Would you stop menstruating if you could??

[tina-marie.livejournal.com]

http://www.mum.org/stopmen.htm

Would you stop menstruating if you could??

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[kibbles.livejournal.com]

Yep! Hate it. Would be hard to tell if I was pregnant though, I suppose, but it is painful, annoying, an inconvenience.

[missjessyjessy.livejournal.com]

No I wouldn't. Sometimes when I skip periods and it goes away for a while...I miss it *sob*. She's my friend dammit!!

[moonrose.livejournal.com]

nah, because it doesn't seem like a dirty mess to me, just something natural. losing my period though, that would seem ... freaky. I would rather have my uterus lining clear itself out now and then, thanks ....

[gigglinggorgon.livejournal.com]

skip them? No... I don't think my body would feel right without the cleansing... I am prone to yeast infections, and my period keeps everything balanced and better down yonder ;) Plus, I would always be paranoid that I was pregnant!!! heh heh heh

[the-marionette.livejournal.com]

I wish menstruation had a switch or something. I don't want kids right now, so, why menstruate? I wish I could turn it on when I wanted it and turn it off when I didn't need it.

[jenx.livejournal.com]

YES YES YES YES.

[raticus.livejournal.com]

NO WAY!! I love my period, its all natural and if I didnt get it my body would feel wrong and just un-natural, I don't see menstuation as a curse, its a part of womanhood, and when my daugher(s) are grown and have their first bleed, I will celebrate it with them. Society makes us think that our period is a dirty unclean thing that should be kept secret. Which it shouldn't be, I think it should be rejoiced and celebreated, its a coming of age for women. And it certainly shouldn't be something we should be emmbaressed about as women. I embrace myself during my period, I treat myself and have my own little self celebration. I think if I treat my body right and accept what happens in itnaturally, then it will love me back and hopefully not give me any nasty things like yeasties hehe

[dyfferent.livejournal.com]

Yes. I'd save money on pads (and keep the environment cleaner), plus I never want to use my reproductive system, so the whole thing seems a waste of time.

[tina-marie.livejournal.com]

Have you ever thought about cloth pads??

[dyfferent.livejournal.com]

Definitely not for me. I am always behind on laundry because we have one very small-capacity machine and no dryer. There are always wet things hanging off my radiators, and because it's so cold & damp here, sometimes things take several days to get dry. I just couldn't face it.

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[tina-marie.livejournal.com]

Understandable.

[divinemissa.livejournal.com]

If losing my periods wouldn't fuck my body over in other ways, then probably yeah. I don't think of my period as "unclean", I don't suffer terribly from PMS or cramps... but on the other hand, I don't think of it as a deeply symbolic religious experience or anything, either. The thrill was gone by the third mense. Nowadays it's just a hassle which means extra laundry.

[kanga2roos.livejournal.com]

Speaking as someone who isn't currently getting her period involuntarily, I'd say NO. My periods were never heavy, so that's not an issue. I dislike the fact that having children in the future may be more difficult for me because of this.. I have two, but would like to have one or two more at some point.

-kanga

[bandraoi.livejournal.com]

If you'd have asked me that question when I was around 14 or 15, I would have said yes...I used to be a very heavy bleeder (menarche for me lasted 16 days, and my periods averaged about 9 days after that), but nowadays, I would say no. Maybe I'd feel differently if my periods were worse than they are, because now they only last five or seven days and I barely have cramps or heavy bleeding anymore. Even when they were bad, I still found a certain comfort in my cycle...for a while a couple years ago, I was bleeding about once almost every two months, and I went on the Pill for a year to reestablish a regular cycle. It was nice having it like clockwork, light, and totally predictable with no pain, but I became terribly depressed and weepy that year, and it was very hard to cope with trying to plan my wedding...I just didn't have the edge I needed to stand up for myself. And I did not like the constant water retention of a state of false pregnancy that the Pill invokes. That said, I definitely prefer having my cycle and being in touch with this primal part of myself...and also, like other women have mentioned, I do like that 'purged' feeling that goes along with it, if that makes any sense.

[evlglitterfairy.livejournal.com]

depends on which day it is the first YES!! i hate cramps... but i kinda like it, it makes me feel like my body is getting rid of yicky stuff... if it could only be clear though....

[jaipur.livejournal.com]

You bet. In a heartbeat, if there weren't any side-effects. Mine have never been bad, just annoying irregular; but why have them at all if I don't need to? I don't get much out of the "femininity" or "being in touch with the moon" or "woman time" arguments. It's just blood, and it's just annoying (and stinky).

[amylynn.livejournal.com]

it's not the menstruation that bothers me, it's the horrible terrible no-good very bad pain that goes with it...

[eyelid.livejournal.com]

No... my period fascinates me...

I would feel adolescent without it.

[juno-februa.livejournal.com]

If I had a normal period I wouldn't mind one scrat, however with possibly the heaviest period in the world no I wouldn't miss it AT ALL!