Do you not think that periods could have been better designed

YADNBU.

Everything about my periods is evil, the severe mood swings and subsequent damage to my relationships, the appalling pain, the 6lb of water retention so nothing does up around my waist for one week of the month and that's beforehand we even get to the blood, the clots, the constipation.

The whole thing is evil.

They’re ace. I had mooncups for 10years before getting a Nixit - struggled to get my mooncup to stay put after having my son. Nixit is completely different , sits differently - no suction but much bigger capacity and you “bear down” when you go to the loo and let it half empty, wipe up, tuck it back and you’re on your way. No need for a messy empty and change whilst you’re at work or out. Def worth the price.

I had this too for so many years - in my doctors defense they did do ultrasounds both internal and external and blood tests and suchlike but couldn't find any reason why I was having such heavy periods. Once I got a mooncup and was emptying it every 90 minutes for the first couple of days then every four hours for another 4 days they still couldn't find any reason but at least I knew it was a heavy period! Irregular ones too. Got a coil fitted 7 years ago and periods now incredibly light but am cursing as they should have bloody stopped by now - I'm 55!!

I think you've misunderstood the thread.

That’s really interesting.

Menstruation is result of evolution. Not design

I've spent years believing it, that I must be overestimating the amount of blood I lose, but yes it is mooncups that have opened my eyes to the sheer volume .

Tablespoon approx 17ml
Mooncup holds approx 29ml

I have to empty every 3/4 hours and it's full. It isn't other fluids either before some arse tries to tell me it is.

You'd think in this day and age of modern technology I could just Bluetooth it straight to the bin, or at the very least get text message to say "yo girl, you're not pregnant" 😂😂
I'm 45 BTW and peri is starting to become prevalent!

Day 8 wahhhh
Allthechaos I've actually spoken to my daughter about it today and we've had a laugh. Meno, peri, it should be called the shitbeforethepause

Right?!

With the use of mooncups, how have they not figured this out by some sort of clinical research as they’d have a gazillion data points in a month.

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Dr told me nothing to worry about, once I got pregnant it would all be better

DD was told at 16 that her period pain would improve when she'd had her first baby.

Two years ago. By a female GP. It has put her off trying to get help again.

Nothing has changed.

And whilst we are at it, all that nonsense I've been told for years by the medical profession that I only bleed tablespoon or two during the whole period.

What a fucking lie.

I have heavy periods (now in my 40s) but l voted YABU because the body evolved, it was not designed.

I have Adeno. I'm often admitted to hospital for pain management during my periods. Pure hell.

Absolutely agree with you. Who decides what we can get fobbed off with and what we can 'PUT ' up with for most of our life.

It’s so unacceptable what was acceptable, and perhaps still is. So basically saying you can manage for 10-20 years?!

Pre peri-meno, I had almost zero symptoms. V light, no pain, regular, tiny bit of bloat but nothing. My DSis, massacres every month since she was 12. Just awful that got worse. Fobbed off for years. Tolerated it for years. It’s impacted her life so much it’s unreal and she’s v assertive normally but not about her female health (she’s over 50 so lived in a ‘put up with it’ attitude).

Because I’ve not suffered but have seen it, I have a bit of a zero tolerance policy to being peri-meno. I’ll live with some mild symptoms but beyond that I expect simple medical interventions to be available that I know exists. I thank my DSis for that because she gave me perspective and a way to advocate for myself.

I remember going to Drs aged 14 with period issues because I had to stay on bus way past my stop as couldn’t get up with the pain and constant flooding.

Dr told me nothing to worry about, once I got pregnant it would all be better. Only years later and taking pictures of the clots and saying it was impacting my life was I taken seriously

saying that after a lot of trial and error I’ve finally found a mini pill that means I haven’t bled for years. Again I know it doesn’t work for everyone

Well, yes, I did consider it and had one fitted as am permanently anaemic and knackered. Instead of bleeding violently for one week a month I bled a little bit every day which ruined all of my underwear, some of my wardrobe and most of my sex life. Plus i had a 10kg weight gain in a matter of weeks. Then the damn thing bled itself out after after about a year and I had to go for a scan to try and find it. Never did locate it and I politely declined having another fitted. Doesn't work for everyone no matter how much you extol it's virtues!

OP you are not wrong, there must be a better way!

Whenever I see a documentary or news about some explorer (always a bloke) or war (blokes) I always think this just wouldn't happen if men had periods. The world would be so different.

Or if women didn't have them, think of the stuff we could've got on with over the years instead of being debilitated and stuck washing rags.

No, I bet literally no one has considered it at all... 🙄

Just a suggestion and I know not everyone would fancy it,but have you considered a Mirena IUS? I had one when I was 35 for the very same reasons that you are experiencing and it literally transformed my life. I did get quite light,pain free periods until I was about 40,then when I had the first Mirena removed and the second one fitted, within a few months I had no periods at all! It was brilliant. I'm now 60,and haven't had a period since I was 40.

Sounds like you have a problem with your own periods being heavy, I don't have issues with mine really. Can you go on the coil, pill etc?

YANBU. I'm 41 and so bored of periods (but equally don't want menopause). It's all a bit crap tbh. All that pain, worry, planning etc. 🙄

Oh @Ineedwinenow what a shame! It's horrendous isn't it? Xx