In this master thesis, we were researched how experiencing changes in menstrual cycle affects young (20–30 years old) women's personal life and partnerships. With the help of semi-structured interview and with the analysis of content we found out that the women’s mood is better in the first half of the cycle e.g. in the proliferative and ovulation phase than it is in the second half of the cycle e.g. secretory phase and menstruation. We found out the same phenomenon with partnerships. In the first half of woman's cycle, especially in the proliferative phase, women need less support from their partner and they are able to satisfy more of their needs alone, as they have fewer needs in comparison to the second half of the cycle. Normally, women have more needs to be physically close to their partners in the first part of the cycle. All the interviewees reported that the second half of the cycle e.g. secretory phase and menstruation have bad effect on their partnership. During this period, woman’s body is in worse state than before, since there is less secretion of their sex hormones which results in feeling worse, both physically and psychologically, which obviously negatively affects the relationship with their partners. In the thesis, we asked women how changes in menstrual cycle affect their partnerships. For further research it would make sense to ask also men how they feel that the changes in their partner’s cycle affect their relationship. We also came to a conclusion that connecting only woman's cycle hormones – LH, FSH, estrogen and progesterone – to their mood is not optimal, since people have around 50 different hormones, which are all connected and interdependent.
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