Comments on: Just another period post

By: Katherine

Katherine — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:00:13 +0000

I have been extremely surprised to discover, post the birth of my little girl, that I now know when I am ovulating. To the second, it seems. I have a day feeling a sort of period-y discomfort – back ache, bit of bloating – then at some point I’ll feel a few minutes of fairly sharp abdominal pain – then back to normal as if nothing just happened. Is interesting.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:35:38 +0000

right now my body is screaming at me “get this invader out of me!”
when i got my fertility back with Addy at 9 mo, i almost bleed to death, lots of hemmoraging, had a d&c, no discernable cause according to all the medical “professionals”. cycles were off for a very long time. then regulated with the help of Vitex, got pregnant with Niamh, and afterwards was ammenorheic for a long time. this time as i got my fertility back, i again, started to hemmorage and bleed out. thankfully the CNM in the practice my MD is in is a fabulous cnm who admitted she had a suspicion but didnt know exactly what it was, refered me to a specialist, had an u/s and it was confirmed, adenomyosis.
pretty much, it is endometriosis, only instead of the endometrial lining being outside of my uterus, it is in the muscles of my uterus. so for months i bled heavily, waking in pools of blood every morning, clots the size of golfballs at the smallest, feeling incredibly ill, with intense birth like cramping all the time.
the only two “fixes” are Mirena, or a hysterectomy.
so, we went for the mirena. and now my body is trying to birth it. sideways.
it hurts. i am constantly bleeding, only thank the stars not as badly as i was before the Mirena. i am cramping like i am birthing, all the time.
so now. i have to endure this. and it hurts, and i am hyper aware of my uterus, my cervix, my vagina, all of my PC muscles, everything. i am hyper aware of my ovaries feeling like they will burst with hormones to counteract the hormones in the Mirena… and it is driving me MAD.
hopefully soon i will get insurance, and get this taken out, and get the hyst i need but dont want.

By: Joni Rae

Joni Rae — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:16:59 +0000

Love this post. I have spent most the past five years in an “am I? Aren’t I?” loop. I usually am. LOL.

By: Krissy

Krissy — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:03:32 +0000

Mostly I’ve been focusing on my stomach–that’s what I do when I’m pregnant. Have I eaten enough? Have I eaten too much? Am I sick? Am I well enough to function? It’s a journey.

I read this and thought of you: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/magazine/10psyche-t.html?pagewanted=1&ref=magazine

What do you think of this? I would be fascinated to see how you view kyriarchy in relationship to this sort of Westernization. It’s interesting how we are fucking up the planet as fast as possible. :(

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:11:13 +0000

I have been spending the last week trying to be more consciously aware of my body, and particularly my posture. It’s amazing how unaware you can be, and for how long. I have spent so much time stooping and slumping that it feels odd to stand upright. There’s just so much in our days when we have small children that it’s easy to forget about our selves. We deserve better, though, I say.

By: shiny

shiny — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:36:25 +0000

I love this post. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about listening to my body, specifically my moods. I have a lot of trouble with my moods – they swing viciously and when they do I can’t cope and get insomnia and migraines and what not. There are a whole bunch of other things that I should listen to to know when I need to take action before it gets to that stage – more sleep, more exercise, more down time usually helps. But I find my head so busy I can’t often hear it. I’m reminding myself my body isn’t just a baggage attached to my brain, it has its own requests and demands.

(You inspired me to write my own period post, today. Mine isn’t nearly as intuitive as yours, naturally.)

By: massagedoula1

massagedoula1 — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:46:26 +0000

I hàd the same symptoms in the summer of 1997. My oldest had been weaned for almost a year, but the breast tenderness was awful. I squeezed…out came the smallest bit of white liquid! I scooped him up & went to buy a pregnancy test. Within SECONDS, there was the line of positivity! What a surprise! We weren’t fully decided about having more children, but my wonderful “happy-accident” really made our family complete! Pay attention to those breasts, ladies! They just might be the first indicator that your family is going to grow!

By: Zoey @ Good Goog

Zoey @ Good Goog — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:22:53 +0000

I only wish I had this level of body awareness! This is the second month that we have been trying to get pregnant. The first month resulted in an early miscarriage, and this month I got my period but it was late. The cruelty! I haven’t been late once since I started menstruating again after breastfeeding. Ordinarily, you could set your watch to it. So I spend a good period of time in the days leading up to when it would be due thinking – is it? could it be? The only conclusions I’ve been able to draw is that:

1) I am a deeply neurotic person
2) There are no discernable differences between PMS and pregnancy symptoms
3) ‘when you want to get pregnant, there’s nothing more awful than waiting for something not to happen