advice?

[xrobotgrrlx.livejournal.com]

I'm 18. I've had my periods since I was 13. I use tampons always.

My problem is that i'll bleed for 3-4 days it will trail off; and then i'm dry for 2-4 days [thinking i've totally finished] then it comes back strong and i bleed again for another day or two. It's really irritating me; most of the time my cycle is regular but i do suffer strong cramps as i start.

Comments

[ladieophilia.livejournal.com]

I can suggest to talk to your doctor or herbalist about using Vitex or dong quai because they might be able to glue your period together and easy with the cramping. My other sugestion is looking into a cup if you use tampons exclusively because they will not dry you out and you can wear one during those days when you think that you have finished, but you think that it may come back and you don't want to be surprised later. Unlike tampons, you can wear you cup all the time since it doesn't absorb but hold. Very vagina happy.

[babybloodheart.livejournal.com]

I like it when I am not the only one who pimps cups :o)

[ladieophilia.livejournal.com]

I don't know how I lived with tampons! I just recently got mine and it is so comfortable and so useful that I often forget that I have it. And not paying for tampons again, one word: whoot!

[xrobotgrrlx.livejournal.com]

I think i'll hit the healthfood store for the vitex, hopefully it'll regulate the flow.

Ahhh if only i could afford the 30quid a pop for those cuppy things!!!
cheers :)

[ladieophilia.livejournal.com]

The MoonCup would be the best bet for you, and it is not 30 quid, but 18. If you think about the amount of money that you send in three months on tampons, and the cup, if used and kept correctly lasts ten years, suffling money for the short buy seems worth it.
http://www.mooncup.co.uk/menstrual_cup_price.htm

[viva-la-blondee.livejournal.com]

if its something thats been happening since you were 13 I dont think I would be too concerned if you havnt run into a serious problem yet. Have you talked to your family doctor/gyno?

And also, what is a regular cycle anyway? Everyones is different.

[xrobotgrrlx.livejournal.com]

my cycle is regular, i can roughly predict when it will come. It's just that I've been bleeding like this on off for about 2years now, and I'm getting slightly irritated that it stops and sometimes occasionally comes back up to a week later max, which i find odd.

I've thought about checking it out with the doctor but the uk health service is very unreliable.

[viva-la-blondee.livejournal.com]

yea, so I hear. Ummm, I think as long as your not feeling off physcially and nothing has happend so far thats bad youll be alright.

just keep an eye on it.

[sulingsi.livejournal.com]

it's nothing abnormal or bad, but if it is annoying for you, i'd say either hit the hormonal birth control, which ought to fix it right up, or if you don't like that idea then you can always just continue to wear pantiliners.

i obsess about ruining underwear so i wear pantiliners every day regardless.
:-)

[weirdo110.livejournal.com]

The exactly same thing happens to me, 2 days and then stops completely for 1 day and then comes back for one day. I wouldn't stress too much.

[skeptictank.livejournal.com]

I get the same way with the stopping and the starting... I just started buying Natracare Pantyliners and wearing those on my supposed "first days without period" knowing it'll come back and surprise me almost every time.