What are the phases of your menstrual cycle?

There are technically two phases to your menstrual cycle:

your follicular phase and your luteal phase.

However, we like to break this down into five phases;

your menses, the follicular phase, the ovulatory phase, the early luteal phase, and the late luteal phase.

Knowing which phase you’re in, helps provide so much crucial information!

Author

Olivia Orchowski

Olivia Orchowski is the founder and CEO of Kyri, a women’s health tech company building smarter tools to track and understand the menstrual cycle; without fluff, guesswork, or subscriptions. With a background in physiology and a passion for evidence-based education, Olivia writes to bridge the gap between complex science and the everyday realities of being in a female body. Whether it’s hormones, sleep, fertility, or cycle-aware training, her blog posts reflect Kyri’s mission: to make biological literacy part of daily life; not a mystery to decode once something goes wrong. When she’s not writing or building Kyri, you’ll find her walking her dogs, raising her daughter, reading, or deep-diving through the latest in female health research.