Im convinced.....

[emma61210]

that I'm bleeding to death! lol... I'd been on BC for so long I forgot how awful AF was.... Every month I forget.. then AF comes and I end up changing my SUPER PLUS tampon every hour!

Anyone else miss the days of BC periods... when AF came and went and it was nothing??

kay, thats my random for the day =)

[Cheesecake]

I quit BC quite a while ago because of other than TTC reasons, but yeah, boy do I miss the days of no cramps and hardly any blood...

Sent from my phone, please excuse typos!

[larhun3]

I actually had the opposite happen. I expected to go back to heavy periods and cramps but when I went off BC I had lighter, shorter and hardly any pain periods. I did get a ton more spotting though. Either way hope things even out for you and fx crossed you get a BFP soon and get a break from super tampons.

[sweetc80]

I had very light periods after BC, but since I started clomid, and ovulating on it, my periods have gotten to the super plus tampon category. It sucks, but I take it as a good sign that things are working in there.

[emma61210]

May 22, 2012 13:27:06 GMT -5 sweetc80 said:

It sucks, but I take it as a good sign that things are working in there.

so so true =)

[raeyn]

I've only had one non-pill period so far, and it was very light and only 2 days. My first reaction was, "This is totally awesome!", but I'm really hoping it won't make getting pregnant more challenging. Hopefully it won't matter either way and soon we will all be KU and won't have to deal with it for a while.

[kicius56]

I'm on my 3rd post-partum cycle. After the first two periods, I learned to use double super tampons after leaking at work :/ I've never had to use them when on BCPs.

[emma61210]

May 22, 2012 20:07:18 GMT -5 kicius56 said:

I learned to use double super tampons after leaking at work :/ I've never had to use them when on BCPs.

ugh... I use a super plus and STILL wear a pad for the first 2 days. Even though I change every hour I still have some leaking as well...

do you mean you use double as in 2 tampons or do they make double super???

[emma61210]

May 23, 2012 9:24:52 GMT -5 @esquirefish said:

My first three or so cycles off the pill were fine - and then the fourth hit and I was dying (I actually had to go to the hospital from work, my blood pressure crashed and the cramps had me lying on the floor of my office). I am now on a drug called Naproxin that I start taking the day before I am supposed to get my period, and that has done two great things : first, my cramps are almost entirely gone, and second, the flow seems to be more regulated.

I'm glad they got it regulated for you. I've never had bad cramps, but when I have they were from the devil.. so I'm glad the medicine you're on has helped you!

[monpetitchou]

For those with heavy flow, try the Diva cup! No more tampons, no more leaking every hour, it seriously changed my life

[sweetc80]

May 23, 2012 12:57:39 GMT -5 monpetitchou said:

For those with heavy flow, try the Diva cup! No more tampons, no more leaking every hour, it seriously changed my life

I've been wanting to try them, but haven't pulled the trigger yet.

[kicius56]

May 23, 2012 10:23:13 GMT -5 emma61210 said:

May 22, 2012 20:07:18 GMT -5 kicius56 said:

I learned to use double super tampons after leaking at work :/ I've never had to use them when on BCPs.

ugh... I use a super plus and STILL wear a pad for the first 2 days. Even though I change every hour I still have some leaking as well...

do you mean you use double as in 2 tampons or do they make double super???

I meant super plus, just forgot what they are called. I reread what I wrote and it did sound like I meant 2 tampons!

I just bought the Instead Softcups (nonreusable 14 in a pack) and I hope that will solve the problem. If I like using them, I'll buy the DivaCup.

[emisi]

I was like that, had to change my ultra tampons every two hours for the first couple of days, Now that I had my fibroid removed, I think I've used maybe one pad a day for AF this cycle? It's pretty nice. Hopefully it gets a little stronger, but I'm digging it.

[amberlocke]

May 23, 2012 12:57:39 GMT -5 monpetitchou said:

For those with heavy flow, try the Diva cup! No more tampons, no more leaking every hour, it seriously changed my life

Can you feel the Diva cup? Sometimes tampons bother me, and I tried Nuvaring for one month and HATED it because I could feel it....I've been curious about the cup but don't want to spend the money on something I can't use...

[emisi]

May 24, 2012 23:20:53 GMT -5 amberlocke said:

May 23, 2012 12:57:39 GMT -5 monpetitchou said:

For those with heavy flow, try the Diva cup! No more tampons, no more leaking every hour, it seriously changed my life

Can you feel the Diva cup? Sometimes tampons bother me, and I tried Nuvaring for one month and HATED it because I could feel it....I've been curious about the cup but don't want to spend the money on something I can't use...

I only feel it when I put it in wrong. The only thing wrong with it, from my POC, was that I didn't want to use it when I was at work. My period was SO heavy that I would have to empty the cup every couple of hours, and there was nowhere to wash it out at work. It's great for weekends, though.

[sarack]

i totally feel this way. also, the first day of cramps are seriously debilitatingly painful. today is CD1.. i feel like i'm dying. the one good thing is though that the heavy leaves after like 2 days, but i spot for like 7...

[ghostmonkey]

May 23, 2012 12:57:39 GMT -5 monpetitchou said:

For those with heavy flow, try the Diva cup! No more tampons, no more leaking every hour, it seriously changed my life

I have heard from so many that have leaking issues with Diva cups as well.

[Becca]

My first couple of post partum periods I was on blood thinners and they were HORRID. But, now that I am off the thinners and bc, they aren't bad at all. Before Carter, my non-bc periods were a super heavy 7-10 day ordeal, bc periods were 7 heavy days. Now, my last thinner-free cycle was 4 moderate days. I am hoping that trend continues! My 'normal' cycle changed after DD too, so I am hoping this 4 day deal wasn't a fluke.

Feels weird that I want to thank DS for the lighter periods, lol.