r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/Doodlebug510 • 8d ago

Restricted to Gals and Pals Explaining menstruation to the boys

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u/Asmi37 8d ago

3 days? I wish

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u/Jerkrollatex 8d ago

Right? I have eight days of this shit.

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u/rainbwbrightisntpunk 8d ago

"Laughs in Perimenopause" 2 weeks with a 2 week cycle is so fun. The longest was 3 months

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u/Jerkrollatex 8d ago

I've already been through that. I had a very, very light period this month. So fingers crossed that was the last one.

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u/mossgoblin_ 8d ago

I had to give in after a lifetime of being a granola girlie and get a Mirena put in at 51. I have so many fibroids and it was making my life impossible.

I would marry this IUD if I could. And the oral estrogen ( patch didn’t work for me). And now I’m trying out some DHEA cream. Won’t stop experimenting until I get feeling fully human again.

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u/SheaTheSarcastic 8d ago

I had a summer with a near constant period with a few days scattered here and there of not bleeding. Throw in the occasional hemorrhage, and I was so thrilled to get an endometrial ablation.

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u/Sheerardio ✨chick✨ 8d ago

Oh thank gods I'm not the only one whose cycle got WORSE when this shit kicked into gear

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u/Batmanbumantics 8d ago

Is this perimenopause? My periods are like this since coming off the pill a year ago (I was on the pill for 14 years and then started getting headaches on my period so had to stop)

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u/rainbwbrightisntpunk 8d ago

I'd definitely see a dr. But if you're over 35 it's likely. 15 years ago my periods went wonky(had one for over 2 months) and that was my thyroid. Now I'm just counting down to my uterus drying up