|
|
menstruation questionnaire response 60 |
how old were you when you first got your period, what was it like, and what did you know about what to expect?
|
|
*I was 11 years old. *I remember feeling this intense urge to pee when I was coming home from school. As soon as I got home I ran to the bathroom and to my shock I saw blood on my undies. Deep inside I knew this was that "woman problem" I always heard my sisters talk about but never gave any mind to. Panicking, I scream for my mom to come to the bathroom. She took it rather normal (me being the 3rd daughter I guess she was used to it). * It was rather traumatic for me,. *I wasn't sure what to expect. I was a tomboy at the time and this was an awful realization of "girlyness" which I did not want to accept. I thought it meant I couldn't hang out with boys and had to start wearing pink and being all "dainty" and what-not. I hated it...
|
how did you feel about it, and who did you tell about it?
|
|
*I was a frightening experience. I didn't want to accept what was happening to me. I didn't like the idea of being a "senorita" and having to wear bras and leave behind my childhood. I didn't want to go to school until my period was completely gone but my mom only allowed me to stay for one day. I was so scared to go to school. I feared my classmates would know somehow and I was worried my pad would be visible through my jeans. * I only told my mom and she told EVERYONE... u_u
|
what menstrual product did you start with? how did you learn about it?
|
|
*I can't remember what brand I started using. I do remember it was a pad and it made me feel like I was wearing a diaper. *I use Always now-a-days. Thank goodness for thin w/wings.
|
are you still using the same method to deal with the blood; what methods have you tried; which do you prefer and why?
|
|
*To deal with the blood? Besides soap and water? ...I still use pads. *Never worn a tampon; don't feel comfortable about shoving foreign things "up there."
|
do you experience cramps, bloating, soar breasts, get pimples...? - if you do, tell us about it, and also, what remedies do you use?
|
|
*OH YES..Intense-wise my cramps vary in intensity. They usually are worst during the first couple of days and pretty tolerable after that. * I do break out on my face, roughly 2 pimples, swollen and soar breasts, Horrible bloating (probably water retention). I tend to get diarrhea too. * I usually just "ride-out" the symptoms. I may drink some random teas occasionally. Sometimes I do need Tylenol for the cramps but that's about it. *Oh! and I do feel like my libido goes up like crazy just before my period, sometimes during, and usually right after too. O_o
|
do you feel emotional changes relating to where you are in your menstrual cycle?
|
|
*I'd take cramps over bloating ANY DAY. The bloating makes me highly depressed because I feel unatractive and uncomfortable in my body. Other moodswings I experience are: Emotionally hypersensitive and highly irritable (or Bitchy, if you prefer ^_-) *A lot of the times the depression does interfere with school and work.
|
how do the men in your life relate to your period, or periods in general?
|
|
There is none at the moment. I am a virgin.
|
this conversation makes me think....
|
|
....um....about periods?....<_<
|
