Menstruation Is Fast Becoming Optional

[malkin767]

By LINDA A. JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer

Comments

[malkin767]

I think this report misses one major positive of having a period: the assurance that one isn't pregnant!

[deathjoy]

I've been stacking for years and I would much rather take an at home pregnancy test every month. Pee on a strip or bleed for days? I'll choose the former:)

[malkin767]

True, but a monthly pregnancy test isn't affordable for everyone.

Speaking just as a chick, not an anthro person at the moment

[_boneflower_]

Much as I dislike getting my period, I was more distressed when I was put on BC to skip it for a three month trip overseas. I hadn't even had sex, and I was still climbing the walls.

A pregnancy test may not cost much, but cramps = instant, free peace of mind for me. By the time I would be taking a pregnancy test, it would have already totally foobared my month.

I wonder if I would get used to it, or just flip out every month?

Re: Speaking just as a chick, not an anthro person at the moment

[octi_stripe]

I think it depends on how much you trust your birth control. I was never that good with the pill, so I liked to get my period, but now that I have an IUD that has pretty much no user error, just feeling that the string is in place is enough for me.

[i_broke_it_]

That's why I like having one- I like the monthly reassurance that my pills are doing their job!

[pschogrl613]

I always get paranoid if I'm late even if I know I'm nto pregnant. It woudl kinda just be weird. But I understand women not wanting their periods caus eit's a pain in the ass.