193. Q&A: Help, my period is getting short again + cervical mucus observations

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QUESTION 1:

Hi! I had a question. Im tracking my BBT still. Though it’s around 98.3 from 98.1 (not sure if that’s really a significant difference). I am getting cervical mucus everyday. But some days it just goes away completely. Also, I’m not sure how much is “normal” for cervical mucus. I only see a bit on my underwear and it is also hard to tell what kind of consistency it is. It dries up on my underwear. Is there a specific way it should look when it’s dried up? Should I be getting cervical mucus everyday or is it fine that I skip some days??

Also, I’ve stopped intermittent fasting, I’ve gained weight, stopped “formal exercise” (only walking), eating snacks when needed, no longer feel cold, faced fear foods, etc. And for context I lost my period for 5 years and I started my recovery this around June. I am taking beef liver capsules as well, but is it okay to have these everyday?

QUESTION 2:

First off, I just want to thank you and your team for putting out such wonderful content. It means the world to me that I can turn to helpful content when I really need it and so I can be informed about the female body.

I am a 19 year old female college student. I lost my period in June 2020 due to under eating and overexercising. Soon after I went vegetarian and moved to college. I was able to get a healthy period in November of 2022. Some changes that I had made were cutting out weight lifting and eating more (about 2300 -- I am a short person at 4'11''). I was still active in that I was riding my bike to classes (5-10 mins), walking for an hour, and playing my club sports such as lacrosse and rugby. Once I saw that I got my period for 3 months, I started to include running. I was shocked as to how much further I actually could run. I saw that my period was still healthy, even after running 5 days a week and having a 20 mile week, so I signed up for a half marathon coming up in October.

I got an internship that takes place in Las Vegas (I am from NY) to do research pertaining to my major for June-August 5th. I went and had the best time. However, in June, I noticed my period was only 3 days long compared to the 4-5 days I was previously getting. I did not get my period for the following month (July). At that time, I was learning to swim with my friends everyday. I was continuing my half marathon training as well and looked forward to both my runs and my swim sessions. On the weekends, we would walk around Las Vegas Boulevard and went hiking on nearby trails occasionally.

It is now September, and I still don't have a period. I thought that once I come back home and go back to school in New York, the weather change and eating more could help it come back but now it is nearing 3 months and I am super nervous. I am scared to go back to having HA and am doing everything in my power to eat more and train for the half marathon. I am trying not to do additional activities.

Sorry for the super long email but my question is do you have any advice on what I should do?

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