Menstruation - don't read this if you're a lilly-livered goit!

[EllieP]

Well, this is one of the reasons I'm still on the pill. Boy howdy, I used to gush! Now, it's much more manageable, but still I hate the liners.

Please don't preach about the pill, ok? I know, I know. Still it feels like the pill hasn't taken the edge of the cramps. But I've found a great remedy for the cramps. It's a small piece of wood that I use to beat the hell out of Cap when he comes around and asks how I'm feeling. The cramps are still there, but I kind of feel better.

 

[monet]

Reading through this thread makes me appreciate women more. Thanks for the honesty and candor.

We men tend to complain about stupid things like why the hell Bellichick gambled on 4th down and the Patriots lost the game against the Colts...or how come our cocks get stage fright when it's time to perform...or ehhh, maybe that's just me?

 

[pussnboots]

Yeah, this is a great thread. I get heavy periods, but I also get migraines...knock me out. I have to just get through them, usually curled up in a fetal position for a few hours buried under pillows. Ugh, and the cramps. Joy! If I'm careful and pay attention to what day of the month it is, I sometimes remember to take advil and something else stronger -- but I usually get the hint when my lower back starts to ache and then starts to hurt...then starts to REALLY HURT! lol, but yeah, the sneezes, coughs, laughs followed by the "oh shit!" and race to the bathroom! Ah, we have it rough, huh?

 

[dolfette]

i recently had a period that lasted 21 days.
that was pretty damn unfun!
*awake at 6am, writhing with cramps*

 

[pussnboots]

Geesh! 21 days! Did you go to the hospital??

 

[Tattooed Goddess]

I dont think bleeding for that many days necessarily means you are bleeding yourself sick. I had the awful depo provera shot many years ago and i didnt stop bleeding for count it- 93 days. Including my wedding day. NO fun.

Anyway, we ladies have all sorts of liquidy stuff come out of the vag throughout our cycles and almost our entire lives related to hormonal or self cleansing (or problematic) activities. So blood isnt any different. It's not unsual to have suspected you've started your period with that sensation of WHOOSH and you go to the bathroom to see that your panties are wet with white creamy stuff or clear watery stuff.

So we get used to that icky feeling and assume because the last 20 times we felt that it wasnt our period and this one time we put up with the wet panties it turned out to be our period. This is like my very first period.....wearing white shorts mind you!

Anyway, im very thankful that i take the birth control pill continuously with no break in order to stave off the periods. I dont miss stocking up on the super tampons and panty liners for back up. And i especially dont miss the killer cramps and clots.

I liken this conversation of your period sneaking up on you as to having severe allergies and a runny nose and suddenly you get a nose bleed and realize you've been wiping your nose with your sleeve and its covered in blood. It didnt feel any different than watery snot you always have. But surprising none the less.

 

[D_Ivana Dickenside]

I dont think bleeding for that many days necessarily means you are bleeding yourself sick. I had the awful depo provera shot many years ago and i didnt stop bleeding for count it- 93 days. Including my wedding day. NO fun.

i've got you beat. when i first started my period at age 11, i bled for 4 fucking months! it was absolutely horrendous and unbearable. i couldn't sleep without leaking onto my sheets, i couldn't wear shorts, i was handwashing my underwear daily so the stains wouldn't set in... i felt like some kind of a freak because everyone i asked said it wasn't normal. after it finally finished i didn't get my period for another 4 months. i guess during that time my cylce regulated itself, then i began having my period monthly.

 

[Sassy]

Omigosh! I've never had such bad periods (YET, I imagine:frown1. My older sis went through severely heavy, spontaneous periods which lasted up to 3 weeks when she was going through menopause. She was describing what it was like to ask for a recess when she felt the SPLUTZ (she's an attorney).

I woke up this morning still drowsy and went to wash up in the bathroom, only to hear my screaming 6-year-old's voice coming from my bedroom. I had leaked onto the sheets, and the poor sweetie had thought that something awful had happened to me. It took me a while to assure him that I'm ok.

The incident reminded me of when he went shopping with my husband and brought up my stuff in a plastic grocery bag. He asked me what the boxes were (panty liners). My reply was that they were in case Mommy had an accident - similar to his overnight trainers. Anyway, my husband later asked me why our son thinks that his mommy has tinkle accidents in bed sometimes, too!

Much as I've suffered nasty accidents at the worst times and evil cramps, and the rest of the unpleasantness, too, I keep reminding myself that my baby made it all worthwhile! (Doesn't stop me from ranting to my ever-patient husband nearly every month, though!:biggrin1::biggrin1

 

[Velvet]

Mine are precluded by massive mood swings, tender breasts and a pimple on my chin.
Still the exact day that they decide to appear eludes me as well.
More often than not I have a vast mess of a morning, coating my inner thighs and bedding and the black panties I wear in a vain hope to contain the mess.
Upon discovering such a mess of a morning the usual procedure entails clamping a palm over the sticky bloody mess that is my bloodied panties and crotch and making an abortive head long rush for the bathroom.
Yes, yes and YES there is a SPLUT/Deluge moment as I can physically feel the rush as I lift my body vertical.
Diving into the shower with the spray on warm to pry and peel panties off and wait for the rush to subside.
Thank goodness for black panties.
I hate periods.

