This question is for all my girlfriends out there. Will I ever understand my body and the way it works? {this post involves periods, so if this is too much information, feel free to jump to another blog now!} OK, my cycle is annoyingly short -- 21 days. So one week I have PMS, the next I have my period, the next I ovulate. Then it starts all over again! Since this all happens so frequently, you'd think I would really be on top of it all. But no. Almost without fail, I have 2-3 days when I am just feeling really low, just down for no apparent reason. I always do a quick mental check to make sure I have been taking my meds and the answer is always yes, so then I am wondering why I feel so depressed. Then without fail, my period starts and I am hitting myself in the head. OH! So that's why! Duh. Why this has the power to surprise me every three weeks is something I don't understand in the least. Good grief. Maybe I'm just really dense... or oblivious?
This got me thinking about the book Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom. Have any of you read that? In it, Dr. Northrup talks about how our monthly cycles provide us with an opoportunity to tune in to our bodies and care for ourselves, that the time of our periods should be a time when we take it easy and pamper ourselves. I like the idea. It also reminds me of The Red Tent and how the women take such good care of each other, it's like a celebration! Maybe I need a change of perspective here. Tell me I'm not alone...
Saturday, June 10, 2006
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I love that book, and love her attitude about all things feminine. I haven't converted to clebrating my periods, but I don't loathe them quite as much since reading what she had to say.
You're getting a raw deal with such a short cycle. That's a lot of emotional ups and downs that are out of your control. Just imagine how much worse it could be without your meds?! Yikes.
It's just so easy to loose track of the days. I do the same thing (though thankfully, with a somewhat longer cycle), and I'll suddenly wonder why I'm so irritable, or why I can't seem to get enough chocolate!
That is funny I was just thinking of the RED TENT book also! I really enjoyed it! I really am in a bit of a bliz still, since I am still nursing and there are no signs of it comming soon...but I just think with time speeding as fast as it is now days...suddenly the month is up and like Jill said you have a raw end of the deal! I think when it comes to our bodies we should be experts but no...I still think by this time in life I should be able to fix a flawless/professional make up face...and I still think...how come I haven't mastered this yet???
Does the author of that book know what a mother's life is like? I would love ANY chance to take it easy and pamper myself! And what's with the 21 day cycle? I bet you could get on the pill and fix that if you wanted to. That's just not right.
You probably lose track because you think, " no, I just had my period- it can't be that." Because with such a short cycle it seems like you always just had it! I don't know what I'm going to do when I finally get my period again. After nearly 3 years of pregnancy and nursing, I have only had 1 period. i've grown quite accustomed to living without it and it's going to be a rude adjustment when I have to deal again.
I loved the period part of the Red Tent. It was intriging and also so gross that I will never forget it (the straw part). I love the idea of getting pampered during that time, as it stands now I see it as a huge inconvience. Since I cry SO easily right before and during my period I think I should watch any sad movie I like and really get it all out...with a Coke for medicinal purposes, and some REALLY good dark chocolate for the antioxidants. I guess if that is the only time I ever have those things I would start to look forward to that time...hum something to ponder.
I so get this feeling! Sadly, it is usually Travis who is not surprised when my period comes. It usually is a big sign when I am weepy and "nothing" is wrong. You are not alone my friend!!!
21 days- ouch! I used to never get PMS and would have a really short period, but them Mya came along and now I totally suffer! I hope after our next kid I might be back to normal. But I totally know what you mean about it sneaking up on you.
It drives me insane too. I don't understand why it has to be such a task every month. Sorry to hear you have like no break.
I'll have to read the book. It sounds interesting.
Ah, periods, the long and short of it. My periods are extremely unpredictable. I may have one once a month or go for 3-4 months without one...damn that brain tumor. I do find that I want to do injury and harm to stupid people and I can't get enough chocolate when my period is nearing. The "red tent" sounds interesting, I may have to read that. I don't hate them (periods), I hate that I hemorrhage and can go through a super tampon in 1 hour.
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