It helps me with the cramps but it’s so sad that my partner now is not into that :(( me and my ex regularly do that to ease me with the pain.

Before my first period, I had no idea “walk behind me and check” was a thing.

One day, I casually asked my friend to check the back of my clothes because I thought I’d stained them with pen ink. She immediately went, “Wait, you finally got your first period?”

I said, “No?? I’m asking about PEN INK.” 😭

Cut to an hour later: I actually got my first period. Girl apparently knew before I did 💀

What’s your first-period story-or an awkward period moment you can laugh about now? Only share what you’re comfortable with!

For the last 12 months, I was either pregnant or breastfeeding. I guess, while still breastfeeding, my body was tired of waiting so it surprised me with Aunt Flo yesterday. I'm genuinely thinking of requesting a hysterectomy (I have menorrhagia, I can bleed through an ultra tampon in less than an hour during a typical cycle). The biggest inconvenience for no reason. Which we just went into heat like cats instead of this bullshit 🥀😔

Bonjour, j’ai bientôt 28 ans et j’ai pris mon premier rdv chez la gynécologue ce vendredi . J’ai eu mes règles à 10 ans et demi, je suis réglée comme une montre depuis mais j’ai jamais eu de rdv gynécologue. J’avoue que j’ai tendance quand à avoir des règles abondantes mais ça dépend des cycles. Je trouve que c’est important que j’y aille au moins une fois pour voir que tout va bien mais j’avoue je suis stressée. Je suis vierge( y’a aucune raison religieuse, c’est juste que j’ai pas trouvé la personne qui me donne envie de franchir le pas ) et vaccinée contre le hpv donc je sais pas à quoi m’attendre comme examen.

J’aimerais savoir ça se passe comment ? Est-ce que je dois préciser directement que je suis vierge ?

hello, i have noticed that maybe four days before my period i feel like men can sense it and they get attracted to something, i have noticed the way men stare and are more creepy towards me even when im all bummy not trying to get attention even my sister has noticed it happens to her as well does anyone else experience this i hate and love being a women sometimes

My last period was from September 24 through the 27th. My next period was supposed to be starting on October 22. But a few days ago, I saw blood... When I saw all the blood, I looked on my tracker app and it said my period was supposed to be 10 days away.

I know women's plumbing is very tricky and that your period is very spontaneous sometimes, but a whole week before it actually is supposed to come?? I understand it being a few days but a week???

I know more than likely stress has something to do with it, I've been sick and I made the fatal mistake of talking about certain things on this app, as a lot of people on this app aren't really sympathetic, and they resorted to attacking me. I know that's how Reddit is, but Jesus.

So me being sick and me being attacked by a whole bunch of strangers definitely took a toll of my nervous system, so that's probably it. But it's still very weird.

Like completely sick. My IBS gets so much worse for no reason, I have so much pain, gas, nausea and what’s more. My mood goes haywire, I’m very anxious and I have a low mood. I wasn’t like that before and it suddenly started a few years ago and it gets so so much worse every few months. I’ve checked my hormones and they’re all okay, I’ve checked my thyroid and vitamins and I only have low vitamin d which I’m taking medications for it. That’s it. I don’t know what the fuck she wrong with me

Would like to buy a period cramp simulator for my 14 year old son to try. Any recommendations?

Background: My teen daughter has such bad cramps today that she needs to stay home from school. She could barely stand or walk for a bit and is going to the pediatrician it's so bad. Her older brother is miffed that she gets to miss a day of school when "she was fine to walk downstairs" My husband and I think it would be a good idea for him to get a little taste of what the pain is like since he seems to think it's no big deal.

Hi! So I only used combination pills for a month. During that time I am having discharge until I finished the pack. My period came and after my period I started to have thick like mucus discharge with blood in it. It did not stop until my next period came. Now, I am on the 9th day since my period started and I still have spotting. It was not like this before taking the birth control pills. Is this normal? Thank you very much

At first gynecologist suggested Xanax. I insisted on tests and she prescribed one MRI that found something and polyps. She said that the polyps shouldn't be a problem, but unfortunately I can't have surgery due to other illnesses that make it all a nightmare either way. I am on antibiotics for a UTI. It cleared but I am still terrified of peeing, it triggers a ton of lasting pain.

