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I'm asking this because there are some posts about cups splitting/ tearing/ feelings that it was time to get a new one.
I have a small MCUK ( bought a year ago) and a large Lunette (bought half a year ago).
Thought they could last for at least the next 20 years.

How long did you have your cup until it split or needed to be replaced?

I had a colposcopy done in July which came back positive for mild cervical dysplasia. I had a pap done in late November which indicated it had gotten worse; my gyno told me I just had to do a cryo. I have one scheduled, but now that I'm doing research I'm seeing that this may not be the best way to go. My doctor only has the technology for a cryo in her office, but I've read that laser ablation can be more effective, require less "downtime" (so to say, or less extreme-discharge time), and is less damaging to the cervix. I've read what there is about cryo, but I couldn't find anything on laser ablation. Has anyone had this done, and what was your experience like? I really would prefer the less invasive procedure (changing doctors is NOT a problem- I actually hate mine!). Thanks!!!

Hi, I have a concern resulting from switching from a Sm Divacup to a L Fleurcup and would love to read your responses. My flow is fairly heavy. During the first 3 days, I changed tampons every 1 to 3 hrs and changed the Diva every 3 to 4 depending on the day. This was all fine and good, but I had horrible cramps etc. You all know the headaches and the "my spine isn't solid" feeling. After using the Diva a number of months I realized every period with it was registering really high on my menstrual pain scale. I developed the theory that the Diva was chaffing my cervix. So, I procured a L Fleurcup. My cervix is low and way over to the left (it's kind of a cavern). The diva was forced to tilt naturally since its so long, but I learned to tilt the fleur solving my slight leak problem.

Okay, here's my question: I thought my L fleur would need to be emptied less often than my Sm Diva (all measurements I did with water and the size charts indicate that.. the holes are really high) however, if I do not empty my fleur right at hour 3, I leak a drenching downpour of red. I am pretty sure this is overflow. I think I may have started bleeding faster after switching cups (my 3rd & 4th day seem significantly lighter). Did relieving my cervix of the Divacup and tampon chaffing cause me to bleed more quickly? My last 2 periods were the least painful I have ever had, I really want to trust my Fleur. As anyone had a similar experience or have any other theories? Thanks.

According to my FAM chart, the beginning of my next period coincides with the day I get to make a cross-country holiday plane trip.

Fan.

Fucking.

Tastic.

That was my first thought. My second was literally, "Huh. Guess I'm not going then." Even though the ticket is non-refundable and canceling on my mom is really not an option.

But, I'm also not sure how dealing with my period at airports and in planes is any more of an option. The flow is excessive, to the extent that I spend about 4 days going through 1 menstrual cup and 2 stacked cloth pads per hour. And the pain is excessive, to the extent that it usually involves blacking out, throwing up, and/or sobbing in the fetal position for prolonged periods of time. (The fetal position sobbing is prolonged. The black outs are generally brief. The upchucking is of middling duration.)

The only thing I've found that's ever reduced my pain to a tolerable state is marijuana. And while I can envision many delightful scenarios that involve smuggling weed through multiple airports, in my version, they all inevitably end with TSA and/or federal marshals -- and in real life, I probably don't want to go there.

Anyone have experience with holiday jet-propelled uterus doom?

At this point, I'm thinking there's really not much I can do for pain aside from the usual. Because "the usual" is already pretty extensive, and I'm not going to be able to put a certain amount of that into effect on a crammed-full plane. (See note about fetal position crying for example.)

I am wondering, though, if there's some small (okay, okay, it will be fucktastically large) way to control the bleeding. I am not thrilled by the prospect of crawling over a row of people, sticking my likely already bloody butt near in their faces, bleeding still more while I wait for the bathroom, and returning in the same manner, with a wetbag which I have not yet got Ziploc bag of bloody pads as an added bonus feature. I am even less thrilled by the prospects of repeating this process 5 or 6 times while airborne (though thankfully only 2 or 3 times for each flight) or of turbulence or other delays preventing me from repeating this process the necessary number of times.

The only extra step I can think to take -- besides being sure to "reload" (empty my cup and switch to dry pads) immediately before I board -- would be to add Depends to that. Which strikes me as so very, very wrong. Not because Depends are evil in and of themselves -- even if I'm not sure about the plasticky bits contributing to yeasties and/or chafing -- but because I Should. Not. Have. to concurrently wear four different fluid-collecting products in order to make it through a single day.

I should also not be faced with a scenario where getting a pat-down search from a TSA rep (as invariably happens to me when I fly) is the high note of said day.

