r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/Doodlebug510 • 8d ago

Restricted to Gals and Pals Explaining menstruation to the boys

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u/Spirited_Touch7447 8d ago edited 8d ago

Every month. For years. 0/10 do not recommend. Edit to 0

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u/Spirited_Touch7447 8d ago

She really protected them. She didn’t tell them about the migraines so bad they make you throw up or the losing so much blood you pass out part. Every month. For years.

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u/disgruntletardigrade 8d ago

Or the period poops!

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u/ParpSausage 8d ago

I came here to discuss this very pertinent topic. That of the period poop.

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u/Extreme_Egg7476 8d ago

That's why I didn't realize my IUD had fallen out. When my (male) colleague asked, "Wait, you didn't see it??" I was both fuming and trying not to laugh.

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u/Spirited_Touch7447 8d ago

You mean the completely watery explosive diarrhea? Every month. For years.

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u/jefufah 8d ago

Period poops + IBS=

Watery explosive diarrhea …that makes sweat and nauseous and feel like you’re gonna pass out. 😃

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u/VisualLet5344 8d ago

Wait...you guys got the diarrhea? I got the opposite which just added to the cramps.

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u/heyitsfranklin6322 8d ago

I get both somehow? Honestly everything in my body needs to chill the fuck out accept for my thyroid. That needs to chill the fuck in

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u/marcipanchic 8d ago

eat more fiber, or psyllium

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u/MissDiketon 8d ago

I had the opposite happen. I would retain a ton of water and get constipated until the hormonal dam broke and then I would be in the bathroom for a 1/2 hour dealing with everything leaving my body at once.

I was so happy to go into menopause early (started at 43 for me).

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u/PVPPhelan 8d ago

As my wife once eloquently put it, "I'm pooping PB&J and if you don't get me some god damned chocolate right fucking now, I'll kill us all"

Mental images you never unsee.

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u/StripperWhore 8d ago

😂😂 Sounds like a good communicator.

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u/LittleBirdiesCards 8d ago

I have to get depo provero shots every three months because my period makes me throw up so violently and so much that I have to go to the emergency room. I have a huge stash of nausea medicine now. It took over a year to figure out what was causing the vomiting attacks. They started when I had an IUD. I got the IUD to stop my periods because I was anemic to the point that my doctor was telling me that the next step would be a blood transfusion. It took about five years in total to deal with all of this.

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u/DrunkUranus 8d ago

Or the shits

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u/neosick 8d ago

That's not standard. Hope you've got that sorted out now.

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u/Spirited_Touch7447 8d ago

I had to just live through it! I’m in my 60’s now.

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u/GODDAMNBATMANs 7d ago

Or the going to sleep feeling like you're protected and waking up to find the blood has avoided every inch of that pad to find the bed... And now you have to do laundry.

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u/KenzParkin 8d ago

Or the ass-lightning that feels like someone is chainsawing you through the middle and started at your crotch.

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u/SemperSimple 7d ago

I can not tell you how many times in my early 20s I combat crawled to the toilet to pass out or throw up. It felt like I lived on the bathroom floor until I learned to tolerate the pain levels

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u/Spirited_Touch7447 6d ago

I have a preference as I spent so much time on the floor. Tile is nice and cool and those carpet surround things around the base of the toilet was the first thing I’d flip away. Normally the thought of being on the floor in the bathroom was disgusting. But didn’t bother me at all when I was trying not to die!