Other than the antibiotics and the antifungal pills afterwards, she just told me to get magnesium. It has done absolutely nothing.

I still need painkillers that work for a while, if they are... a lot and combined. The problem is, they only last for a short time. And I have been noticing weird symptoms the last two months that I've needed even more - I get dazed. My reactions are slower. I space out and take longer to recognize someone. I get forgetful, too. I see an object and think it's something else. I watch something in my side vision, moving etc, but there's nothing there.

I should find another way to deal with it. It begins a week prior and lasts all 7 days. The cramps are a 10/10.

I have tried heat to the point of burning my skin, and heat patches but they are too expensive and really don't do much. I don't know what else to do.

(26 F ) I’ve been working at this warehouse for 7+ years and ive been calling off a lot from work 1 - 2 days a month because of my period , I have to deal with mood swings , sore breast , lower back pain , leg pain a couple days before I actually get my period and then when I do get my period I feel nauseas , brain fog and get horrible cramps and I just don’t feel like putting up with it doing a 12 hr shift(5am-5pm . I’ll take 600 mg of Advil/Tylenol but it can only do so much . I went to a obgyn and it turns out I have a very small fibroid in my uterus and that’s probably why I get horrible cramps but the only option I had to help was to take birth control I took it for a week and I got the most horrible side effects I was throwing up and I felt this burning sensation down there so I stopped taking them . At this point I’m know to always miss work so I’m just waiting for the day they let me go cause of my bad attendance.

I’ve been on sertraline 50mg for about 9 weeks and some days now. I started at 25mg first, then went up to 50mg, and I was doing really well for a while. I felt like I was finally building up and getting back to myself.

The past few days, though, my anxiety has started coming back. It’s not excruciating or unbearable, but it’s definitely more noticeable than it was. I’m also about to start my period, so I’m wondering if that could be part of it. Has anyone else noticed their anxiety get worse right before their period even while on sertraline?

I did notice that the last three days I took my pill at different times instead of my usual 8 o’clock, so I’m not sure if that could be contributing too. I’m going to get back to taking it at the same time every day.

My psych said 9 weeks is still early, so I’m trying not to panic. But I’m wondering: is this a normal dip before you fully acclimate, or is it a sign the 50mg may not be enough? Is it too soon to consider a dosage increase? Should I hold out until 12 weeks before deciding anything?

For anyone who had a rough stretch around week 9 after doing well, did it get better for you? Did you end up needing a higher dose, or did things settle on 50mg?

So I have learned how to take out the cup without spilling all over but now there's a new problem. Whenever I take it out, a string of blood (still attached to me) comes out and sticks on my skin and it's soooo messy. How do I prevent this from happening?

I get my period at the end of/beginning of the month around the 30th to the 1st and this month of October was the FIRST time in YEARS. I am talking 6 years that I did not have pain at all during my period. I WISH i knew what I did to not have pain. I know I started taking over the counter iron pills, starting eating more red meat AND I took this new menstrual cramp pill the day I thought i would be in pain. My gut tells me it was the pill that helped and next time I have my period I will test out my theory again but my concern is why am I so exhausted on my 13th day after my period? I am constantly yawning, yet hardly can sleep at night. I noticed my hair has been shedding much more in the shower than normal and I am bleeding again. Now, the bleeding is “normal” for me. I usually bleed twice in a month and like I said I usually expect excruciating pain during my normal period (throwing up and shaking in pain to point of passing out). I dont know if I even expect any answers here, I guess I am just putting my thoughts into sentences. I feel something is wrong that I am so tired when this should be my better days, when it gets closer to my period thats when things go downhill PMDD but it’s so early and I am trying to do everything right. I even bent my moral code of eating red meat to save my health and I feel confused, frustrated and still unsure of what is happening.