 

[D_Penelope Clitstop]

No it always happens to me too. Usually when I cough, laugh or sneeze. Its a pain in the ass. Thye cramps drive me up the wall and I have a habit of smacking men just because they dont have to suffer the same way we do. Oh and I act like a rabid wolverine for the first couple of days, snarling and snapping at anyone who looks at me the wrong way

 

[DGirl]

HA HA!!

You women!!

I like to gross my damn hubby out and change while he is in the bathroom!!
That gets me a few laughs during that time!!
I get a kick when it is just liquid and it feels like I am peeing KIND if.. But it is just bleeding a fast glob.
I don't know why I like that??? STRANGE I am...

 

[dolfette]

eurgh! in three hours i made my divacup overflow and splutted badly today. out and about, obviously.
not fun. not fun at all.

 

[polesmoker]

Omigosh! I've never had such bad periods (YET, I imagine:frown1. SNIP

I woke up this morning still drowsy and went to wash up in the bathroom, only to hear my screaming 6-year-old's voice coming from my bedroom. I had leaked onto the sheets, and the poor sweetie had thought that something awful had happened to me. It took me a while to assure him that I'm ok.

The incident reminded me of when he went shopping with my husband and brought up my stuff in a plastic grocery bag. He asked me what the boxes were (panty liners). My reply was that they were in case Mommy had an accident - similar to his overnight trainers. Anyway, my husband later asked me why our son thinks that his mommy has tinkle accidents in bed sometimes, too!
!:biggrin1::biggrin1

I spent the last two days in excruating pain that slowly went away after laying on a heating pad and flying on percocets, only to have my son pop up on me in the bathroom and ask, "what's that thing on your panties, and why is it all bloody?"

 

[eyescream]

I'm usually 'safe' on this because when my period starts, it's usually extremely light and stays that way for hours. So I usually have time to go back home and freshen up. But I know exactly when I'm about to get my period because I get extremely horny that day, dry, and a little irritated.

 

[helgaleena]

My periods are AWFUL!! I usually know when they're coming cos the cramps start straight away. The pain is so bad that I usually do the poor female thing and curl up in bed but there is a reason for this which my dr gave me, apparently I have endometriosis, does anyone know anything about this or have any experience of it?

Me. Extremely painful periods do not necessarily mean endo, but if you have had a diagnosis via laparoscopy it's certain. I shall now plow through the rest of the thread to see if you had any other replies.

Note: endo is not necessarily the end of the world. I had a child just fine, and some actually welcome pregnancy as a vacation from symptoms if they are willing to raise them all. But early hysterectomy is often the solution for comfortable living. That's what my cousin did after she'd had her babies.

 

[helgaleena]

MB, as you know I don't just sympathize, I empathize. :redface: I wish I could say I have no clue what you mean. :tongue: Lately my flow has been so heavy I gave up on maxi-pads and use the Poise pads which are designed for incontinence. :frown1: Otherwise I would be changing pads every 15-30 minutes. I can feel the flow surge every time I cough sneeze or sometimes just when I go from sitting to standing.

This much flow cannot be healthy. See the doctor PLease... even at my heaviest it has never been like that.

 

[ManlyBanisters]

This much flow cannot be healthy. See the doctor PLease... even at my heaviest it has never been like that.

Don't worry, h - NJ knows what the problem is and is undergoing treatment.

 

[londonhanger]

Divacup - that's a new one on me (had to Google it). What a cool idea. I'm going to get on for my partner as a stocking filler!

 

[ManlyBanisters]

Divacup - that's a new one on me (had to Google it). What a cool idea. I'm going to get on for my partner as a stocking filler!

Either your partner is a very cool woman who will appreciate the spirit in which you mean that gesture OR you will have shitty Christmas Day.

I hope it is the former :smile:

 

[Principessa]

This much flow cannot be healthy. See the doctor PLease... even at my heaviest it has never been like that.

Thank you for your concern, I'm okay now. :smile: It's true I will procrastinate about many things, but my health is not one of them. Especially when it's something which inconveniences me. :irked: It took 2 hysteroscopic myomectomys in 3 months; but I now have an almost normal menstrual flow. I still get those annoying spurts though if I cough. :yuck:

I've never cared for tampons much, but all the ads on tv make it seem like they will improve my rather poor equestrian skills. :biggrin1: Apparently the best female horse back riders all use tampons and ski in white jumpsuits. :lmao: Oh come on laugh, y'all know that's funny. :tongue: :rofl: