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Genuine question - can trans women experience cramps during their ‘time of the month’?

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Picklemeyellow · 29/12/2023 10:42

This is a genuine question as I am baffled.

I looking on Tik Tok last night (don’t judge me, I’m addicted lol)and I notice on my For You section there is often a trans women doing live Q&A’s. I stopped and watched for a while, out of curiosity tbh as DH has a couple of transgender people in his family and I do try to remain as ‘on the fence’ as possible with this subject.

However, this person on TT said something which does not make much sense to me.

They were saying they take HRT and this gives them ‘a time of the month’ when they experience a very emotional dip and have crying spells and feel low etc. I suppose that may make some sense due to the hormones they take but then they went on to say they also experience cramping during this time and started rubbing their lower tummy in the area where a woman’s uterus is located.
It was difficult to establish why this happens because anyone actually questioning this gets blocked and only those agreeing with them get to stay to ask questions! I appreciate they probably receive some very negative replies but blocking doesn’t answer the questions to people who really would like to know.

I genuinely can not understand where the cramps would originate in a person without female anatomy?

As someone who has been under the gynae department for 20+ years, has had to live their live around horrendous periods, has had endless hysteroscopies and uterine polyp removals, ovulation so painful I couldn’t sit properly, a failed uterine ablation, going through an awful perimenopause and now, at 50 only just discovering this is probably all due to the fact I actually have endometriosis and adenomyosis and have been gas lit for all this time having being told that some women just have awful periods etc, I more than understand where my cramps and pain come from. From my shit malfunctioning uterus and hormones which have never been my friend.

But where would a trans woman’s ‘time of the month’ cramps come from? What part of their body cramps due to the addition of female hormones? I’ve tried googling this but there’s very little. Can the hormones cramp the muscles or bowel in this area or something similar?

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ItAintGonnaGoDownEasyIfItAintCheezy · 29/12/2023 11:05

But where would a trans woman’s ‘time of the month’ cramps come from?

His fucking imagination 🙄

CyberCritical · 29/12/2023 11:05

LakeTiticaca · 29/12/2023 11:02

You don't often hear of transmen claiming to have prostate issues.
I wonder why that is

Oh no I have seen people on Twitter and Reddit claiming that trans men grow a prostate when they start on T. Less vocal yes but the idiots exist in that genre too.

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BigBundleOfFluff · 29/12/2023 11:07

I'm angry too. I've just had a hysterectomy for the reason of horrendous periods. I feel amazing now it's gone. It totally undermines the pain I went through over the past few years and belittles it.

Fififafa · 29/12/2023 11:07

No they don’t have a time of the month. It’s all part of the cosplay/fetish for these men. We need to call them out and not indulge in this bullshit.

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StragglyTinsel · 29/12/2023 11:09

This absolute nonsense must irritate people who fall into the ‘trans’ category but aren’t attention seeking nightmares on tik tok.

presumably they’re wary of the inevitable backlash if they challenge this shite. Because TRAs seem especially vengeful if people within the community dare question the fringe nonsense.

pinkfondu · 29/12/2023 11:10

The answer is do women who have has hysterectomies and take HRT feel this?

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Picklemeyellow · 29/12/2023 11:11

Sorry, really naive of me at 50 years old but are they all receiving these hormones on the NHS?
I’d be pissed off if they are. From the age of 44 I was back and forth to the GP complaining of peri symptoms only to be told it’s all anxiety and not peri as I wasn’t having night sweats (although endless other symptoms). Was only offered HRT this year and now told I shouldn’t take it because of the endometriosis diagnosis and been told it’ll be at least an 18 month wait for a hysterectomy!

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KohlaParasaurus · 29/12/2023 11:11

No, there's no plausible explanation apart from imagination or downright fabrication. There is nothing these extremely entitled males won't attempt to make all about themselves.

I remember there having been a temporary fashion, years before gender ideology gained traction, for men claiming to have "contractions" when their female partners were in labour, and being taken seriously, and efforts being made by people who should have known better to explain why this might be a real phenomenon rather than a made up thing.