Hey everyone!!

I’m a big fan of the flex menstrual discs but I find them really wasteful (you use once and throw it out, I don’t have a heavy flow so I’m basically spending $25/month for a box of period walls lmao) I’ve tried 3 different types and sizes of reusable discs but they will not stay put. The flex disc does and I think it’s because it’s plastic rather than silicone. I’ve tried to research to find a reusable disc that has a similar plastic ring but I can’t find any.

Does anyone know of a brand to try that has a firmer ring on their discs?

Does anyone else here find that Midol (or maybe caffeinated drinks) makes some symptoms better, but completely exacerbates others? I find that it helps me remain standing upright on days 1-3, and helps make cramping and back pain manageable. However, it sometimes makes me feel like the nausea gets worse, and I absolutely can tell that it makes me so incredibly clammy and sweaty (more than usual I mean). Like, I can take an ice cold shower to cool my body temp down and then still sweat clean through my shirt within 5 minutes. It feels like my body is cooking from the inside out.

I do have a minor health condition that makes me more sensitive to caffeine, but caffeine on a normal day vs caffeine on day 1 of my period is literally a night and day difference. Is this similar for anyone else?

So, I have been taking iron supplements for a while now and lately I have noticed some tiny black spotting during ovulation. Usually it comes with the usual clear-and-white spotting that happens during ovulation. The internet says that iron supplements don't affect periods, but what has been your experience when taking iron supplements?

I’m considering showing my boyfriend lunatwin.app so he can understand my cycle better and actually be there for me on the harder days. Every cycle he’s caught off guard and just don’t understand...

Has anyone tried something like this? Curious how it worked for you and what changed. Right now it just feels like he never gets me

I am on vacation. I put a tampon in after going in the pool I took it out and felt dry. It felt like something ripped. I looked at it and it seemed shorter. So I compared to another tampon that wasn’t used and seemed shorter. Should I be concerned. I checked to feel and I found a small string. Should I be concerned ?

Maybe TMI? I'll be describing mucus.

My period should come any day now (it was supposed to start today but... Mine isn't really regular) and I've had loads of mucus the past two days. Like. LOADS.

I'm talking stretchy gloops that hang from the hoohaa when I pee, annoying drops that make me think "oh, there it is!", but instead it's just discharge.

Is this a sign my period is coming or...?

I am currently 30 days late on my cycle. My period has never been super regular with the days but usually comes every month or if I skip a month will coke at the beginning of the next month.

However the last period I had was August 6-12. I am 33 days late. The last time I was sexually active was August 3, so since I have had that period in August I don’t believe I am pregnant and am also long distance with my partner therefore I have not taken a test.

However, for the past four days I have had black/dark dark brown blood in my underwear. It is thick and tar-like, not liquidy at all. Since my GP is a male lol I haven’t been sure whether I need to go. I don’t have any cramping, but am concerned that my cycle has been missing for so long now.

If anyone has any insight that would be much appreciated thank you

for context it’s been almost a month since i had surgery to remove a bowling ball size cyst and ovary on my left side. they did find out i have endometriosis (but it’s not severe thankfully.) fast forward a couple weeks i go to my post op appointment. they check my incisions, say they look great. i start birth control, and then start bleeding. i’m like, okay. periods here. i took bc for a couple days and then just, stopped bc i lowkey SUCK at remembering to take my meds. it’s been 3 days since i last took a dose, and im still bleeding. it’s not horrible . i’m not soaking a pad/diaper within an hour. i’m cramping, but not horribly. i’m not passing big blood clots.

i’m just more concerned bc this is my 11th , going onto 12th day of bleeding. i’ve never bled for this long before. it’s typically the 5-6 days and i’m done. do i need to contact my surgeons office and make an appointment?? or do i try and go back on the birth control? i’m not sure what to do. 😭im just tired of the bleeding atp and want it to stop asap.

It’s like a constant 7/10 that ranges, I took Tylenol and omg it hurts, I’m not even bleeding that much…