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 Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 12:33 pm
So I have been in Japan for nine years and got my period my seventh grade. Like maybe in the sixth grade or the summer before sixth grade. I really never gotten on a cycle until this summer. It would be around the end of the month. We moved to Virginia like in September and I gotten my period on time, but it was like 3 am in the morning when I woke up to use the bathroom and I was on it. I was expecting it at the end of October, but never came. Can chaining time zones do that? Again, I used to live in Japan now I live in Virginia.
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 3:17 pm
Periods can be wonky like that sometimes. I'm usually very regular, but even I've been 8 or 9 days late before. Women who are less regular may be weeks late or may even skip their period altogether. In fact, it's so common to skip a period that most doctors tell you you don't need to bother coming in about it unless you think you might be pregnant or unless you've skipped three periods in a row. Stress is the most common cause of a late or missed period for women who aren't pregnant. And moving to a different country is definitely stressful for most people!
So if you're sexually active, take a pregnancy test. If you're not sexually active, then the fact that you didn't get your period is no surprise considering the fact that you just made a really big move and is nothing to panic about. If you don't get your next two periods either though, then you should schedule an ob-gyn appointment just to make sure everything looks ok.
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 12:31 am
I got mine the year I turned 12, and I was on a out-of-country trip with my family when it happened. When I came home by plane, we crossed a massive amount of time zones and I ended up skipping my period for 3 months.
So long story short, yes traveling (especially over multiple time zones) can throw your cycle off schedule. Stress from the move could also be another possibility as well, like Lorien mentioned.
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