Is it possible...(guys be warned)

[CarrieH]

I loved my period only in the sense that it was part of God’s plan for womanhood, but otherwise I hated it…and I still do!!! When I was young, all we had was aspirin and Midol; Advil and Alleve weren’t on the market yet. Later, you had to have a prescription to get those drugs until they went over-the-counter. I remember one day as a university student in about 1974, when I had the cramps so bad that I was literally lying on the bench at the bus stop, curled up in the fetal position because I was in so much pain from my period. I wasn’t Catholic then, so I didn’t know anything about offering it up. I just laid there and suffered as I waited for the bus, and prayed that no one would try to talk to me. I wanted to die, but I knew I would survive to suffer many more months of such misery. As a nurse, I could tell you horror stories about “gushers” and white uniforms, but you know what I’m talking about. Now that I’m going through menopause, the cycle is crazy but the pain is gone. My mother had her last period the month before she turned 51. I was hoping that the same would be true for me, but a week before my 51st birthday, there came “Aunt Flo” once again. Ugh!!! The perimenopause is like being in a state of permanent PMS and it stinks. But now I offer it up, and I’m thankful for the things my generation has that other generations have done without: good painkillers, disposable hygiene products, etc.

 

[Listener]

I, too had periods from hell many years ago, and I ended up with a hysterectomy. The only cures I know about are to have a hysterectomy, go on the pill, or get something called an endometrial ablation (this sounds worse than a hysterectomy). What are these magic cures that modern doctors prescribe (the ones that don’t prescribe the pill)? I keep hearing about them, but there is never a real story from a woman who actually had her periods cured.

 

[nichjake]

I hate my period but I can’t help but feel a little relieved on the odd occassion that I have one without meds. I have PCOD so my periods are few, short and far between. On average they only last 3 days and I only have one every three months or so when I’m not on meds. Thankfully I don’t have any pain and only slight moodswings. I can always tell when ones coming because I get a little bloated…thats a pain in the rear.

 

[Just_wondering]

I used to hate my period, back when I was in university and they were so heavy that I was once hospitalized for the bleeding. The doctors put me on the birth control pill, but since I’m not sexually active it doesn’t bother me to be on it. My periods since then have been much better. They’ve reduced from 7 days every 3 weeks to 3 or 4 days every 4 weeks. They’re not painful and they’re really light.
I still don’t like getting my period, but it’s a nice reminder that I’m still a woman. And at the moment, although marriage is something that I can foresee doing in the next couple of years, having a baby is something that would be at least two years in the future. So every time I have my period, I think about the baby I’m not ready to have yet. Two years from now, I will have saved enough money to support a child and take some time off work. Two years from now, I hope to be in a strong and healthy relationship with the kind of man who would be a good father to my child. (I’m already in a relationship of that sort, but it’s too young to be strong enough yet.) Two years from now, I will have sorted out the moral issues and practical issues regarding raising children.
So, while I don’t like having my period, every month it’s a reminder that I’m approaching the age when I’m going to want babies. And that’s a challenge that’s getting a little more exciting every month.

 

[sanctamaria17]

I hate the pain that comes with it but I love the reminder that I’m fertile.

Though mine is late this month and I’m thinking it could be because I’m currently sick or because I’ve been working out a lot more due to rugby. Yet I still feel bloated which is annoying.

 

[imamom]

As I told Goth Cath, it does typically get better after a baby, so I am praying for you that you get pregnant soon. (Not to mention the blessing that when you breastfeed you also don’t get a period so you can be period-free for almost TWO YEARS! WOOT WOOT!)

Or 6 weeks of bfing, getting your period, and milk supply diminshes even tho you have tried everthing to keep it going.

 

[LISA_Annette]

To hate and love your period at the same time? (I’m not looking for medical advice, I just need to rant)

Last night I was praying for my period, because even though I had wicked cramps all day, I stoped bleeding after supper (which is actually normal for me, I don’t get heavy until the second day) and being concerned about fertility and motherhood…well you can imagine. Plus I had body aches through the roof and a horrible headache last night. I was wondering if I was going to die or be sterile (It was 2 in the morning)

I also sweat like crazy for short intervals (i’m sweating right now but i’m still in bed with my quilt) which is embrassing. And I cry for for no reason. This morning, and right now, CRAMPS AND A HEADACHE and the med wore off and I can’t take more for a few more hours.

So I hate my period…but I would never trade it in or take birth control to keep it away.

Yours sounds bad enough----but mine have become worse since having children, in many ways.
you are suffering—definitely.