What do you like to do for self care when on your period?

[frostylou777]

Just curious

Huh? Take the odd paracetamol?

If I'm off work and it's chilly I put on a onesie and eat buttery toast.

Eat.

Sleep. Cry. Repeat.

Wear big pants and loose trousers
curl up on the sofa with a herbal tea and a heated blanket
be left alone - low stimulation
eat good quality Chocolate

if at work: paracetamol, big pants, a good supply of tampons etc, and suck it up until the evening.

Get on with things. Work, children, cooking, housework and basal life don’t go away because I’m on my period. Lots of paracetamol helps though

Go for a run, beats feeling sorry for myself

Generally try to go slow if I can. Not often that easy!

Nothing needed apart from the odd Ibuprofen maybe.

Keep warm and give in to food cravings.

Usually crumpets or ice cream depending on the weather.

My period days are behind me but I never considered "self care" necessary for a normal bodily function. If I was in pain I took a paracetamol.

Why do you ask @frostylou777 ?

Painkillers and a hot bath, hot water bottle and comfy pyjamas!

? Why? I’m genuinely confused how it’s different from any other day

Pain aside, It's not something I've ever got either.

A colleague is like this with all the chocolate, bubble bath, 'comfy pyjamas' etc. It's almost as though she looks forward to feeling sorry for herself.

Yet when her husband gets a cold, she starts moaning if he goes for a lie down 😳

Ignore it. Go to the gym and make the most of the boost I always feel. I’m not a wallower - it makes you feel worse.

Sit on the toilet for hours a day because my fibroids make me lose a huge amount of blood, and try not to faint.