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Can Stress Make Your Period Late?

I think it is time I might need to get a checkup done. My period has not come this month. Plus being intimate with my boyfriend is starting to make me wonder if I am pregnant. I can’t afford to have a child right now. Before I go do the test can you tell me, can stress make your period late? If it does then I have nothing to worry about, right? I am actually sure I couldn’t be pregnant, since we are always using protection. If it is stress, what do I have to do in order to get my periods?

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Leonard Vega | Aug 5 2011

Yes. It’s true that stress can make your period late. Stress is one of the important causes of menstrual irregularities and may cause not only delayed periods but early periods as well.Stress can affect many things in our lives, including our periods. Sometimes we're so stressed out that our body decreases the amount of a hormone, which causes us to not ovulate or menstruate. Working with your doctor or midwife can help you figure out what you need to do to relax and get back on schedule. When we are under stress, our adrenal glands are designed to produce the hormone called stress hormones, which have direct impact on the sex hormones. Sex hormones are responsible for normal regular menstrual cycles. It was hypothesized that women with higher stress levels would be more likely to experience abnormal cycles and that within women higher stress levels would positively relate to follicular phase length and inversely relate to lacteal phase length. Many women have irregular periods after stress.  Irregular menstrual cycles may be helped by eating a variety of healthy foods, on a regular basis without missing meals. Eat plenty of healthy fats including Omega 3s to provide your body with all the nourishment it needs for a regular cycle.