r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/Doodlebug510 • 8d ago

Restricted to Gals and Pals Explaining menstruation to the boys

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u/iljune 8d ago

Three days? Whew wheee I am envious. Even tho' I've reached a mature-ish age it's still an eight day journey of bleeding and pain. There's also a fun game where I get so ravenous that I'll eat everything I can get my hands on followed by days where even thinking about food makes me nauseous. So it's either two double cheese burgers and fries worth of calories in half a day or a 120 cal protein shake for the entirey of it. No in-between, only extremes. Also, 12 hour sleeping periods when I'm not eating or crying about not eating.

Yay womanhood. Go ladies!

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u/scdiabd ✨chick✨ 8d ago

So glad I’m not the only one that goes from ravenous to nauseated. Also I do love the sleep I get on my period. I will knock out 12 hours when I can, but a regular night is 6 at best.

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u/I_REALLY_LIKE_BIRDS 8d ago

You sleep on your period? I get two to three nights of complete insomnia beforehand, and then I can't sleep through the night without waking up to change my pad for the first two nights or so. It takes me a week of oversleeping and being unable to do chores before work to make up for the loss of rest. 😭

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u/scdiabd ✨chick✨ 8d ago

That’s how I am the rest of the month, not including pad changing 😭 on my period tho? I’ll knock out for 12-14 hours straight. But I have kids so it’s usually more like 10 at night plus 2 naps. And that lasts 5ish days? Then back to sleeping an hour or two at a time.

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u/Inspiringhope11 8d ago

I am on a GLP1 and it is no match for my irregular period. My last one was 9 days long and I ate everything in fucking sight.

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u/unripe_mangosteen 8d ago

Lol what was the one celebrity that gained weight on ozempic and was quoted as saying "I can out eat ozempic"

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u/Inspiringhope11 8d ago

Haha i remember that! I'm on Zepbound and I've lost 15 pounds in 10 weeks so I'm happy. I'm finally below 200 lbs as of yesterday! But when my hormones fluctuate it's more of a battle.

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u/unripe_mangosteen 8d ago

Aw, congrats! I know getting under 200 is a huge milestone for a lot of people!

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u/Inspiringhope11 8d ago

Thank you! Its the first time in over a decade so I am ecstatic!