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Post by Jazzy Jeff on Mar 26, 2010 23:42:06 GMT
I would like it if I only had one a year. I don't get affected by the emotional stuff at all but I hate them so much because I'm really bad at keeping track of when they should be etc etc. And sometimes it's every four weeks but other times it's every six weeks which is just NO WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING, BODY. STOP. They're too heavy and painful and ridiculous and bring up traces of an electra complex because it just seems so WRONG. And I feel a bit ripped off because I dislike children, there is no way I'm EVER going to have them so WHAT IS THE POINT. They make me ANGRY.
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Post by Rhiflect on Mar 27, 2010 0:12:59 GMT
My periods are so bizarre and irregular, where most of my friends are clockwork! I have got more regular this year though, so I dunno. I'm really heavy for like, 2 days and then it's all chilling from then on, and I only really get pain on the first day, and that workable. A friend of mine get proper sickness period pain, vomiting, fever, excrutiating pain etc. Bad times! I'm really really bad at using tampons (any tips?), i'm proper paranoid that it's in wrong ('you shouldn't be able to feel it' THEN WHY CAN I FEEL IT?!!?) so after my heavy days I stick firmly to pads.
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Post by wakefromthysleep on Mar 27, 2010 0:26:00 GMT
I use tampons and I don't have problems with them. sometimes I feel them too but I just don't care about it. Everything is fine as long as my pants are clean. I suffer trauma of bloody pants (see 'how old..'-thread).
where were you when it started?
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Post by helwin tins on Mar 27, 2010 0:31:22 GMT
I've never had regular periods, but doctors dismissed it until I was like, 19. Some girls don't even start until then so it's not a biggie unless it's really dramatic.
I used to have HORRIFIC period pains- intense pain, vomiting, you name it, the only thing that I can really offer for that one is that it does get better as you get older. Mine were worst around 2 years after I started, and my sister has a pretty bad time. If you smoke, don't while you're on, or cut back as much as you can. Smoking causes blood vessels to constrict, which worsens cramps. I was therefore a lot of fun as a teenager at periodtime, pain and no fags, what a joy.
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Post by sarah on Mar 27, 2010 0:32:53 GMT
I would like it if I only had one a year. I don't get affected by the emotional stuff at all but I hate them so much because I'm really bad at keeping track of when they should be etc etc. And sometimes it's every four weeks but other times it's every six weeks which is just NO WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING, BODY. STOP. They're too heavy and painful and ridiculous and bring up traces of an electra complex because it just seems so WRONG. And I feel a bit ripped off because I dislike children, there is no way I'm EVER going to have them so WHAT IS THE POINT. They make me ANGRY. contraception is free on the nhs, go for it man
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Post by Rhiflect on Mar 27, 2010 0:37:49 GMT
where were you when it started? The shoe section of the Miss Selfridge in Bournemouth!
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Post by Xteenuh on Mar 27, 2010 3:29:05 GMT
I'm really really bad at using tampons (any tips?), i'm proper paranoid that it's in wrong ('you shouldn't be able to feel it' THEN WHY CAN I FEEL IT?!!?) so after my heavy days I stick firmly to pads. Do you put the whole applicator in all the way? 'Cause you usually feel it when you don't put it in far enough. SHOVE IT UP THERE RHIANNE!! Trust me. Though I suppose if you're not quite used to them yet, you tend to feel them a little. Just keep using 'em and you'll get it right pretty quick, at least I did. I didn't use them til I was... 15? or 16? Shoot I can't remember. And I started my period 2 weeks before my 11th birthday so I always thought it was really late of me to start using them. I was always too confused/freaked out by them until one day I got brave and thought "FUCK IT!! I'M GONNA STEAL MY MOM'S TAMPONS AND USE THEM!!" And I read the directions thoroughly and before I put my first one in I was all bracing myself and preparing for battle or something, like I was expecting it to be this huge challenge to overcome, like I was training like Rocky or something and I was finally gonna make it up those steps after all this time... and then I pushed it in in about 2 seconds, realized it was comfortable, and thought, "WTF?! THAT WAS EASY!" And I was so proud of myself I messeged all my friends on myspace to tell them... ah, such a good memory! Concerning period sex... I can see how one is more horny during that time, lol. But are guys ever grossed out? Isn't that messy?! As for pain, some months its pretty bad, but usually lots of Advil takes care of it then... then other months its not much at all. The thing I hate the most, more than cramps, is BLOATING. I feel like I can't move in my jeans the first couple days. I also get really gassy... ew. Also sometimes my timing is way off, but when it is, its always a week or two late - its NEVER too early. then some months, its right on time, or one day early at the most. Weirdness. Hey, did you guys ever see the episode of Tyra with the chick with two vaginas/reproductive systems? So she has two periods, going in different cycles. THAT SUCKS. Also I was at school in 5th grade when I first got it but I didn't notice it til I got home... is it weird that my first was extremely light and, like... brown? It wasn't bloody, just... brownish. I was extremely confused. I told my mom and she told me all about it. And then I asked her if boys got periods too. I was so well educated!
