A completely disgusting entry. Consider that your warning.

[naamah_darling]

It will not surprise anyone who has ever owned or known a longhaired cat to learn that Tazendra gets dingleberries stuck in her butt fur. Tonight she brought home the motherlode. I will be damned if a single nugget of it reached the litter. So, in the middle of trying to watch a movie and prepare the next fever_dreams update, I suddenly have a lapful of

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[naath]

I think our ancestors were mostly either too pregnant or too malnourished to have periods. Lucky ancestors.

[extria]

i was 9.

And I too got the: oh it'll be better after you have a kid! (From my FEMALE doctor).

Yeah really, best reason to ever get myself knocked up and pop out a child: my periods will be better afterward!

Um no kindly fuck off. No kids for me.

[mama_terra]

See, I don't get this reasoning. That they'll be better after childbirth. Mine were fine before I had kids. No severe cramps or mood swings. I was hunky dory. Then I had kids and they hurt and for the first time, I realized why so many woman were incapacitated. And the hurt just got worse after each kid. 4 kids in total.

I got my tubes tied last time, but cramps still hurt like a bitch and if anything my mood has worsened. Like scary rage.

So I'm not so sure that whole, "it's better after kids" thing works for every woman.

[flameelf]

Of those I know who were ALSO told this: they STILL continued to have bad periods even after that mystical, magickal "Ooh, I had my first kid so now I'll have normal periods!" faery tale.

When I was young I couldn't do much. If it happened to me NOW, I'd likely borrow Naamah's suggestion and stab the doctor in the face!

The only bright side is, once you hit menopause OR you have a hysterectomy, you'll be SHOCKED at how different your life is. Suddenly, every morning was THE SAME, and a lot of the "urhhh...I don't feel too good today..." went away. All I can figure is that it was all those female hormones going nuts in my body that made me feel a different-sort-of-bad every day! Hormones should be classified as 'dangerous drugs'!!!

G :)

[dark_phoenix54]

Yeah, about two years after your last period you kind of go "wow, I never have to worry about standing up after a long meeting and gushing blood all into my pants because the tampon has gotten too full" and you look in your underwear drawer and say "Hey, I don't have to keep all these stained panties anymore for THOSE DAYS!" Menopause isn't a cure all (10 years after, I still sometimes get sore boobs and cramping) but it improves life to such an incredible degree it's like getting a whole new life. A life you can live every day, rather than only 20 days out of the month.

[txgecko]

I am going through premature menopause, and while it's better in some ways, I have very low energy. The withdrawal of hormones has been a bitch. I am taking some replacement hormones, but I'm nowhere near a good level yet.

[okami_myrrhibis]

I had 10day-long periods, every 34-40 days since age 12. Occasional kicked-in-the-gut cramps. Had my son.

1 month later, my period was back. By his 3rd month, even fully BF, I was back on the same damn cycle.

And my cramps are worse post-kid.

Thank you NuvaRing... 4 in, 1 out if I want a cycle, since the damn insurance companies won't authorize an "extra" pack of Pills every 3 cycles (about 4 months) so I can do 4weeks of hormones cuz I ain't a 28 day cycle. :p

Tried Mirena - great for the no-period. But gave me weight gain & unconscious munchies, which worsened weight gain. 20 lbs in one year = not good.

I can't wait for menopause. Given my complete natural infertility, shouldn't be missing all that much estrogen when it arrives.

[snakey]

Really, men have NO CLUE.

Those of us who have menstruated do, thank you. :P

[lirion]

And I thought I had it bad starting at 11 :(

I do remember screaming "This is not fucking happening" at my mother when it occurred (I was already a little sensitive from being a foot taller than anyone in my year, and wearing a b-cup bra for the last year).

I got 2 days each month of horrific cramps and throwing up. Then they wanted to put me on the pill at 12. *shudder*

These days I don't get stomach cramps as much. No, I've traded that in for lower back pain so bad there are times I can't walk :(

I am however lucky not to have had to deal with moronic doctors on this journey. Small mercies.

Cos fuck that attitude for a joke.

[cissa]

I speak from experience: spawning doesn't help. My periods are damn near as bad now as they were pre-spawn.

[aj_hyena]

Just 150 stares? I'd of expected them to get up and go violent.

[patina]

Because developing a new life form is oh so much easier on the body than shedding your womb tissue. We bring it on ourselves, really.