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‘Is Heat Ruining My Cycle?’: Why Your Periods Are All Over The Place This Summer

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12.08.2026

‘Is Heat Ruining My Cycle?’: Why Your Periods Are All Over The Place This Summer

Freelance Life Writer

As someone with endometriosis, fibroids and adenomyosis, I have a LOT of beef with my menstrual cycle. I don’t ever have a calm period and I usually am confined to the sofa until it’s over with. It’s grim.

This summer, however, it has been WILD. The one thing I can always rely on is my period being on around the same day every single month. It’s a small win but a significant one in terms of understanding where I am in my cycle, what to expect and when it’s safe to make plans. Until these past couple of months when that has gone OUT the window.

My periods this summer have been late. My last period was very, very light to the point that I wondered if it was implantation bleeding and I was actually pregnant.........

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