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Post by jadeface on Mar 27, 2010 10:08:41 GMT
^ Yeah that's actually what happened to me. In fact, I didn't notice, I had put my underwear in the washing basket and my mum said 'Jade you've had your period' and I didn't notice and I cried because I was really embarassed. But the first time I started 'properly' I was at school, me and my friend on the same day started ours, lolol.
I haven't heard about the woman with two reproductive systems that sounds really awful :/
I didn't use tampons for years either, 1. because at school we were lectured on the dangers of TSS and it put me off trying because I thought it meant IF YOU USE THEM, YOU WILL DIE. and 2. because I was a bit frightened of doing it. But eventually I did and it was actually so fine I don't get why I was so scared lol.
I remember magazines and stuff, young girls writing in and being like 'if I use a tampon am I still a virgin?' haha.
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Post by Rhiflect on Mar 27, 2010 10:29:55 GMT
LOL I hated tampons adverts in magazines: ' hi i am goin 2 a weddin but i will b on ma period nd i dnt wna get blood on ma dress!!!!1!1! wat do i do??' 'use tampons lol' BRILLIANT. Even though i 'shove' it in (as detailed by Xteenuh) it still feels odd, and I get paranoid that it's going to fall out! Maybe something to do with the angle?
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Post by lastgoodbye on Mar 27, 2010 12:57:14 GMT
^ It won't fall out, promise. They expand once they're in there. Maybe you're using the wrong size? They can go from really little to really big.
I started using them about a year after I started (so like 12, 13?) and I've never gone back because I hate pads so, so much.
I'm shocked that, as the wolfboard, we haven't got on to this subject yet so I'm just going to throw it out there: mooncups.
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Post by husbandwifeheroin on Mar 27, 2010 13:12:29 GMT
I have just googled mooncups and it led me to www.loveyourvagina.com. It has a poll of the most common names for the down belows. 1. Moot 2. The downtown dining and entertainment district 3. Cuntt two is my favourite. Edit: To misspell female reproductive organs.
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Post by jadeface on Mar 27, 2010 13:17:48 GMT
I'm not entirely clued up on mooncups. But I know that you insert them and basically they fill up with blood and you can empty, wash and reuse, right? What if it somehow went into the wrong position, tipped over and leaked LOADS of blood everywhere? Maybe that's not possible? But that would worry me.
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Post by idreamofcherrypies on Mar 27, 2010 13:27:53 GMT
Aww this thread's really sweet. Not in a patronising way, just that I never had conversations like this with friends or anything so now I feel like 'one of the girls' hah.
I've never tried mooncups/also don't know that much about them. I think my main issue is that it is like a cup (der) so I don't really like the thought of lying down or changing position or whatever and it sort of...spilling back up there again, at least tampons absorb so you know the blood's not sloshing around in there. Sorry if that was a bit too much.
I'm quite tempted though, I'm due to start on the day of the Robots In Disguise gig/my first foam party and I think any leakage at a foam party would be incredibly minging/disastrous.
Edit: Oh it's the first question on their FAQs. Pretty vague answer though.
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Post by wakefromthysleep on Mar 27, 2010 14:15:45 GMT
mooncups.. I've never heard of them before!! Thanks for education ;D. They are one of the most weird things I've ever heard of. I find the idea of using them scary and a bit disgusting. I don't want to have a cup inside of me.. I'm associating: mooncup - cup of tea. Also the shape reminds me of a shot glass - I hope I'll never have to drink a red schnaps. I would feel like a vampire. But there's also something good about them: they can be reused and seem to be practical for travellers(less luggage). And the best thing is that they are availyable in different colours:
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Post by idreamofcherrypies on Mar 27, 2010 14:22:15 GMT
And the best thing is that they are availyable in different colours: Are you sure that's still the mooncup brand? The FAQ page says that they don't come in different colours because of the dye chemical and they don't want to use unnecessary ingredients?
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Post by wakefromthysleep on Mar 27, 2010 14:33:46 GMT
oh.. no idea what brand it is. I thought mooncup was a general name for it. * Found it here*the result of generalising a brand name for a certan term is called deonym.
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Post by lastgoodbye on Mar 27, 2010 15:32:41 GMT
I just think, like, what if you were drunk and you changed it and it went everywhere? Like cherrypies said, it's the sloshing vs. absorbtion element.
I might have to get one at some point though, just to try it out. Although I can't quite picture myself standing in my FUCKING fdfghjkKITCHEn and boiling it between useages 'in a pan put aside for this purpose'. "Can I make porrige in this?" "NO that's for my mooncup!". Eh.
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Post by idreamofcherrypies on Mar 27, 2010 15:35:13 GMT
^ Hahaha! Proper laughed out loud at the thought of the saucepan thing. Hmm, I just ordered one now actually, I'm so suggestible it's unreal So we'll see how that goes and I'll report back.
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Post by wakefromthysleep on Mar 27, 2010 15:53:11 GMT
I'm pro absorbtion ...though I'm nosy how it would be with a mooncup. To try or not to try?
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Post by lastgoodbye on Mar 27, 2010 15:53:13 GMT
^ Haha! Are they expensive though?
Cherrypies: I look forward to hearing how it goes.
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