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.

I have tried this, but no amount of hormonal BC stops my periods. The only get little bit lighter, but I also end up with side effects that are even worse and last all month.

Drs also won't remove them either. How can women have the option of trying out a coil when it's done with no pain release beyond paracetamol , can on.occasion need surgical removal and you have cabt get anyone to take it out

Yep you can take the pill if you don't want them but do we really want to interfere with our hormones and reproductive systems so much?

Oh yeah, let's beat women up about something else shall we. Let's make them extra responsible for green issues and saving the planet. Maybe we should advocate for them to sit in a hole in a shed in the garden every month to save on sanitary protection......but then, men would have no one to do their laundry and all the underpaid and undervalued caring jobs wouldn't get done either, so.......

Its weird - the OP sounds like it's not even really written by a human, let alone a woman!
I really can't relate to anything written in it. My period has never ruined a holiday

Then I would say you're incredibly fortunate.

I've had several holidays ruined by heavy bleeding, nausea, vomiting and cramps - all period related.

And what exactly do you suggest we do with the lining of our wombs and how does this benefit out health over the natural process?

This ideation of convenience over health is what's killing this species.

The "natural process" involves pregnancy at 1-2 year intervals from ages 15-death. It does not involve four hundred odd periods starting at age 11, which unsurprisingly is a recipe for anaemia and in some cases womb cancer.

I'm not an expert, but I'm just wondering whether historically there were higher rates of these conditions documented in groups of women such as nuns? If not, why not?

There have always been some groups of women who did not have children (but were fertile). Not every woman historically was popping out a child every two years.

www.newscientist.com/article/dn21253-nuns-should-go-on-the-pill-for-anti-cancer-protection/amp/

I’m fine with my body as it is and wouldn’t choose what you’re talking about

My last period was in 1994. Mirena coil stopped them completely.

DD29 uses the implant and has no periods.

Also no PMS

What a time to be alive!

This, totally. And in taking supplements for infertility & hormone balancing I have pretty much eradicated all but minimal period pain. My regular low pain minimal clot period is a sign of health (I used to have heavy painful ones) and I am grateful how much ttc has taught me about my hormones, my body and how to use my cycle to see what is right vs what is actually a sign things are not quite ok (e.g. if I eat too much sugar or processed carbs then it gets painful and clotty again).

Also, having done three rounds of IVF, the relief when period arrives on cycle day 1 is off the charts - the body purges all the hormones from that month (which due to the higher doses make you feel crappy during IVF) and you get a blank slate again. It’s a cleansing process!

They can be a thing of the past if your body remains in a perpetual state of either being pregnant or breastfeeding enough to keep them at bay, much like the times of families with 10+ kids with no access to birth control.

I hate periods too! I am 38 and have spent most of my life dreading it i dont get a huge amount of pain but i do get extremely heavy bleeding (i have been hospitalized with it) and ita not just a question of perhaps leaking its just having to go to the toilet wvery 20 minutes for 3 days day and night.

i had 6 children and i bled less after childbirth.
i breastfed them each for 18 months , ive used a mirena and the pill to avoid them.

Now i am taking mini pill and tranexamic acid.
I started when i was 10 and it feels like my whole life has been about bleeding !