Can travel affect your menstrual cycle?
Can travel affect your menstrual cycle? Traveling across time zones can throw your hormones — and your menstrual cycle — out-of-whack. The further you go, the more likely you are to be affected.
Does traveling affect ovulation?
Track Ovulation: When traveling, your cycle can fluctuate as you adapt to new environments, potentially making it harder to track ovulation. This is especially important if you and your partner are trying to conceive.
Does traveling make it harder to get pregnant?
Ideally, you'll be having a blast when you travel. But, still, travel can be stressful at times. The stress hormone, cortisol, can negatively impact fertility, potentially by reducing blood flow to the uterus and impacting the menstrual cycle. It's the same reason stress can make you miss a period.