles together can promote a healthy attitude towards menstruation. Treating it as a natural process to be monitored and understood rather than a taboo subject can promote a positive mindset in your daughter. Bringing your daughter to one of our Girl Gatherings can also dispel the taboos around their cycles, their changing bodies, and their blossoming emotions. It also tells them that their reproductive health is essential and should never be a cause for shame.

Tracking your menstrual cycle alongside your daughter is so beneficial in many ways. It promotes understanding, communication, and positivity towards a natural process of life.

What about the dads?

Would it be so terrible for dads to have an understanding of where all the girls in the house are in their cycle? It might make for a more compassionate husband, dad, son, brother, friend, maybe even boss. How would a daughter feel to have her dad try sincerely to understand her emotions? How close could that strengthen their bond?

When you come to a Girl Gathering with your daughter, I explain the physical and emotional happenings at each phase of the menstrual cycle. It's essential to track your own cycle, as every cycle is unique. Knowing the patterns of your own cycle leads to a certain amount of predictability. How would discussions go if you both knew where you were emotionally in your cycle? The camaraderie, compassion, and connection would be priceless.

So why not give it a try and see the benefits for yourself?