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[screamingnympho.livejournal.com]

Still waiting for my period. I started drinking the tea last night, to get it started. I really hope that it works...

I took a pregnancy test last night (Clear Plan Easy) and at my ex-boyfriends request, got an EPT on my way home last night. I took that one this morning.

Both are negative. Thank God.

Now I'm just worried about WHY my period is late... I know it is probably from stress, but still... it worries me when I'm late.

If I haven't started by Friday, I'm taking another test, and if that says negative, I'm going to the urgent clinic this weekend for a test. My ex has already said that he would go with me.

We have already started discussing our options. I'm against abortion, and he is for it, to a certain point. The way he sees it, if it has a heartbeat, it's alive, and abortion is not an option, but if it is still just cells that are constantly dividing, then it isn't yet alive, and is fair game.

We have also discussed adoption, and raising the child ourselves.

We know that the results from the tests are negative, but until I bleed, we are still talking over all the possibilities.

I keep thinking of the lyrics to Silent All These Years by Tori Amos... Especially because the reason we split, was because he was cheating on me... *sigh* Wish me luck?

So you found a girl who thinks really deep thoughts
What's so amazing about really deep thoughts
Boy you best pray that I bleed real soon
How's that thought for you

*enters the hut*

[mary-contrary.livejournal.com]

Bleh period time bleh blah. I should really start keeping track of it more formally - a few years ago before my cycle got all bass ackwards, I was like the freaking U.S. Atomic Clock. I could predict down to the hour when the Crimson Tide would rear its head. I was straight out of a textbook - 28 days on the nose. Never more, never less. Then I went to college and that was no more. It could be anywhere from 25 days to 50 - who knew? Sometimes it'd just skip a month entirely. Lazy little bitch. Now, it seems like it's finally getting back to "normal" - from my completely informal and uncertain observations (MUST MARK CALENDAR. MUST MARK CALENDAR. Ehh, I'll do it later.), I'm regular or some semblance of it again. I'm getting back to my love-hate relationship with the flow, rather than a hate-whatthefuckareyoudoing relationship.

My period makes me want to take long baths, paint my toenails, read feminist literature. It makes me want to talk to other women, eat soup, and watch the moon. It forces me to be more in tune with my body. I know that sounds like a bunch of new-age bullshit, but it's hard to explain. Aside from the fact that it serves as a built-in, flashing neon "YOU'RE NOT PREGNANT!" sign during the months when I need it, I admit that I like her. I mean, you live with something or someone for 10 years and know you have another 30-40 to go, you find something positive in it. I'm fortunate in that I don't suffer from especially debilitating cramps, so that's easier for me than it is for some others, I'm sure.

She can be a raging pain in the ass, but I love her. Sort of like me. :)

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[whatevah.livejournal.com]

I'm in the hut today. I was secretly hoping that I was pregnant, but we've only just started trying, so it was a longshot.

I will not miss these cramps when I am pregnant. I'll be leaving work shortly to go get some ginger root. I'm not going to let these cramps ruin my day.

Help! Make it stop!

[girl-on-a-stick.livejournal.com]

I'm on the pill and while I was traveling in South America I got a bit sick and had to take some Cipro (strong anti-biotics).
Since antibiotics mess with the pill I began my period.
Now, two weeks later, I'm still bleeding.
Urgh!
Anyone know how to make it stop?

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[melonaise.livejournal.com]

I've been taking my multivitamin religiously the past week, and I feel a lot less drained than I normally do at the tail end of my cycle. Still tired, but I don't feel like my life force has been squeezed out.

My vitamin doesn't have as much iron as a *should* get, but it has a hell of a lot more than I would get otherwise.

*strolls out of the hut*

[evalee79.livejournal.com]

i'm not bleeding any more. what happened? it was like the beginning of a period yesterday, and now it's nothing. it still FEELS like a period, with all the "churning" that's going on inside. i don't know what to think!

possibly stupid question...but its worth a try

[kelism.livejournal.com]

out of curiousity...

I've been starting to deal with migraines, and today I just noticed that they seem to come more frequently when

a. i'm on my period
b. i'm house sitting for my grandparents

i tried ruling out the usual food things (i dont eat most usual "trigger" foods except chocolate anyway...) and that didn't help. i cant connect it to lack of sleep, any particual kind of food...however I did notice that the last time i had a week long headache (it literally lasted 6 days) i was house sitting for my grandparents. again this weekend I was house sitting and had headaches yesterday and today. today i realized that i was also on my period both times.

anybody else have this problem? the menstruation link is at least worth a try

thanks girls...

[eskimopamf.livejournal.com]

for those who responded to my "how many women actually have 28 days cycles" question. boy am i jealous of every woman out there who has a consistent period. i wish mine was like that! i'm stressed out enough as it is, i don't need to make it worse with the thought of having a bun in the oven. i don't mind not having a 28 day cycle (more time in between is nice), it's just the uncertainty and waiting that drives me nuts.

BLAH!!! Today is such a crrrrappy day

[rainfire.livejournal.com]

Well, this whole time I haven't posted, I've been sitting quietly in a corner of the hut.

Almost two months STRAIGHT with a break for about a week, when I was on a double dose of Provera. *taps foot* I mean it's great that my body's working, but after so long, IT GETS ANNOYING.
Weird thing is, it's lightening up tonight. Maybe I've just bled myself dry? LOL what am I thinking?
Tonight is the last night of the dark blue pill before the green... so I have another week to bleed...

I can't wait to start my second pack and see if that'll kick it back to normal. If it doesn't go away halfway through that pack, I'm making an appointment with the OB/GYN my doctor reccommended me.

Oh yeah! The pap smear results came back all okay and everything. No infections, no diseases. But I have an abnormal amount of "______" cells, I've forgotten what she called them... but she said she did two other pap smears that week and they both came up the same as mine, so I'm guessing it's not a very big deal unless they can't figure out why. After the gyno visit, if they can't figure out what's wrong, they'll go to an ultrasound, and then as the last resort, biopsy?
What's biopsy? I hear it's painful, but I'm willing to go through pain just in case, for my health. I'm not afraid or anything cause that's the LAST resort. And either way, I'd heal. Right?