MintyfreshSW · 29/12/2023 11:12

Every day is a school day

Some trans women undergo gender-affirming treatment in the form of feminising hormones. These hormones can result in a range of physical and emotional symptoms, including:

  • Anxiety
  • Appetite changes
  • Bloating due to water retention
  • Cramping
  • Tiredness and fatigue
  • Listlessness
  • Mood swings
These symptoms may occur at the same time each month, just like premenstrual syndrome (PMS). For many trans women, this is their period.

Period fatigue:what it is and how sleep hygiene can help

Do you get tired before your period? Period fatigue might be to blame. Discover 9 science-backed strategies for nipping pre-flow drowsiness in the bud.

https://www.modibodi.co.uk/blogs/womens/period-fatigue

Rainbowshit · 29/12/2023 11:12

Oh FGS. Of course they can't. They're biologically male. It's just part of their fetish.

TheSunIsOutAndTheSkyIsBlue · 29/12/2023 11:13

They should make these silly men put on the "labour pain simulator" so show what real cramps feel like. They will last 5 minutes max.

Idiots.

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Picklemeyellow · 29/12/2023 11:13

BigBundleOfFluff it really does 😢

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christmaspawpaws · 29/12/2023 11:13

Bet they aren't on a years wait list for an endo centre with their "cramps" Hmm

Ritasueandbobtoo9 · 29/12/2023 11:14

Probably having cramps because they are full of shit!

BooBooBaloo · 29/12/2023 11:14

They don't have a womb, so no they can not get period cramps

CyberCritical · 29/12/2023 11:15

MintyfreshSW · 29/12/2023 11:12

Every day is a school day

Some trans women undergo gender-affirming treatment in the form of feminising hormones. These hormones can result in a range of physical and emotional symptoms, including:

  • Anxiety
  • Appetite changes
  • Bloating due to water retention
  • Cramping
  • Tiredness and fatigue
  • Listlessness
  • Mood swings
These symptoms may occur at the same time each month, just like premenstrual syndrome (PMS). For many trans women, this is their period.

Source please

WotNoUserName · 29/12/2023 11:15

It shows how little they know of the female body.

I have my period, and have also had a stomach upset, so have had stomach cramps as well as period cramps. I can tell the difference between the two, because they are in different parts of my body.

These men just need a shit, from their arse instead of it coming out of their mouths. 🙄

They can fuck off with appropriating womanhood.

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Picklemeyellow · 29/12/2023 11:16

MintyfreshSW · 29/12/2023 11:12

Every day is a school day

Some trans women undergo gender-affirming treatment in the form of feminising hormones. These hormones can result in a range of physical and emotional symptoms, including:

  • Anxiety
  • Appetite changes
  • Bloating due to water retention
  • Cramping
  • Tiredness and fatigue
  • Listlessness
  • Mood swings
These symptoms may occur at the same time each month, just like premenstrual syndrome (PMS). For many trans women, this is their period.

But that doesn’t explain where the cramps are coming from?

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Barbie222 · 29/12/2023 11:16

Nope, they just really are that far up their own backsides. Thankfully the tide is turning on this sort of bollocks. Imagine it's a hell of a climb down to make for these folks though

AIstolemylunch · 29/12/2023 11:17

Bullshit. There is no cycling going on and nothing cyclical about taking the same dose of hormones every day.

mrswhiplington · 29/12/2023 11:18

MintyfreshSW · 29/12/2023 11:12

Every day is a school day

Some trans women undergo gender-affirming treatment in the form of feminising hormones. These hormones can result in a range of physical and emotional symptoms, including:

  • Anxiety
  • Appetite changes
  • Bloating due to water retention
  • Cramping
  • Tiredness and fatigue
  • Listlessness
  • Mood swings
These symptoms may occur at the same time each month, just like premenstrual syndrome (PMS). For many trans women, this is their period.

Apart from the cramps, these symptoms can happen to anybody at any time, whether they are on hormones or not. I'm post menopausal so no cramps, but feel shit a lot of the time. Nothing to do with periods. Just life.

raspberrycardigan · 29/12/2023 11:19

In the same way that The Emperor has no clothes, these poor souls do not have PMS or menstrual cramps.