That TIME

[little-one-meg.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine, a man, aid that I should try to rejoice in my monthly cycle. He believes that time that a woman bleeds is a time of great inner power. It's a nice thought, but it's the time BEFORE the bleeding that kills me. The cramps and bloating.....OUCH.

It's hard to rejoice when you are busy calculating how much more ibuprofen you can take without killing your kidneys.

Comments

[sweetalyssm.livejournal.com]

Well, in a way it is a time of great power. I believe that a woman becomes more sensitive to her surroundings and her feelings during that time. Now as for rejoicing? Well, we can try, but that's not always the easiest thing to do, when like you said "It's hard to rejoice when you are busy calculating how much more ibuprofen you can take without killing your kidneys. "

Take care...

[hissyfit.livejournal.com]

*laugh*

i know exactly what you're saying!

[kimatha.livejournal.com]

When I got my last period, I rejoiced that I wasn't pregnant.

[little-one-meg.livejournal.com]

I remember those times. I would rejoice that I made it another month without being pregnant. Funny....we used natural family planning for a year, and didn't make any babies, it was the artificial stuff that didn't work for us.

My older one was concieved while I was on the pill. "Dr, are you SURE that this antibiotic won't affect my birth control pills?" "No, dear, it will be fine". Thank you very much, you jerk.

And did you know that the diapragm is only 84% effective? But if it fails, you get 100% of a kid. That would be our second little angel.

But, yes, I do remember the monthly celebrations of not being pregnant.

[kimatha.livejournal.com]

This latest period was particularly important because it was the first period after ending a relationship. Had we been together, an unplanned pregnancy would have been difficult but we would have dealt with it. Apart, well, there's no question that it would be a harrowing situation.