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This thread is a blessing, I'm so glad to find it.Poo In An Alleyway posted:Finally having a normal-ish blood flood for the first time since like...April, or maybe May. Good job, body. I've been dealing with similar issues as yours--long, painful, ridiculously heavy periods for no discernible reason. Has your doctor checked your hormone levels? My gyno had me get a blood test, I'll prob get the results after I also get the ultrasound she ordered (if I can find the paperwork...) I don't know how accurate it'll be, though. She told me to get the blood work done on the second or third day of my period, but I had a week of spotting, so I got it done the second day of regular flow. I guess I'll find out... You don't have to answer, but do you smoke pot? Apparently regular weed smoking can mess with your hormones, at least according to a naturopath who offered me advice. She told me to use yarrow, raspberry leaf, and/or flaxseeds to stop excess bleeding. She also advised using ginger, parsley, or pennyroyal to kickstart my period, which did work when I was sick of spotting and wanted to get it started and over with. I don't generally take advice from naturopaths, but I'll be damned if those things don't work. Good luck, I hope your future periods are normal!
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candystarlight posted:The thing that makes me feel better makes is what's making me feel worse?! I'm gonna riot. Could be, but I don't let it stop me 420 ery day
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Poo In An Alleyway posted:I should get my hormone levels checked for sure, but I think this is one of those situations where a doctor’s just gonna tell me to lose weight cuz that’ll solve everything. This is why I'm really glad my gyno is part of an all-women practice--none of that "just lose some weight!" crap. My weight hasn't been brought up as an issue, and I don't think it will be. Poo In An Alleyway posted:I don’t smoke the good stuff unfortunately. Maybe you should start
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Bibliotechno Music posted:Just wanna say I love your Toonerville username! Are you in the comics thread? Yes! That's what brought me over to the forum. I only bought an account because the thread eventually went behind the paywall, but it's worth it. Besides catching up on the comics thread, I'm also knee-deep in the Brazilian Mega Man comic in the gold archive, and it is SOMETHING. There are a lot of funny and talented people making stupid crap here, I love it.
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Poo In An Alleyway posted:Sadly PP doesn’t exist in Ireland; we only legalised abortion access in 2018 so we’re a little behind the curve on repro rights and access to info that could actually help women and trans men. Planned Parenthood can't do anything for period problems except prescribe birth control for it, anyway. PP was my gyno for years, and I'm very happy with the service I got there. Unfortunately, they don't really cover the kind of issues you and I have with our periods, so I had to switch providers. (I'm not going on hormonal birth control again, gently caress that. It didn't even help that much.)
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Poo In An Alleyway posted:2 weeks on my period now. Getting bored of bleeding. I have had good experiences with some herbal pills: yarrow and raspberry leaf. You can also add flaxseed to your diet, like sprinkle it into cereal or trail mix or yogurt. Maybe ou can try tea versions of those things, too, if you like tea.
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Well, I don't have the money to hire a vampire escort to get it all out, so I don't know what you expect me to do here
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Ralph Crammed In posted:Hey, anyone ever been with someone who has a period fetish? Because I know some people are into the way the vagina smells normally, so does the new smell the period makes turn on some people? And unsexy. "Hey, baby, let's put a towel down." 😏
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I didn't realize that "mittelschmerz" referred specifically to ovulation pain. The Germans really DO have a word for everything.
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Hexaoct posted:Why hasn't my period started yet!? I have surgery in a week, and I really don't want to deal with that and my period at the same time. Stress, probably. Try ginger or pennyroyal tea (or capsules)
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Hey, people who have had children: what's something you wish you had gotten at a baby shower that no one ever thinks to ask for before actually having a baby? Or what you wish you had gotten more of? My usual gift for baby showers always includes onesies and diapers for 6-and 9-month olds cuz you never know when the baby is going to hit that size. I'm open to suggestions. (I already bought the main gift, a playpen.)
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drat, that's good advice
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Bibliotechno Music posted:One piece of advice I’ve followed before: if they already have a child, get a small gift for that kid alongside the baby gift. It’s easy for the older one to have some fear or just jealousy that a baby that’s not even here yet is getting all the attention and they’re getting left behind or forgotten or replaced. It's their first kid, but I like this idea a lot, it's very sweet. There are usually kids at baby showers in my family, so maybe a bunch of little goodies to hand out during a lull would be good. These are great suggestions, thanks everyone!
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Cup-talk is making me all jealous that you guys can use internal things comfortably. Cups and tampons make me cramp, even extra-slim/small ones, so I'm stuck with pads, period underwear, and rags. The rags get used at home since they're so bulky, but I actually like them otherwise. (They wash pretty easily, not that it matters if they're stained; Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap truly is magic.)
