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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2023-03-19 02:37 pm

[ SECRET POST #5917 ]


⌈ Secret Post #5917 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2023-03-20 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
Cramps are pretty individual, too. Mine feels like a heavy, hot rock in my lower abdomen that's a dull, tight ache. What's worse is that it frequently comes with nausea - the simultaneous feeling of "I think I'm going to throw up" (but I don't) and "I think I'm about to have the emergency shits". I've tried painkillers, but they really only take the edge off. Usually I just have to wait it out, which is about an hour or two. The cramps usually hit me in the morning and again late at night, but it can come any time.


I rarely got period cramps before my 30s, but now the whole period experience starts a week before the bleeding with cramps and occasional diarrhea. Then it's 2-3 days of light bleeding followed by 2 days of heavy bleeding where I'll have to change pads every 2 hours or so andovernight means doubling up on the most absorbent tampon + thick overnight maxi pad with wings, largest size for maximum coverage and that's STILL no guarantee against leaks. Followed by 2-3 days of light bleeding.



(Anonymous) 2023-03-20 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
SA - forgot to add that a week before, the protein cravings really kick in and I'm vulnerable to mood swings. Trivial things can make me cry when I'm not usually a crier (like cute pet videos), ditto superhot rage when I'm normally pretty stoic. This didn't happen before my 30s, either.

(Anonymous) 2023-03-20 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
It's amazing to me that you heavy flow people aren't deathly anemic! I'm low-iron and my entire period could be handled with a single ultra tampon--if it were safe to leave one in that long ofc.

(Anonymous) 2023-03-20 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
No idea. I have other health issues that require regular blood screenings but I guess low iron isn't one of my problems? Thank goodness. I do hate bleeding through an ultra sized tampon in two hours. :(

(Anonymous) 2023-03-20 08:41 am (UTC)(link)
Possibly because period flow is not actually blood but mostly made of uterine lining, shredded to a very fine paste. Some blood gets mixed into but it's not an hemorrhage either.