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[blueerica]

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So yeah, due to a few good reasons, I decided to skip a period while on the Nuvaring last month.

Now that I'm a couple of days before my period I have been experiencing the worst cramps of my 16 years of "womanhood." I felt like I was being stabbed from all directions and could barely move. The pain subsided, but occasionally comes back. I've been frustrated all day, which I partly attribute to PMS, and I just wanted to cry for no apparent reason by the days end.

Mind you, I'm not at ALL like this during my normal cycle... maybe a tiny bit weepy and just a bit frustrated. No cramps or nausea, thankfully, on a regular basis.

Could this be the result of not having my period? Amongst us, do we have an experience in this for my curious mind?

[3894]

Originally Posted by blueerica

[i] Amongst us, do we have an experience in this for my curious mind?

No experience but I do have sympathy. Here, take a freshly-baked chocolate chip cookie. Take two. You need them. I hope today is a better one for you.

Also, I loved your phrase "15 years of womanhood", even if it made me calculate my own at 39 years.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by blueerica

One month later, Blueerica rezzes a thread...
Could this be the result of not having my period? Amongst us, do we have an experience in this for my curious mind?

Well, as for me, if I skip one or more cycles, the next cycle or two is h-o-r-r-i-b-l-e. Everything is intensified twice over.

Of course, for me, once I turned 40, everything changed anyway and I'm playing in a whole new ball game. And I've not hit the change yet, either.

So that's my experience. Eveyone else's mileage may vary

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by blueerica

One month later, Blueerica rezzes a thread...
I felt like I was being stabbed from all directions and could barely move. The pain subsided, but occasionally comes back.

You know, I had really awful periods when I was young. It wasn't until after I had kids I realized this pain was like contractions. Not the severe the kid is about to pop out kind but still. Or, even more comparable to the cramping you get after you deliver, the uterus contracting. So f'ing painful.

Sort of like my early periods. I don't understand why they were so painful. But, they were irregular.

I would think {not know} that yes, messing with the hormones may have played a part in how you feel.

Mmmm....coookies.......

Feel better, chickie.