I have forgotten *how* to have a period!

[annyka.livejournal.com]

I first got my menarche (first period) when I was 15. It took me a few cycles and 'accidents' to get used to it all, but I'm pretty regular and once I got the hang of it, I rarely got my clothes messed (especially after day 1).
I started using Tampons when I was about 16 and the messes became even more few and far between. Then I found the diva cup (when I was about 25) and the messes were so far in between I can't remember the last time I had to clean AF off my clothes. I even had a baby, and managed to keep my clothes clean from the Lochia all except on the first day, with the teeniest spillage.

Yet, I get my first period after giving birth to Raistlin, and I have to learn the whole god damn experience again!!! No one warned me about that. I have had to change my underwear (and wash them) twice already and even a pair of pants!!!
I've tried using the Divacup, but now that I am 30 AND given birth, it no longer fits and keeps sliding down, to the point that I feel like I have an egg hanging out my twat. I have to keep pushing it back in and so I thought "I have maternity pads left over, they did a good job for the Lochia and this can't be as heavy, I'll use them"... Yeah, right.. It's while wearing those stupid things, that I've had the leakage over my undies... it's like maternity pads know the difference between the types of blood and lets this stuff run over the edge.. There sure as hell wasn't as much period now as when I had the Lochia!

And all this aside - I don't remember EVER feeling this bloated, this pissed off, this hungry for red meat, this crampy... I am sure I did, but I don't remember.. the last year and 3 months have taken over that part of my memory. All I want is chocolate, meat and a man's head to rip off!

Anyway.. I am roaming the house like a t-rex looking for it's next pray, making messes all over my clothes and then grumbling as I try and clean them before the stain sets in.. quickly running out of underwear and wanting to hide in the corner and cry at the same time as eating whatever red meat can make it to my mouth.

Luckily I have a very understanding man (DH) who knows to stay out of my way, make me a big steak and help look after the little one for me while I sob and cry and whinge and whatever else my body demands of me.


Grrrr - stupid Periods.

Comments

[sprtwrid.livejournal.com]

im weird, but if im having a heavy period (i havent had a real one in over a year, just whatever bleeding was induced by the one dose of depo) I'll put in a tampon and usually will back it up with a pad or if i dont have any a wash cloth. I also have gone entire heavy periods where i didnt use anything, i just wipes really well when i went to the bathroom and sat on a towel (we didnt have a working car and lived to far to walk to a store). If you are just staying hom try putting a wash cloth in your panties, and when you sit, lean back a bit (for me it slows the flow, and it kinda clots up so when i pee next, i get a clump instead of running blood). I dont wear underwear normally (i get a YI every time) but the wash cloth trick has worked on many occasions. Of course, im always at home, so i dont deal with having to worry about leaks as much.

[jenmarie.livejournal.com]

The first post-baby period (or two) can be a doozy. Your hormone levels are still in flux.

It gets better, I promise!

That said, I'm definitely not looking forward to it myself (I'm on baby #2 and haven't had my period return yet this time).

[plastikgyrl.livejournal.com]

You may need to replace your Diva. They come in two sizes: one for women who have never given birth, and one for those who have.

FWIW, my cycles have gotten ... more... since having my kids, too. I don't know if it's partly to do with age, or hormonal change or what, but my PMS is much more annoying than it used to be, and seems to last much longer.

[annyka.livejournal.com]

Yeah I know that (thus the comment about now that I am 30 and have had a kid it doesn't fit) they recommend you get size #2 for when you are either 30 or had a kid.

[storychick.livejournal.com]

Those first few postpartum periods are Teh Suck. :(

That said, mine have gotten worse after each kid, whether from just getting older or exponentially more sleep deprived or what, and now I'm 33 and have at least twice if not three times the flow I had in my 20s (went from a regular tampon all day to a super plus a pad that lasts 2 hours), and more other symptoms too -- cramps, moodiness, much more frequent and disabling migraines, food cravings -- it is seriously not fun. I'm getting an ultrasound next week to rule out anything other than "isn't aging fun".

How many more years to menopause? sigh.

[bluestareyed.livejournal.com]

this is completely off topic, but you rock so hard if you really named your kid Raistlin. that is so incredibly awesome :)

[annyka.livejournal.com]

Yeah that's his name.... Raistlin Benjamin. My Hubby suggested it.