How Do Women Astronauts Manage Periods in Space? Astronaut Sunita Williams will return to Earth today with Butch Wilmore. She stayed in space for 9 months and 13 days. Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to go to space. She went to space on the first mission in 1963. Since then, 99 women have gone on different missions in space. They have travelled to space outside the gravity of the Earth, but the whole world knows that women have to deal with the problem of periods every month and women astronauts are no different.
A question must be arising in the minds of many women around the world how do women astronauts manage periods in space. When even a drop of water starts floating in the air there, then what happens to the blood flowing from the body during periods? How are periods managed in zero gravity? According to sources, the answer to this question was given by space scientists in interviews, based on which a report by Times of India has come out, let’s know what answer this report is giving to the question.
According to the report, US space agency NASA’s female astronaut Riya talked about this issue in a media interview. She said that checking for stains on clothes during periods in space, setting reminders to change tampons, and managing periods is more difficult and stressful than living with the Kardashian sisters, but let me tell you that the blood flowing during periods does not float in zero gravity. Women going to space get 2 options regarding periods. One, they can stay in space with periods.
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Second, they can avoid periods by using hormonal contraceptives i.e. contraceptive pills. If female astronauts choose to live with periods, they can use sanitary pads in the same way as they do on Earth. If they use contraceptive pills, these pills contain estrogen, which is effective in stopping periods, but while living in space, they will have to take these pills continuously every day. This option is safe and effective. It does not have any side effects on the body. At the same time, the decision to choose this option is completely personal, which takes into account some factors like the duration of the mission and health.
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