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I've had Nexplannon for almost two years. Less nasty side effects then a normal pill for me and I do love the convenience (oh my God I don't have to remember anything!). It hasn't tanked my sex drive like the standard pill did or cause breakouts or anything But, and I had this with the mini pill so it might just be me and progesterone only birth control, I get two periods back to back. So it's like, a period, stop a week, a period, stop two weeks, start over. I'm trying to decide if I'm going to switch to a IUD after the 3 year mark with my Nexplannon though.
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As a much-lesser-known alternative I've been using a nuvaring for a few months - since it was my first time dipping my toe into hormonal birth control I didn't want to commit to something that would go in me for years, but I also didn't want to have to actually remember stuff. It's been a pretty good compromise - you leave it in for three weeks at a time and then out for one week, or if you want to skip period just leave it in the full four weeks and replace it immediately. This increases the risk of random spotting/bleeding though it seems like so is only for doing occasionally rather than every time.
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Only menstruation adjacent but I've been trying to get a tubal ligation and my family doctor is on board but Jesus christ is it a challenge to even get a single appointment with a gynecologist right now. I thought I had a gynecologist who was 'mine' but then when I tried to book an appointment with her, the hospital was like 'no your prior concern is managed now so you have to start over as a new patient? And we're not accepting new patients.' so now my doctor and I are running around the city trying to get any other gyno to respond to our emails i just wanna be sterile Killingyouguy! fucked around with this message at 13:28 on Jun 11, 2022 |
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Jun 11, 2022 12:55
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I knew it had felt like tampons had gotten pricier and that I was struggling to find certain ones. Its part of why I started trying cups. I honestly thought it was because of my tiny little town, not a national issue Tampon Shortage
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Jun 13, 2022 03:15
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Listening to a Metroid podcast and they're at the part where the Metroid baby sacrifices itself to save Samus and I'm all teared up, gently caress you incoming period
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Jun 14, 2022 18:12
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I placed my cup and came back with a handful of blood and boy do I feel like I just sank the winning shot with one second left on overtime
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Jun 15, 2022 01:21
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why are menstrual migraines so much worse than the other migraines I get 
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Jun 15, 2022 01:35
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My actual period cramps haven't been too bad since I had my kid a few years ago, but the ovulation cramps have been ramping up in intensity ever since to the point that they have overtaken period cramps for pain. Nothing that a heating pad won't treat, but I don't know, it seems weird that the ovulation cramps are the strong one now. PMS also exhausts me in the past year way more than it used to. I'll get up from a full night's sleep, drink a pot of coffee, and then go down for a nap immediately if someone else can watch the kid. My boy notices and every now and again he goes "Mama are you going to be tired this week?" because it means he gets to watch TV cause I'm too tired to take him anywhere or do anything with him.
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Jun 15, 2022 21:42
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Weird new pre-period symptoms: Weird muscle twitches all over, doesn't hurt, just irritating.
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Jun 15, 2022 22:00
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So my last period was like 4 days late, now its 5 days early. Less than 28 days between cycles rofl what the gently caress
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Jun 20, 2022 22:56
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My week so far. 
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Jun 20, 2022 23:48
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MACAW.AVI posted:My week so far. Relating super hard. Was feeling ultra down about my art and poo poo for a few days and then flo came early and it was like... oh yeah drat
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Jun 20, 2022 23:51
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I don’t think people hate me when it’s coming on but by god I think everyone is doing their best to annoy the poo poo out of me.
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Jun 21, 2022 12:17
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This was posted on the local facebook, I wanted to chime in with "I think those're just period symptoms..." but then a load of blokes would chime in.
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Jun 23, 2022 16:05
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Got an iud put in today, mirena. It hurt and now i have what feels like moderately bad menstrual cramps. I guess this can potentially go on for several months. I think it was the right choice for me but it still kinda sucks. Anyway if I'm one of the lucky ones i won't have periods after a while.
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Jun 24, 2022 04:01
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Take ibuprofen on a dosing schedule for the next day, it really will help. Don't wait for the cramping or pain to return before taking more, just take it on time and I swear it will chill out. (take it with a snack, we're not trying to give ourselves ulcers here)
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Jun 24, 2022 04:24
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Powerful Katrinka posted:An ants invasion? I was going to complain that my period is weirdly thin and watery, but now I'm more concerned for you Menstruating ants would be one gently caress of a Grimms curse. Nah, we just had a shitstorm of ants and couldn't find where they were coming from. Period is coming. And I know because the dumbest poo poo makes me cry like a bitch. Remember that Disney movie Treasure Planet? Watching the same clip (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqX0CcEv6zE) and the part where Morph starts bawling has me sobbing nonstop. He just sounds and looks SO SAD and his mouth opens like his heart is falling out. Everything else in the scene is sad too, but the part where Morph starts with the cry sound rips my loving heart to bits. loving periods. Cowslips Warren fucked around with this message at 04:39 on Jun 24, 2022 |
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Jun 24, 2022 04:37
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Dixville posted:Got an iud put in today, mirena. It hurt and now i have what feels like moderately bad menstrual cramps. I guess this can potentially go on for several months. I think it was the right choice for me but it still kinda sucks. Anyway if I'm one of the lucky ones i won't have periods after a while. I have a Mirena and the bleeding part did stop for about two years, it's slowly coming back now. the mood swings and back pain were still around though. The no blood thing made me a bit  because I wasn't sure if anything made it past the goalie.Agree with the ibuprofen dosing schedule, mine hurt like hell at first but it settled down after a couple days, feel better soon! 
