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[namaste21.livejournal.com]

a question for the hut...

I'm about to have a baby any day now (the due date is this Thursday, the 6th, but who knows?), so my perspective on this may be a little biased, but...

how many of you would/have given up your period by using birth control? why did you choose to do so? do you view your period as a nuisance, as just something natural, or are you "in touch with your menses" (as some would say)...

personally, I'm grateful to have my period -- because I know that now, and in years done the road, it is a part of that which supports my children and creates life...

I realize that not everyone looks at it that way, particularly women who choose to live child-free ... and I'd just like to hear a community perspective on how each of us view our periods - something great? something you hate? etc...

thanks...

Comments

My opinon!

[scarlett75.livejournal.com]

I will preface this by saying that this is only my opinion (both professional and personal).

I think that having a period is a wonderful thing. No, I don't mean that all the aches and pains are "Fun". My take on it is... it's natural. And, that it's a reminder of a woman's potential to be a child bearer. I have two children, and would love to have more, so my period means different things to me.... it can be a blessing, a pain-in-the-ass, a depressing thing, a reminder...whatever...

I also am of the school that, in all but the most extreme circumstances, preventing a period (on a regular basis) is NOT ADVISEABLE!! There are undisputable physicological reasons why we bleed every month... and the hormones involved are still not completely understood. It ahs been proven that constantly suppressing the menstrual cycle can lead to a higher incidence of osteoperosis (bone loss) and future infertility. This does not include normal BCP's which still allow for the discharge of the endometrial lining as part of the cycle!! I am speaking of the drugs which can cause menstrual cessation.

[brandyshea.livejournal.com]

In my opinion my period is a nuisance, I hate the cramps, mood swings, and everything that comes with having it. I do want to have children someday, but I'm not opposed to occassionally not having a period. I just started on the pill and I can see myself once in awhile not taking the placebo pills and going straight to the next pack to put off my period for another month.

I don't think I would do that all the time though as there haven't been a lot of studies on what that would do to your body. I did see a documentary one time that said we may actually be harming ourselves by having too many periods. A long time ago women didn't live as long and they had many more children so they didn't have as many periods as the average woman today who has one, two or maybe no children. But like I said before there hasn't been much study on this so it's all opinion.

I personally don't think it's harmful to do avoid your period every once in awhile but I wouldn't do it all the time.

[the-marionette.livejournal.com]

My basic opinion right now is a nuisance. I'm not even sure if I eventually want children or not. I'd love to be able to have it happen when I needed it and not happen when I didn't.

[hava.livejournal.com]

for me, it's a love/hate relationship. the migraines, cramps, unstoppable bleeding, out-of-control bleeding, and hormone allergies are things i truly wish i never had to deal with. however, the very thought of allowing the inner lining of my uterus to go unused yet remain within me to decompose at will... is a concept that motivates me to put up with the period. i love the fact that at least one part of my body gets to completely start over clean every cycle.

[urania.livejournal.com]

i don't like it; i do not plan to have biological children (both becuase frankly, i don't think i'd enjoy pregnancy and becuase there are some genes that run really strongly in my family that i *don't* want to pass on) and i'd just as soon not have to deal with it. there are plenty of things that are "natural" that we find ways to avoid, by medication or surgery or technology. if there was a provably safe way of totally avoiding my period, with side effects i didn't mind, i would probably opt for it.

[ex-polyanna39.livejournal.com]

I've ranted about this at an earlier time. I started cycling at 12 and my family usually runs into it's early fifties before FINALLY hitting menopause. I have five living children (ages 19 - 9 months), endured one miscarriage about 20 years ago and gone through one abortion a couple of years ago.
In other words, I'm over forty and still have ten years or so of fertility stretching in front of me like an endless ocean. One of my kids came through even though I was taking birth control at the time so every now and again I face that bugaboo when I don't start menstrating the day when I'm supposed to. I don't believe fertility is a curse, nor is menstration, but I REALLY wish it was within our power to control them naturally so that they could happen when and if we choose because they're a royal pain. Until then I'm stuck using the pill and increasing feminine hygiene stock as are millions of other females on this planet.
FWIW. Each of the five labors was different even if three of my five had to be evicted for overstaying their lease agreement ::grin:: May the Goddess cradle you to her bosum and make it as easy for you and your child/ren to enjoy this time as possible.

[absolution.livejournal.com]

looking at that link below, about getting rid of your period completely...i'd never willingly do that, only for the sake of that (i was on the shot but it was for birth control, and honestly, i missed having my blood. i know it's a pain but i feel more me when i'm on my own cycle, bleeding and not bleeding). i don't know if i'd claim i'm extremely in touch with my body (being pregnant, that must be amazing and horrible and wonderful and. mm.), but i miss it and am upset when what comes naturally is, well, suppressed. it never feels right.