Ladies: How long does your period last?

[Mobius]

Ladies: How long does your period last?

[REP]

1. Zero Days

I had a uterine ablation last year and now I don't do that anymore, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!

Before that, I'd have two a month lasting about 8-10 days each, and I often became anemic.

[Mobius]

2. Ugh.. Mine just started today

Its like the floodgates of hell.
edited to add my breats feel like over inflated watermelons, which is a bad thing.

[CandyCrim21]

4. Second that........

Its seriously is the worst thing in the world especially the first two days, the cramps are closest I've ever been to death too. I feel for ya girly!;)

[REP]

15. I Have a Uterus!

I don't have an endometrium, though. No fucking way I would have a hysterectomy unless not doing do would kill me.

Depo-Provera also prevents periods for most women.

[Crowdance]

19. Did it hurt?

I'm thinking of doing it.

[Nailzberg]

3. My ex had her's twice a month toward the end of our relationship.

Or so she claimed. Whatever.

[Mobius]

7. Its possible,

but not likely.

[Nailzberg]

11. For six months in a row?

You don't have to cover for her. She was lying, right?

[Mobius]

12. most likely yes

however stress can do alot of things to a womans cycle. But I do think given the fact that your relationship was ending, she was most likely lying to you. I would just like to say I had a friend with very irregular periods and she would get it for 2 weeks in a row, then nothing for a month...She went to a doctor though, so if your ex didnt see a doctor or was not concerned, she was most likely lying to avoid sex.

[REP]

13. No, She Probably Wasn't

I was having two periods a month before I had my endometrium burnt out. It's a pretty common occurrance, according to my doctor.

[Guaranteed]

5. What the hell kind of poll is this?

I don't want to hear about this crap.

Yet I looked at this thread...What the hell is wrong with me?

[Mobius]

6. be quiet or ill start to talk about clots

and tampons. Guys are so funny. I guess bleeding painfully out of their dick once a month for 30-40 years of their lives, seems like it would suck. Well guess what, we dont like feeling as if our uterus is coming detached from our insides once a month.

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. It's the migrain that comes with it that I cannot stand.

They are beginning to get out of control. :hi:

[Mobius]

9. my head just feels like a block of cheese

seriously. Im from WI too, maybe there is some truth to this cheesehead thing:shrug:
GO PACKERS!

[ScreamingMeemie]

10. Could be...could be...It'll all be over soon.

:hug:

Go Packers!

[REP]

14. Endometrial Ablation, People!

Why have periods when you can them surgically removed? An ablation just burns off the endometrium, leaving the uterus and ovaries in place. As a bonus, an ablation makes sperm poisoning very unlikely.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

16. Whoa

I only get mine for like 2-3.

But I'm not on the pill or anything.

[radwriter0555]

21. Same here... but I have 43 year old ovaries....

3 days is ok...

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

37. Mine are almost 17

So I'm not sure what the correlation is! :D

[TNDemo]

17. You didn't have a 2-3 day choice.

That's me. Of course I have been waiting for them to go away but they just keep on coming on.

[liberalhistorian]

18. I had a hysterectomy 18 months

ago after enduring years of horrible periods (it finally got to the point where I was bleeding EVERY day, with pain ALL the fucking time!), so I don't have to deal with that mess and bullshit anymore, BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

[VelmaD]

20. I am incredibly lucky...

I was athletic as a teen and I've heard that's part of the reason I have fairly easy periods. My mom also didn't set my up psychologically for them to be awful...didn't go on and on about bloating and cramping and give me a gory story about it. Just the straight facts.

I still have relatively easy periods, although the first day when I'm bleeding a lot isn't pleasant and I love to have someone spoon up behind me and rub my tummy. :)

The best part is that I'm so regular that you could set your calendar by my periods.

[LynzM]

27. Yeah, you are lucky

Sorry, I can't buy into the feeling that all my cramps are in my head :P

[supernova]

22. About 3 Days

and I'm on the pill. I'm 41 now.

I started taking the pill in my late 30s because my periods were becoming increasingly intense: wild PMS mood swings, depression (I'm normally in Spock mode), intense bleeding and cramping (lasting 6-7 days)

Things have calmed down quite a bit. I'm thinking I might be heading into peri-menapause now, because the last few months the bleeding has dropped off significantly, though still present. And I'm buying a lot less tampons. A box of regular OB now lasts me two months instead of one.

Anybody use Seasonale? That's the pill where you only get your period every 3 months I think.

[Richardo]

23. Well this has got to be a new low...

...even by Lounge standards.

MY question*: Why would any woman even answer so stupid and personal a question? :shrug:


* I'ts rhetorical.

[VelmaD]

24. I know it's a rhetorical question...

but I'm gonna answer it anyway. Maybe it's because we're tired of a perfectly normal and natural bodily function that we live with for most of our lives being treated like it's something dirty and shameful that we should NEVER talk about in public.

[Richardo]

33. Peace, VelmaD!

I'd have written the same thing if the poll was about the volume of a man's ejaculation or the estimated weight in grams of the boogers in your nose at any one time.

The underlying question is why people are compelled to discuss ANY bodily functions in public.

I happen to think most if not all bodily functions should be kept private, regardless of gender or the gas/fluid/solid involved.

[VelmaD]

36. I wasn't yelling at you specifically

but pax anyway. :)

Mostly I was just kvetching about how society in general treats women's bodies as somehow unclean. Periods are no big deal and I have always thought that the taboo around them makes starting worse for little girls than it has to be.

[prolesunited]

31. We've had questions and polls in the Lounge about

all sorts of bodily functions. I recall one the other day about what food gives you gas. Why is this any different?

Would you care to clarify why you think this is a "new low"?

[Richardo]

34. See my response to VelmaD above...

Signed,

Richardo the (apparently) Overly-Uptight Geezer

[Triple H]

25. This is the main reason why I'm happy...

to be a man. I would hate to go through this type of stuff every month.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

26. Since were on the subject, answer me this...

My ex liked to have sex when her period came around. She said it helped with cramps. Is this true? Don't know why I read this post, curious I guess.

[Bertha Venation]

28. Yes. It's true. eom

[VelmaD]

29. YES!

Especially sex at the very beginning of hte period. Something about the hormones released from a good orgasm. Plus if you do it right it's very relaxing. And there's the added bonus of not really having to worry about getting pregnant while you're having your period.

[supernova]

32. Absolutely

I love sex during my period. The cramping builds a lot of tension in to my body. Sex is a great stress reliever. :D

In fact, the only delightful side effect of PMS is that I get very horny. }(

[CrownPrinceBandar]

35. Okay then...

Thank you, women-goddesses of DU!! (wait, that's kinda redundant)

[Katha]

30. The Pill is the greatest invention ever

Shaved a day off my period, much lighter cramps, etc. Wonderful stuff.

[YIMA]

38. Too Damn long

cuts me outta the action