Masturbation during your period

Can you masturbate during your period?

Obviously, and not just a little! For some people, the period phase isn't always conducive to this solo pleasure, and yet masturbation has its rightful place during this phase of the cycle — let me explain why.

Why masturbate during your period? What are the benefits?

I have good news for you: it's official — masturbation can help relieve menstrual pain and other delightful side effects of this not-always-pleasant time of the month!

Womanizer and the menstrual cup brand Lunacopine joined forces to conduct a study. For what purpose? To provide scientific evidence on the benefits of masturbation during periods. This first global study was carried out under the supervision of Dr Christopher Ryan Jones, Clinical Psychologist and Sexologist, and was conducted over 5 months with 486 participants. Needless to say, this study is the real deal. And here are the three pieces of good news:

1 - masturbation helps relieve pain associated with periods (stomach, breasts, back...) and reduces diarrhoea caused by contractions

2 - masturbation helps reduce the frequency of pain associated with periods

3 - masturbation helps regulate mood during the pre-menstrual phase

But how is this possible? Quite simply because during masturbation and orgasm, the body produces and releases 3 hormones that do us a great deal of good:

• endorphin, which acts as a painkiller and brings a sense of Intimate Essentials and relaxation
• oxytocin, which has a beneficial effect on stress and anxiety, as well as aggression
• dopamine, the hormone of pleasure and motivation

And this explosive cocktail naturally has an effect on our pain and our mood!

If you'd like to read the full study, it's right here!

How to masturbate during your period?

All well and good, but how do you pleasure yourself during your period without making a mess everywhere? If you're worried about staining your sheets, do it in the bath gold shower! The warm water will also help soothe any potential pain: best combo! You can, with the help of a waterproof toy, the shower head, gold simply your fingers, treat yourself in the bath. You'll come out clean and relaxed — what more could you ask for?

For those who are not big fans of aquatic self-pleasure, you can just as easily do this on your bed or any other spot, simply lying on a thick towel.

If you are only stimulating the external part of your clitoris, you can also keep your internal protection in place, whether that's a tampon gold a cup. None the wiser 🙂

NB: Of course, there is no obligation to touch yourself during your period. For many, it's a time when energy and libido are not at their best, and that's ok. The combo of herbal tea, hot water bottle, and sleep works just as well 😉

Bye for now 💜