Sauna is believed to bring a number of benefits to those bathing in it. However, it is worth mentioning that there is a special significance in going to sauna for women. The significance has to do with three aspects.

Menstruation Periods

Attending sauna during the menstruation periods may help to relieve some spasms by removing excessive water caused by sodium retention and having a relaxing effect on the body as a whole. Although women should be very careful not to sit longer and in hotter saunas than their bodies can endure, if bathing correctly, most women will benefit from visits to sauna during menstruations.

Pregnancy and Afterbirth Period

It might be concerned dangerous, but in reality healthy pregnant women may also take advantage of visiting sauna because of its relaxing and water deliverance qualities. In fact, pregnant women in Finland regularly expose themselves to sweat bathing. Nevertheless, if a pregnancy has any complication, the woman should consult the physician before making visits to sauna.

Low temperatures sauna bathing is also very useful for women after the childbirth:
• It helps to soothe pain in the muscles;
• It cleans the body;
• It can be the way of having a necessary privacy for a new mother.

Menopause

Painful and troublesome periods of menopause may as well be relieved and shortened by sauna visiting, since sauna is proved to stimulate the autonomic nervous system. While menopause is the period when woman’s body stops getting rid of toxic accumulations in a habitual way, there should be another way to do it. And excessive sweating provides such opportunity. Many of the uncomfortable symptoms connected with menopause are eliminated thanks to sweat bathing.