Cramps are caused by the uterus to expel its lining.
The lining of your uterus builds up over the month in preparation for an egg to be implanted when fertilized. If this does not happen your hormones start the uterus to contract and expel the blood. When your uterus contract severely you feel it as cramping in your lower abdomen.
Because during your period your uterus contracts which causes the cramping pain to expel the uterine lining. During labor the uterus does the same action to help deliver a baby.
After a woman enters puberty, her cycle begins. At the end of the cycle (which is plus of minus 28 days) the bloody inner lining of the uterus breaks down when the egg was not fertilized. The liquification of that bloody lining is what is expelled at the end of the cycle (period). The uterus contracts to help the bloody lining expel. The uterine contractions are what cause the feeling of cramps.
The body may still have some of the uterus wall lining left to expel and it may take longer to be expelled.
The uterus is a muscle. During menses it contracts to expel the uterine lining and menstrual blood. This is a mild from of the contraction it does to push out a baby. The contraction can press against a blood vessel and cut off the blood supply. This pinching off of the blood supply causes the cramping.Answer 2:I believe it's because of the shedding of the uterus lining.
To support and then expel the fetus.
The uterus has thick walls because a fertilized egg would need a thick lining in order to implant and begin to grow and develop. The uterus is sterile and has no bacteria present, however large quantities of debris and bacteria is brought into the uterus with the sperm. Therefore, the walls must be strong and muscular because uterine contraction has to occur to expel fluid, dead sperm and bacteria out from the uterus and through the open cervix.
Each month a lining builds up in the uterus so an egg may implant for pregnancy. When that doesn't happen it sheds and that is menstruation. So, basically each month a woman has a new lining in the uterus.
Menstruation can be painful because the uterus contracts to expel the blood, something like labour pains.
The uterus is a hollow, muscular organ in the female reproductive system that is responsible for nurturing and supporting the developing fetus during pregnancy. It is also involved in menstruation and helps in pushing out the fetus during childbirth.
During the menstrual cycle, the endometrium of the uterus thickens in preparation for a possible pregnancy. If fertilization does not occur, the endometrium sheds during menstruation. The uterus also contracts to help expel the menstrual blood.