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Cool, now my tits get super itchy when I'm about due to have my period, especially the left one. The doctor said it's another thing that gets ignored and just dismissed as one of the mysteries of menstruation (my words), so that sucks. Anti-itch cream helps, but it's so uncomfortable
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Prism Mirror Lens posted:I only started getting period mouth ulcers recently and it’s blowing my mind that it’s a thing. Never heard of it before. Now I get two or three ulcers during it. I thought something was seriously wrong with me wtf Periods are amazing, aren't they? You can have literally ANY problem like mouth ulcers, debilitating headaches, and rashes, and they'll all be diagnosed as "eh, that's what happens with you broads and your wacky periods"
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Embrace Nature and stop wearing pants
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Pookah posted:Imagine if periods were 100% on time, and just came out in one megaflow? What about period shits and sweats? Would that all come out at once, too? Oh, God, the poor toilets
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My period hit hard this morning, and now I'm trying not to just sob over a cat video and the movie "Arrival." Normally I don't get emotional with my period, but I guess today's the day
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You know what feels weird? Blood clots falling out of your vag as you're walking. Not a fan
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It feels like someone is weakly but insistently punching me in the lower back and I'm so goddamned tired
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Ralph Crammed In posted:Bitch-rear end period snuck up on me today three days early and I found out while trying to wrangle my toddler in a department store toilet stall. Awww, that's cute. I like the way you talk about your uterus like it's an apartment. That's not sarcastic, i swear
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I call them warning streaks. Sometimes two or three days in advance, just enough to make me paranoid enough to wear pads in case of spotting or a sudden deluge Edit: "Warning flares" sounds better/more bad rear end than "warning streaks," now that I've thought on it Powerful Katrinka fucked around with this message at 20:47 on Mar 29, 2022 |
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Jesus, I'm gassy as hell and just stunk up part of the office. Have you ever forced out a fart when you have a burp or cough? I just did that five times in three seconds, excusing myself in-between. It was just *burp**fart* Excuse me *hiccup**fart* Excuse me *hiccup**fart* Excuse me *fart* Excuse m--*fart* Excuse me *fart* *Oh, my God, excuse me And I had headphones in so I don't know for sure how loud any of that was, but my feeling is it was Loud Enough
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Killingyouguy! posted:Some day my p Try ginger root or pennyroyal capsules or tea
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Facebook Aunt posted:Whoever thought up these doors didn't know about period shits. The Women's door should say There Will Be Blood
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Crossposting from the newspaper comics threadAlhazred posted:L-Innsikt
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Cowslips Warren posted:Was doing so loving great with my daily walks, cutting out bad poo poo from my diet, working my kettlebell. Then came cramps and the hormones and ants invasion, and now I'm sitting with my fourth bowl of chips and not even hungry. An ants invasion? I was going to complain that my period is weirdly thin and watery, but now I'm more concerned for you
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silicone thrills posted:Ever wake up from a dead sleep with just severely intense cramps mid period and evacuate everythin in yer bowels over the next 30 minutes or so in just intense loving pain? Ooh, I wonder if your uterus shed its full lining. That happened to me once, it was horrifying and I was so worried I needed to go to the ER for period diarrhea. After it finished and I was resting on the floor, I was so drenched in sweat that I started sliding eeeeeeeever so slightly on the bathroom tile like an air hockey puck; and that's how I learned the bathroom floor had a slight incline
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silicone thrills posted:Well. I emptied my cup later and it was probably the clottiest i'd ever seen it so maybe you are onto something. The good news is, if that is the case, you're fine. Uterine linings do that sometimes for no real reason, mostly to women who haven't given birth and shed their entire lining in the process. Odds are pretty good that it'll never happen again, too. The bad news is that this period is going to be a little more gnarly than usual, re: clotting and mushy fleshy bits
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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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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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Xun posted:Do periods make people depressed/anxious? I know mines around the corner and man I have been extremely depressed and stressed out lately As you can see from everyone's stories, this is common, but PLEASE talk to your doctor if it's at the point where you can't function. I can say luckily I don't get it too bad, just weepy over little things at random. I had a little meltdown because my friends' mean little bitch cats don't like me a couple weeks ago
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Ralph Crammed In posted:Does raspberry leaf tea work for anyone else? It's always eased my cramping. First off, you and your grandma sound adorable. Second, yes on the red raspberry leaf except I use capsules because I don't like tea
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Try ginger tea, candy, capsules, etc. It works for for me, anyway. Pennyroyal is supposed to be good for starting your period, too. (And induce abortions, hence the Nirvana song "Pennyroyal Tea")
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Ralph Crammed In posted:No probs. And not to turn into food chat, but food dehydrators are the best! Period talk always turns into food talk for at least a little while Killingyouguy! posted:at the loving eleventh hour the bastard arrives See? Edit: speaking of food, my problem with my tits itching really badly during my period finally went away, now that I've greatly reduced my drinking to just when I'm socializing Powerful Katrinka fucked around with this message at 18:03 on Jul 31, 2022 |
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Killingyouguy! posted:nvm the bastard has decided i don't deserve chips Hey, hey, hey: look at me. You ALWAYS deserve chips
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It was ON my tits, the nipples itched the worst. I might be sensitive to alcohol, I guess. That's fine with me, having more than one drink feels like pushing it these days. I had a generous cocktail a couple weeks ago and had a pounding headache all the next day. Middle age hangovers are agony, you guys.
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Well, now I'm suspicious because I've been a little extra weepy all day and I've had a very specific craving for ice cream and M&M's. What kind of M&M's, you ask? ALL OF THEM, including a new one they released in my area that's a gluten-free cookie shell. (It's super addicting)
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Pyrtanis posted:My adult, grown rear end husband, upon hearing me tiredly opine about how goddamn exhausting it is managing feeling unreasonably angry with the hormone poo poo: Most guys have that blind spot. I recommend an experiment, though: you punch him in the gut, back, thighs, and junk at random, day and night, for a few days. Also you get to pour liquids like chocolate syrup and tomato juice on his crotch, also at random and day or night. Tell him he has to rise above it for the week, and that you'll be doing it all over again next month. And the month after that, and the month after that, until he's experienced puberty to menopause Edit: if he really wants the full experience, offer him laxatives and/or ipecac as well Powerful Katrinka fucked around with this message at 04:07 on Aug 25, 2022 |
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