two letters

[miyyu.livejournal.com]

Dear Period,

Thanks for showing up on time, I appreciate that. Now I can bleed peacefully and feel cleansed.

Love,
Me

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Dear Uterus,

Stop cramping, it's not that bad! Calm down, have some tea.

Regards,
Your Owner

question out of laziness

[whimsydandelion.livejournal.com]

although i've been doing this for the past..um..6 years now, i forgot how long it's okay to leave a tampon in for. 6 hours or 8? i no longer have the box, these tampons are really old actually. i need to go pad shopping today. i got some cloth ones a while ago but i lost them, dammit.
now i'm just rambling. sorry.
i hope . ends before i go camping in like 4 days. ay yi yi.

Please Help!

[cmhkorn.livejournal.com]

I started my period on Monday. Something happened to me and I started stressing out about a lot of things. I mean, hardcore stress. Like... I’m having trouble eating and sleeping. This morning I noticed that my flow is close to none. Is this just stress? I’m scared. Will my period go back to normal if I relax?

I have a history of being irregular… skipping two months and stuff at a time. But this year I was (finally) regular, having a 6-day period every month… until now.

What should I do? I don’t want to break my record.

BCPs

[psychoneurotic.livejournal.com]

Hi... new to posting, but have been viewing for a long time.

Orthotricyclene and Ortho-lite (did I spell that right? haha)

Which are the sugar pills (in other words, which are the ones that are OK to miss)?

I only ask because recently, I dropped one of my pills and couldn't find it. So, I had to open another pack and get a pill from there.

So, now I've got a wasted pack, which I'll have to use as a "just in case I lose a pill" pack. Unless the one I lost was a sugar pill that is OK if I don't take... then I didn't waste a month of BCPs.

Light blue, blue, light green or dark green? Which are OK to forget to take. ;) OK, I may have the colors wrong here... I don't have a pack on me.. light blue may be white? I dont' pay attention.. just pop out and pop in my mouth. ;)

Additional Info: I am taking the Ortho that comes from Planned Parenthood. I have been using them as my gyno due to having no insurance. Anyways, thru them, there is a circle of dark green pills in the center. One of those are what I lost.

Now that I have a job with insurance, I will probably get the "real" Ortho, where they are all in one circle. I had that before with my old job where I had insurance.

I am taking BCPs for all sorts of reason; hormonal control (Yeay PMS), acne, birth control, and probably anything else it helps with. Generally, I do not rely on BCPs solely for protection against pregnancy. I'm such a paranoid person, but on ocassion, that is all that we use.

Again, I opened an extra pack of BCPs that I had and took the pill that I had lost (one of the dark greens in the center) as to not screw anything up. I don't mind keeping a "just in case I lose a pill" package of BCPs, but if the pill I lost was just a sugar pill and does not matter if I take it or not, I would still be able to use this pack regularly, right?

Thanks for all your help (and the other community!).

(no subject)

[michelleh324.livejournal.com]

I'm finally seeing red again, 2.5 weeks late. But better late than never, I guess.

(no subject)

[missruin.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm new to the group, and I have a quick question. I got my period in the middle of the night (ugh) and stained my comforter. I washed it, but the stains wouln't come out. Any advice on anything I could try? Specific cleaners, those handy household remedies? Anything would be greatly appreciated. :)

Inducing your period.

[nessavamp.livejournal.com]

What can I do to induce my period, or relax enough for it to come. I took another pregnancy test today and it came out negative. I starting getting my sore breasts on Friday, and I usually get my period a week to the day the pain starts, so I may get my period on Friday. I was due the 21st. I'm never on time (usually a few days "late", but I've never been more than a week late, let alone nine days)! My theory is that I'm so exicted about starting on OTC-lo that my body knows this and doesn't want to be controlled, so it's hiding, my period. I'm aldo getting a minor cramp here and there (another sign my period is comming, my usual PMS), plus I did get the horrible unbearable headache last week on Thurs that I always get when I start my PMS week. I've taken 2 pregnancy tests and both came out negative (took one on the 25th and today the 30th). I'm sure I'm just nervous. Plus it was a little pre-cum if anything! I know it's still risky. I just want her to come...even if i have to deal with the horrible cramps again...

Sharp Cramps

[schnoogle.livejournal.com]

For the past couple of cycles my period has changed quite a bit. Mainly it's gotten lighter, but I've also started getting odd cramps. These aren't normal "Ow! My uterus!" type cramps which are just normal, dull-ache-like cramps where the uterus must be, but awful sharp pains lower down which can get really bad. I have no idea why they happen. They seem very un-natural to me and the only reason I think they have to do with my period is that I get them in the middle/late stages of my period after the normal cramps die down, if they didn't happen then then I'd think they were something else because they don't seem to logically be connected to my cycle (unless you count the general area as a link). Has anyone else got this? Anyone know anything about them?

I've had no major life-style changes, other features of my cycle are the same (length, moods etc)... I can't think why this has suddenly started. I've attributed the lightness I've been getting and a slight change in which days are heavy or light to my being a bit more aware and accepting of my period.