How long does javelin arse last?

[TiffanyAchingsHatFullofSky]

It happened to me last week for the first time in ages. It lasted about 5-6 seconds.

I was just wondering whether, when we describe javelin arse, are we all experiencing the same thing?

Does it only last a few seconds for others as well?

Does anyone else get the sensation that they are actually shitting during an episode of javelin arse? I've had it so bad a couple of times that I was convinced I was shitting myself but it was just the horrendous spasms of JA. I always feel I need to run to the toilet incase I do shit.

I’ve had this once, not long after giving birth to my second child. I thought it was trapped wind! Made me keel over with pain (luckily I was at home)

Recommended by another mumsnetter on another thread: the second you get the sensation insert two suppositories. Immediate relief.

@Barefootinthecarpark

Recommended by another mumsnetter on another thread: the second you get the sensation insert two suppositories. Immediate relief.

Suppositories of what?!

Oh, sorry @TiffanyAchingsHatFullofSky, I use Germoloids, but I’m sure that any hemorrhoid suppository would work. I’m 46 and have experienced this god-awful pain just before ovulation, during the last year. It is utterly hideous and stops me in my tracks. I can’t remember the poster who recommended the suppository tip, but huge thanks to them if they are reading this.

Recommended by another mumsnetter on another thread: the second you get the sensation insert two suppositories. Immediate relief.

Suppositories of what?!

I was just wondering the same!
Immediate relief maybe but the follow through from that course of action could wipe out your whole day!!

Benjispruce5 I started with the stabby pain then it progressed to the clammy thought I was going to pass out type. I’ve had javelin arse since, usually just before my period. The clammy, almost pass out pain is less frequent but still bloody awful. Your DH has my sympathies!

Vlad the Impaler has a lot to answer for

I cut out gluten as ai had other issues as well and haven't had it since. I used to get it at least once every 2 weeks totally at random but haven't had it since last June when I cut it out. I think it can be related to your nerves causing odd cramps in that region for some. As gluten was playing havoc with all my nerves but now all good thankfully.

Oh and each time I got it it was a few seconds but took a good minute for the pain to dissipate if that makes sense

What is the pouch of Douglas?

A few seconds. Anything more would be unbearable. I can't move / talk and it's so awkward if anyone else is in the room.

It’s ouuuuuuuuuuuuch 😮

@namechanged221

Ohhhhh.... javelin arse

Thank God there's a name for it.

I thought it was just me

ME TOO! This thread has cheered me up no end.

It generally happens at night for me. Anything from 5 to 30 mins.
Clammy, sweating, shivering, hard aching, nausea, feeling faint.
We keep medicine downstairs but I daren't risk trying to go fetch anything.

It helps to bear down as if doing a poo, but I generally end up lying foetal on the bathroom floor covered by a large towel. I then need a good sleep to recover.
I'm very post menopausal. I had endo for decades. I don't know if there's a link, but the pain is similar.

Note to self - stash some ibuprofen and a blanket in the bathroom for next time.

Some info here

www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317254

I used to get it while pooing during a period but nothing since menopause.

I once got it as we were arriving for a big family meal at a nice pub. I've also had it at work once. Once I had it during a visit to a botanical garden - rolling around the floor of a public toilet was particularly unpleasant. But mostly I get it at home - thank heavens for small mercies...

Those talking of cold bathroom floors - yes, awful isn't it?

Someone asked how it compares to labour pain. I find it worse than labour pain but not as bad as having a placenta removed with totally inadequate pain relief, and not too bad compared to trigeminal and similar neuralgias.

I once texted 'help' to DH from the bathroom floor. He helped me into bed and looked absolutely horrified at how I was sweating with pain.

Some good suggestions on here, thank you.

A sufferer of JA here too, one of THE most intense pains. When I first experienced it I imagined there was something seriously wrong with me. Luckily for me it only lasted 15-20 seconds. I was so relieved when I read that others suffered the same on good old MN!

And yes, stabby fanny too! That’s intense also!

I have the coil fitted and don’t have periods, haven’t had them for over 10 years, also DH has experienced JA, so I’d never put it down to ovulation, just muscle spasms of the worse kind!

I have the coil fitted and don’t have periods, haven’t had them for over 10 years, also DH has experienced JA, so I’d never put it down to ovulation, just muscle spasms of the worse kind!

Do you have the kind of coil which releases hormones?

I used to have horrendous javelin arse as a teenager and young woman and was patronised to death by (male) doctors who told me it was just period pains and effectively I was making a fuss about nothing. They said the same when I was showing symptoms of endometriosis. I was in agony every month around ovulation and pre period followed by the period trots.

Being on hormonal contraception massively reduced the problem, pregnancies and eventually menopause (even with HRT) has seen it disappear entirely.

Ovulation cycle hormones are not the only cause of javelins but I wish to gods more doctors would take seriously the impact of our reproductive system on the rest of women's bodies.

@C8H10N4O2

I have the coil fitted and don’t have periods, haven’t had them for over 10 years, also DH has experienced JA, so I’d never put it down to ovulation, just muscle spasms of the worse kind!

Do you have the kind of coil which releases hormones?

I used to have horrendous javelin arse as a teenager and young woman and was patronised to death by (male) doctors who told me it was just period pains and effectively I was making a fuss about nothing. They said the same when I was showing symptoms of endometriosis. I was in agony every month around ovulation and pre period followed by the period trots.

Being on hormonal contraception massively reduced the problem, pregnancies and eventually menopause (even with HRT) has seen it disappear entirely.

Ovulation cycle hormones are not the only cause of javelins but I wish to gods more doctors would take seriously the impact of our reproductive system on the rest of women's bodies.

I had JA even when I had a Mirena and wasn't having periods ... so in my case it definitely wasn't linked to ovulation.

But I definitely am not getting it with such regularity now I am post menopausal (maybe it has stopped, would be good).

@HelloFrostyMorning

People post some weird shit on here.

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op, i'm the same as you - 5ish seconds of complete non-functioning.

That’s a new one to me never heard of it

@namechanged221

Ohhhhh.... javelin arse

Thank God there's a name for it.

I thought it was just me

Same here

Thankfully only lasts a few seconds for me, used to get it all the time when I was younger before I had kids. No so much these days but I still remember it well, used to make me jump out my seat screaming ouch while cupping my arse. Sad times 😟

When the cretin comes for you at night, when you’re asleep, suddenly woken by ja, the sweats it causes, the pain OMG any movement when it gets me is impossible other than a pathetic attempt at the foetal position. I just “love” making my morning coffee when it comes for me causing me to slither down the kitchen worktop trying to gasp air into my lungs. I also thought it was just me, in the nicest possible way I’m beyond relieved to know I’m not alone.