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Jun 24, 2022 06:29
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My period has been threatening to start for days now, could it please arrive so I can sleep again
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Jun 24, 2022 16:19
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Goddammit. Have had cramps for the past week. Went out to dinner without inserting my disc or taking an emergency pad. Dipped into the bathroom to pee… …surprise. At least I was only a few blocks away from home.
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Jun 28, 2022 05:15
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Cowslips Warren posted:Menstruating ants would be one gently caress of a Grimms curse. Nah, we just had a shitstorm of ants and couldn't find where they were coming from. Last week I started sobbing about A Boy and His Frog I wasn't listening to it; I can't remember the last time I did. No, I remembered the song existed and then I couldn't stop crying and dreading anyone coming by and then asking why I was crying and then having the whole conversation where they start out sympathetic until they hear the Kermit voice and I start trying to explain, "Well, no, it's not officially Kermit the Frog it's a really good impression, but it is supposed to be from his point of view, and it is actually a super sad song, no, really!" Anyway, hell yeah Treasure Planet
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Jun 28, 2022 06:53
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I have been spotting all month. Like, the faint brown sometimes red spotting that's usually a normal part of the cycle (or at least mine), except this time it's been happening every other day. Just yesterday it was also accompanied by about five minutes of intensely painful cramps. C'mon body this is the worst possible time to try to murder me  I've been suspecting for a while I've got endo but I've lapsed on insurance and thus am not in a good spot to get that checked out, plus I keep talking myself out of the idea . "Oh, it hurts, but it's never been disabling pain!* Maybe I'm the mythical Faker Who Exaggerates Symptoms and shouldn't take time away with people with real issues! Also I wouldn't be able to afford a laparoscopy so they might not even be able to diagnose much less treat it." It's ridiculous because I wouldn't minimize anyone else's pain and would believe them when they say they think they have XYZ, but when it's myself I just instantly feel like I'm a liar. (* Apart from that time in middle school where it was so painful I couldn't even stand up, but nothing that bad has happened since then so I consider it an outlier.)
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That loving sucks, I'm sorry. WE know you're not lying or exaggerating about the pain and severity, if that means anything. Blessings and Midol to you, and the hope that you'll find a good gyno, like you deserve I'm in a lot of pain today myself, I even took the day off. Also for the period shits and just amount of blood I know I'm going to lose today, it's embarrassing to have to keep going to the bathroom
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Turns out a spot of Lexapro during my pre menstrual time does wonders for my mental health. Perfectly happy to have store bought chemicals help if I'm not producing enough naturally.
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cool kids inc. posted:Perfectly happy to have store bought chemicals help if I'm not producing enough naturally. Some version of this phrase needs to be on a t-shirt
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So after years of 28-31 day cycles my ute decides to switch it up and make it a 25 day one this month. Always keeping me in my toes, almost too tired to make diner, will not be taking any special requests tonight.
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Ralph Crammed In posted:So after years of 28-31 day cycles my ute decides to switch it up and make it a 25 day one this month. Always keeping me in my toes, almost too tired to make diner, will not be taking any special requests tonight. Mine has apparently come 7 days early this month??? I'm angry and tired and crampy and spotting, someone bring me a flamethrower for all these hormone dwarves if this is how menopause starts, I will walk backwards into hell with my middle fingers up
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Toliet posting - At a party for the first time in nearly 4 years and my body keeps sending me messages that I got to poop. Thanks period!
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To my girls who have painful boobs during ovulation or pms: I've been taking Starflower 1000mg capsules and there's still some sensitivity this month, BUT I can move, put my bra on, have a bath without the crippling pain. So it may not work, but it's definitely worth a shot. Hope this helps someone
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KarloffsSidekick posted:To my girls who have painful boobs during ovulation or pms: I've been taking Starflower 1000mg capsules and there's still some sensitivity this month, BUT I can move, put my bra on, have a bath without the crippling pain. So it may not work, but it's definitely worth a shot. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Do you take them all the time, or just during the pain?
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candystarlight posted:Thank you, thank you, thank you! Do you take them all the time, or just during the pain? I take them every day with my breakfast. You're welcome, I really hope you get some relief from the pain too.
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i have a good attitude towards menstruation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm4FdyWaOCo
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Every day that I'm at work, I wish i could work from home. The days I wish the hardest are the days I'm on my period. yes I just went to the bathroom 90 minutes ago, yes I have to go again it happens!
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Love being able to watch my body fall apart in real time with this cycle’s symptoms. Yesterday was fatigue and sore joints, today we’re adding on thrush and wildly varying emotions. I haven’t even started bleeding yet, but I know that typing this has sealed my fate to start at the most inconvenient time.
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I am usually a flood an overnight pad in two hours, but this period I'm not even sure of the start as it's been like single tablespoons a day.
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Jul 7, 2022 16:24
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wait, women are on the internet?
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My cramps have been super mild this month, and I'm almost, like...suspicious. Like, I'm not really doing anything differently, the flow isn't different, I'm just not in searing pain every second of every day, and this confuses me.
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Karol-Man posted:wait, women are on the internet? No, of course not. Where do people like to shop for cups these days? I haven't changed brands in over a decade but I think my vagina has gotten shorter post baby. My large Meluna pokes out now.
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Emily Spinach posted:No, of course not. Meluna makes a shorty which is what I had to get after everything changed post baby and tampons stopped working. The large Meluna is too big for me too, but the large shorty is dang close to being perfect.
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Pinus Porcus posted:Meluna makes a shorty which is what I had to get after everything changed post baby and tampons stopped working. The large Meluna is too big for me too, but the large shorty is dang close to being perfect. Oh that's perfect, and it looks like they make them in the soft material if you buy it straight from Meluna Germany. For some reason the FDA won't let the US reseller carry the soft cups, or at least that's what I read last time I was buying one.
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