Periods, will they ever be a thing of the past for women??

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Well just that really. I'm in my 40s now and been having periods for over 30 years. I've always hated having them, always found them a total hassle and inconvenience. My grandmother used to call periods the curse! I've always had anxiety about leaking or smelling at that time of the month, they can ruin holidays (not being able to swim in the pool etc) I know there are tampons but I've not been able to use them since the birth of my dd. Periods also sometimes rule what clothing we wear such as cannot wear white pants incase of leaks and we dar'nt put new knickers on anywhere near being due on as its guaranteed it'll happen whilst wearing new undies! Also some woman suffer terrible cramps.
I was just thinking I cannot understand why women in 2022 are still menstruating at all. with all that medical science can do these days it hasn't become a thing of the past. I know there are certain contraceptives which stop periods but they also temporarily take away fertility whilst on them too. Do u you ever think periods will become a thing of the past? Also it'd be much better for the environment without millions of sanitary products being discarded each day.

Periods can be a pain but you’re lucky you have them, I have PCOS and infertility for years marked by irregular/absent periods, I would love the inconvenience of having them every month if it meant that every month I had a chance to get pregnant

Err, no. Humanity would eventually die out. Seems we're heading that way anyway through climate change, mass murder of bees and other pollinators through the now-legal use of neonicitinoid pesticide spray, war, famine and every other disaster we (humanity) put mostly upon ourselves.

Buuuuut no. No periods = halt to procreation.

I can't understand why more women don't take the combined pill back to back to stop periods. Years ago as soon as women had finished having children many of them had a hysterectomy. I started my periods age 9 & had a hysterectomy age 45, that still meant I had periods for 36 years except for being pregnant, taking the pill back to back or when I was on norethisterone while waiting for my hysterectomy. Girls are starting periods younger as nutrition is better & are spending more of their lives having them & having less children so have more periods.

Unless you're expecting the human race to suddenly be able to reproduce via parthenogenesis then, no op!!!

They are a thing of the past for me as I've got an implant and not had a period or awful associated symptoms for 5years, I'll keep having the implant replaced until I hit menopause.
I definitely didnt want more kids when I had the first one fitted so no worries about delayed periods or fertility, it was a no brainer for me and I hope I'll never have a period again in my life.

I have PCOS like pp and take the pill to induce a bleed because not having a period for too long is bad for you - it can increase the risk of certain cancers.

Well, at 49, my periods were so heavy that gp at women's health clinic put me on a progesterone only pill back to back so periods stopped. I wish I'd done this at 39!

I didn't think a 'bleed' from a break between pills was a real period, as in no ovulation or thickening of womb lining because of the egg?
So how does a 'bleed' rather than a natural period stop cancers?
Ive not bled for 5years. I was told implant could increase risk of some cancers but I can't remember which cancers they were.
My main concern is osteoporosis, especially as a recoving anorexic, I weighed up the pros and cons and not having hormonal migraines and unpredictable flooding is worth the risk for me.

Well if trans women take over the world...

"Well if trans women take over the world..."
Men already rule the world.
I'm sure if men were suffering debilitating pain for 4days/a week per month and bleeding until they pass out and all the other associated suffering of periods there would have been a better solution than 'take this pill, the side effects are awful but it's the best we can do, most of it's in your head anyway"
Trans women and period talk always makes me thing of Ben and Jerry's and pickled beetroot for some reason. Not a natural combination.

You cannot be serious?
Do you think rabbits/lions/horses sit around all day wondering why the fuck they get camps and a cob on every month?
Think yourself lucky we now have analgesia, medicines that will alleviate cramps, and products to deal with blood rather than having to use and wash rags
Doctors! Stop your reasearch into pcos, inferti,ity, cancer and other such diseases and help this bloody woman on her quest to turn back millions of years of evolution

I don’t think taking hormones from 12 is that good for women so no they won’t be a thing of the past. I see lots of parents making sure their teen daughter is on the pill but I won’t be with mine. She can go on it when she’s a bit older to limit the number of years total she’s on it.

I’ve come to welcome my period. It’s worse/heavier if I’ve not been eating well or exercising, like my body is releasing crap not meant for it. And it’s a lovely chance to take life easy for a few days, to retreat into myself and feel renewed afterwards. I didn’t always feel like that.

I think it’s the pace of modern life that’s the problem, not women’s bodies. We should be lobbying for time off work around our period, for the household to support a retreat for a day or two, or to be given the flexibility to work in harmony with our natural rhythms - not to stop women’s bodies from working.

Some contraceptive pills can stop periods so I guess people could take ride if they wanted?
And there are many options for reusable period products now which are better for the environment.
You can get period swimming pants now too, if you can't use tampons.

I'm pretty sure that the health issues with not bleeding on the pill are a myth. I don't like the pill and don't take it any more though.

I hate having periods and they do feel very medieval. I'm really not sure that hysterectomy was that common back in the day though. It was a huge deal as surgery then. I should imagine menopause might have happened earlier than it used to.

Are you taking the piss?

I'm 40 and haven't had a period for about 15 years because I run my pills together. I forget periods even exist.

There was a way of sucking out the entire period in one go, pioneered in the 1960s (by women), but it was made illegal because it could be used for abortions.

Because we are human beings - even if that is inconvenient for the modern world!

I was thinking quite the opposite actually - that not enough is done to make this a woman-friendly world!

Of course they won't be a thing of the past - how do you think the human race is going to reproduce? We have easier and better ways of dealing with periods now, just be grateful for that.

When the NHS was brought in, hospitals were completely overwhelmed by women living with prolapsed uteruses, tears, cancers...

Why shouldn't painful menstrual conditions be researched? Do things like endometriosis or PNP not exist in your world? And even if it periods were just 'camps and a cob on' [sic] why do you dismiss female pain?

Internalized misogyny.

We need periods if we want to procreate. 🤷🏻‍♀️

But if we don't want to procreate we can take the progesterone only pill or combined pill back to back.

If you don't want to take hormones you have to suck it up. They are inconvenient but we are animals, at the end of the day, and the purpose of the animal kingdom is to reproduce.

Internalized(are you american) misogony? Hahaha a phrase you learnt recently?

I’m nearly 50 ,not had periods in 30 years,
had bleeding after childbirth ,but that’s all
always made sure I was on contraception to stop them
so coil with hormones in
progesterone only pill
contraception injections
all stopped my periods
different ones at different times of my life

Thanks to the contraceptive injection I have happily dodged periods and pregnancy since my teens. I saw no need to put myself through either!