Can you masturbate when you have your period?

Yes, you can easily masturbate when you have your period. In fact, there may even be some benefits to it. For example There is some evidence that it can ease your menstrual cramps. And if you were to be afraid that it sucks? Don't worry. It is neither sticky nor disgusting!

First of all, it's completely normal to feel more horny when you're on your period. The body is designed so cleverly by nature that you feel more like sex when you ovulate approx. two weeks before you get your period - this is when you have the greatest chance of getting pregnant, and it goes without saying that the more sex you have at this point in your menstrual cycle, the greater the chance that a baby comes out of it. If you're not using birth control, of course. And that's why nature wants you to have sex here.

More horny during menstruation

Well, your sex drive shouldn't drop during menstruation, you might ask. Well, you could believe that. When you get your period, levels of the hormone called estrogen drop, but on the second day of your period, it actually starts to rise again—and that can make you feel horny.

Then, on the other hand, there may be other reasons why you don't want to have sex: You may be bloated, you have menstrual pains, or you think it's disgusting to have sex when you're bleeding. And here we stop for a moment: Menstruation is not embarrassing, and you can easily both masturbate and have sex during menstruation. And if you don't feel like it, that's also completely normal - you just leave it alone.

If you have an increased sex drive when you have your period, and you are either single or your bleeding is holding you back from having sex with your boyfriend for one reason or another, then luckily you can manage it yourself with your vibrator, your favorite dildo or whatever you have at hand: E.g. your finger.

Benefits of masturbating during menstruation

Something suggests that there are several benefits to masturbation during menstruation:

1. Masturbation relieves menstrual pain - a study in which 486 menstruating people participated showed that masturbation can both reduce menstrual pain and cramps and bloating.

2. You don't need lubricant - if you find it difficult to get wet , you have an advantage when you have your period: the blood acts almost like a kind of lubricant, which makes it all slide much easier!

3. Masturbation increases well-being - Masturbation releases the substances dopamine and serotonin in the brain - and if you have an orgasm, it also releases the hormones prolactin and oxytocin: together they make you feel wonderfully comfortable, happy and relaxed. And if there's one thing you need during menstruation, isn't it to feel more comfortable?

Blood on bedding and hands

But doesn't it suck? And won't there be blood all over?, you might ask. Of course, blood leaves a slightly different imprint than the clear vaginal discharge that normally occurs when you get turned on or have sex. Maybe it both gets on the sheet and on your hands. But:

1. There is not as much blood as you might think . You bleed less than one deciliter during all the days you have your period. And it doesn't all come at once.

2. Blood is neither disgusting nor sticky. The first time you masturbate with your period, you may have to overcome yourself (and if you don't feel like it, just don't). But you will quickly discover that it is not nasty in any way. Maybe you will even get a closer and more natural relationship with your body by examining it at other times of your cycle than you are used to.

3. Place a towel over your sheet while you masturbate , if that's what you feel best about. And if you forget, there is hardly any more blood on your bedclothes than there is on a night when your pad has been crooked.

You can also just use a clitoral vibrator instead of e.g. a dildo or other sex toy to be inserted into your vagina. That way, you don't come into contact with the blood as much.

And then, of course, you must remember to wash your sex toy afterwards, so that there is no blood residue on it - but then again: You should always wash your toy after use.

Then just give yourself and your body the self love you need during your period: Chocolate, couch time and lots of masturbation.