vaginapagina | Period rant

You know, I've read many posts in this and certain other communities, written by girls/women who obviously feel quite positive about this whole period business. I've always marveled at that, because my own feelings about the phenomenon are quite different....

I hate having my period. Okay? Loathe it. In fact, if there were a way for me to stop it permanently, I'd probably do it in a heartbeat. But since I think it would be rather difficult to convince a doctor to perform a full hysterectomy on a healthy 26-year-old just because she doesn't want it anymore...I'm most likely stuck with it, no?

Right now, I'm on the third day of my period. I'm crampy as hell, I'm bloated like a fucking baby beluga, and I'm moody as all get out. I could deal with all that, though, if I didn't feel so dirty. Seriously. I feel rotten, like I could take four showers a day and still not feel clean.

Of course the pad thing only makes it worse, since every time I go to the bathroom I have a visual reminder of what's going on. I know I've got the option to use tampons, but since they make my cramps have cramps, that's really not an option.

I've heard of women who make art out of used pads and menstrual blood, and while I'm amazed that they're able to do that, I'll be honest: I don't understand it. I don't even want to be reminded of mine at all, let alone turn it into art. The smell, the sight....it just sickens me.

I know it's all terribly unfeminist of me and everything, but I honestly cannot stand having my period. When I skip a month (or two, or three), it's not a cause for concern; I'm too busy thanking whatever God may exist that I get to bypass the whole fucking mess for a while.

And I feel like my poor vagina's stuck in the middle of all this. Normally she and I are best friends. I pay her much attention. :) But, when my damn ovaries & uterus decide to make their presence known -- well, the situation gets icy. My vagina and I spend a week each month not being on speaking terms.

I just felt the need to post this tonight. I hope no one's offended by it, but this is the way I feel, so I won't apologize.

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Maybe a menstrual cup would be better?

I hate periods too.

Considering the fact that putting a tampon up there makes me cramp like WHOA, I'm not all that keen on finding out what a menstrual cup would do to me.

And again, with a menstrual cup, I've still got to see the blood. I don't think there's any way for me to win in this situation. I just hate this so much.

I think the difference is that a tampon sits higher than a cup. It could be the contact with your cervix that's making you cramp.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Good point. :)

:-)

It took me forever and a year to find a comfortable tampon. I finally settled on OB because they are really short and they don't rest on my cervix. Other brands are long and ram right up against it and would be so uncomfortable. But they don't have an applicator and that might be a bit too "ew" for you.

My 32 year old best friend HATES her period (thinks she's unclean and everything) and I'm cool with mine. Everyone's different.

Are the OB ones difficult to use, though? I mean, they're the ones with no applicator, right? It always seemed to me that they would be so difficult to position....

I don't really have a problem with them, but I've been using them forever and I honestly don't remember if I had any problems getting used to them.

I remember they used to come with an applicator version, but I don't know if they still carry them somewhere.

I've used them as well as other brands, and they were a breeze, and also really comfy. I think they actually make some OB with applicators, if that's your thing.

Just a note--when I started the NuvaRing, my periods went from 6-7 days to maybe 2 1/2 days long.

2 1/2 days.....holy shit, that would be heaven.

In the interest of full disclosure, I did have fairly steady spotting for the entire first month. The subsequent period was way short, though, and all the rest of them have been short as well.

After about two years on Marvelon, I'm down to 2 day periods as well. I just start my next set of active pills as soon as I start bleeding (I like knowing I'm not pregnant).

By my second month on HBC (I was also on Marvelon, but any HBC MAY have a similar effect on some women) I was down to 30 hour periods that were so light I didn't need to wear tampons. It was, however, only that brown/black old-blood (which is extra icky looking) but yeah, it was extremely short.

i could NEVER get an applicator tampon in the right place. i used to have to go in with my fingers and move it around, and i could still feel it. also, they're sooo long to me, especially tampax. i feel like they hang out of my vag when i use them. i've been using OB since i was 13 (21 now) and i love them. i always get them in the right place the first time, and they're short enough that they just fit. and i'm a super crampy person as well, and they don't make it worse. i also feel cleaner with a tampon, since i'm not...sitting in it all day.

tomorrow however, i am going on a divacup search. i checked the store locator on their site, and apparently a store in th mall i work at carries them! so, i'll try that next

much of the smell is caused by the chemicals in pads, I used to hate my period too, and than I switched to cloth but you said you dont like seeing your mensus, so i suppose that option is out. What about depovera, or regular hbc to lesson or oblivate cramps?

I'm not willing to go the HBC route again...last year I went through just about every birth control pill there is, and it was NOT a pretty experience. Depression, moodiness like CRAZY, backaches, migraines...so no, no HBC for me.

I never thought of the chemicals in pads causing much of the smell.....that's a good point.

I'd probably try the cloth ones if there was a place around here to get them, but there's not. And ordering them online...well, I guess I could try that, but cost would be an issue, as I am a broke grad student *lol*

I don't know. It's not that I HATE seeing it, it's just that if I happen to be having a "good" period day -- with no cramps, no backache, nothing (which is rare) -- I can almost forget for a while that I'm even having it. And then I go to the bathroom and it's like, "Oh. Yeah. It's....still here." It's one of the many reasons I really wish I could use tampons; I wouldn't have to see it and I could almost just pretend I wasn't having it. That, and I could go without having to wear dark pants for a week straight.

well who said you have to buy them? You can always make your own pads! Head over to

diy_pads for more info if you want, check the memories =D

me + sewing = disaster. XD

if you dont like to sew you can always use those small face cloths, fold it in 3 and safety pin the front, and voila! rince em off and throw em right in with your darks in the laundry (but no fabric softner, makes them absorb less)

Furthermore, the two act differently (absorbing v. collecting). I found that when I switched to the cup, I was suddenly having pain-free periods. What I thought to be natural cramps and discomfort seem to have been connected to the tampons, and are now completely gone. My cramps et al were never that bad, but you still might see some improvement with a menstrual cup.

I used to get bad cramps with tampons, but I hardly get any cramps with my cup.

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