EDIT: Please, folks, don't ask about my general medical history. It's not relevant to this particular post because it's not something that can or will be addressed by my health care provider in time for this flight. And it's not something that makes me happy to discuss in detail every time I talk about my uterus.

i have high triglyceride and i found out about it like few days ago.. i went to the gyno more days before knowing my condition because my period was getting lighter (if that's the term) and for the pap.. she gave me yaz and today i took the first pill since i got my period, but while i was reading the instructions i read that you can't take it if you have a heart condition and should take care if you have cholesterol,family with cancer, etc..

tl;dr - i took a triglyceride test and it wasn't good news but weeks before that i went to the gyno and she gave me yaz, apparently yaz and cholesterol aren't friends lol

i can call her tomorrow.. so my question for now, should i be worry? any experience with cholesterol and birth control??

ok, i know this isn't the right site for this, but I'm hoping you can point me in the right direction. I have someone close to me that is going to have a baby. We saw the intelligender test on the shelf at Target, but we are wondering where to look for home made test to see how they compare to what she is having. Anyone have any ideas? Want to try as many as possible. : )

thanks!

i don't know if this post may sound out of place or not .. but i really feel like i need to get it off my chest and i need some advice . so about a week ago , my period was a few days late , which i found odd because month to month my periods would come a few days earlier . so i decided to take a pregnancy test . mind you , i had every doubt in my mind that i was pregnant because after a lott of unprotected sex throughout the years and not more than a couple of scares , i considered the possibility that i might not be able to concieve .. well i was wrong . i really couldn't believe the test said yes .. i took another test the next morning just to make sure .. and there it was again . i told the baby's father and he's not too thrilled .. our relationship isn't all that stable and he already has a seven year old son by another girl . but i guess he's unwillingly going to stick it out . regardless of what he wants , as silly as it may sound , i do want to keep the baby . but i really dont know how things will all work out .. i'm only 18 and i just got out of high school . im not so sure that my parents will support me as there's a kind of awkward situation going on at home .. my 23 year old sister [has some developmental issues] ran away from home with a 50 year old and she recently told my parents she was pregnant . and for me to tell my parents IM pregnant after what happened with my sister .. i really dont think they'll be willing to support me . and i honestly dont know how things with my baby's father are going to work out .. so i'm wondering where can i go for help in a situation like this ? it might sound like a silly question , but i'm not willing to terminate the pregnancy .. and the way things are this might end up with me having to do it all on my own :/

Hey guys,
I've been using FAM for the last 6 months and I've had some "weird" (for me) results.

Before I ever used birth control, my periods came regularly every 3 weeks and lasted about 5 to 7 days. After that I went on the Patch for about a year and a half, then the Ring for two years. I stopped the ring this June.

I had a PAP in June and everything came out normal. In July I did my first full month of FAM. In the 6 months that I've been doing it, my periods have never gone back to what they were pre-birth control. I used to get my period in a big heavy flow on the first day-- as in, surprise! Heavy period! Out of nowhere.

Now, however, I spot for several days before I get any heavy flow, and then that flow lasts for a very short time. If we include the spotting as part of my period, here is the length of time that each period has lasted:

July- 10 days
August- 13 days
Sept.- 9 days
Oct.- 14 days
Nov.- 10 days

Do you all think that it's normal for my periods to have gotten far longer, or should I go to the gyno again?
Thanks!

PS My temperatures also rarely follow the pattern that, according to FAM books, they are supposed to follow. As in, only once or twice have I had cycles that followed the low temps-then rise for a while-then low and period starts sequence. For most of the cycles my temps have gone up and down randomly, it seems.

Quick question. I'm due for my period around fri or saturday. But all day, today, I've experienced light cramping. I usually get my cramps the first day I actually get my period after I start and it goes into the next day. This is different for me. My breasts are their typical sore, tender, and fuller as they always are, starting usually a week and a half before my period. I only had sex once this cycle, it was a day or two after my last period ended. He didnt finish in me, but we stupidly did not use protection. Could this light cramping be my period, or should I start to worry?
I'm always regular on a 30-32 day cycle. Today is the 28th day of my cycle. This random cramping is just freaking me out, cause some people who get pregnant complain of this, but idk the one time I had sex with my boyfriend just seems like an unlikely time, especially because his precum wouldnt have had any previous semen in it. But when he did finish, he went on my stomach and now I'm afraid maybe some trippped down? Idk I'm such an EXTREME worrier. It was about a day or two after my period ended, so it seems unlikely. Should I relax?

Thank you in advance!