Oh where Oh where is..........

[Werd]

I am literally a bitch LOL I menstruate so infrequently. I have no idea about PMS, never did. When I do get it, it is so light that I hardly notice and as I get older the periods will be scantier and more infrequent. Shit, mental-pause scares the shit out of me and I KNOW it is around the bend!!

My oldest daughter is 12 and her period can't be too far off - the rest are right behind her. I figure that by the time they are all menstruating I will be pretty much done.

As for being unprepared... how embarrassing do you think it is for a 37 y/o woman to ALWAYS be unprepared. Last month my little one was in the bathroom with me and I didn't even freaking notice until she said, "Mommy, what is that blood on your panties?" Then I had to ask my 60 - someodd y/o bf if he had any "womankindathings" in the house! LOL So i sent him to the store for tampons!!!! Hhehehehehehhhe

 

[brunette]

sorry! foot in mouth

 

[FigureSkater]

Oh my god I am the world's most bloated person today. I feel like one of the chicks in the "before" picture of one of those Xpel or other anti-bloating pill ads. (does that stuff actually work?) And I swear all the water I've been drinking is just making it worse. Good thing I don't have plans (other than being lazy) for tonight, or the rest of the weekend for that matter.

I used to get cramps so bad back when I was in high school (at least once I started getting my period...which wasn't until I was almost 16 because of all the training for skating). I'd have to miss at least one day of school every month and just stay home curled up in a ball crying because it was far too painful and NOTHING helped. And if the cramps hit during the school day, having the school nurse call home to my dad (whose office was in our house) and explain to him that I needed to go home due to "women's troubles" was always so fun. Couldn't she have just told him I was sick!?

 

[Raina]

Other than when I've been on the pill, my cycle is not on any sort of schedule. It isn't good at being consistent. It much prefers to either surprise me with an early visit or scare the hell out of me by being weeks late.

There are a few days a month where I feel like the marshmallow man. I feel so puffy. I also have a hell of a time staying out of sugar at that time. But worst of all is that I cry...and cry...and cry. I'll sit there thinking about how upset I'd be if my fiance died in an accident or something silly and I'll bawl forever. And then he gets home and wonders what the hell is wrong with me.

Oh the fun of estrogen!

And Werd-- speaking of kids in the bathroom, a friend of our family brought her 4 year old in the ladies room with her while shopping. It was a full mall bathroom. And the little one loudly asked "Mommy, why do you have so much hair down there". Everyone just giggled.

 

[Gymgurl]

I have found mine to be alot heavier then they used to be....

Brunette....You didn't say anything wrong if you ment that post for me!!

 

[brunette]

cool, thanks gymgurl

btw girlies, zinc levels should be above average for happy-period-days! please consider supplementing your levels for lighter periods, ok?

 

[Werd]

And Werd-- speaking of kids in the bathroom, a friend of our family brought her 4 year old in the ladies room with her while shopping. It was a full mall bathroom. And the little one loudly asked "Mommy, why do you have so much hair down there". Everyone just giggled.

Funny you should mention the "hair down there" thing. LOL I keep my front lawn very well manicured and walk around the house in my birthday suit and even bathe with my kids. My two older daughters started growing pubic hair and aren't pleased about it. I don't remember feeling the same when I started to grow hair. Do you guys think this is because I normally shave/wax mine bald? or only keep a very little hair at most?

 

[Puddles]

Funny you should mention the "hair down there" thing. LOL I keep my front lawn very well manicured and walk around the house in my birthday suit and even bathe with my kids. My two older daughters started growing pubic hair and aren't pleased about it. I don't remember feeling the same when I started to grow hair. Do you guys think this is because I normally shave/wax mine bald? or only keep a very little hair at most?

It's a different era. Remember, when we grew up there weren't bikini hair ads all over the place and playboy models didn't shave.

My daughter's 12 and shaves her pubic hair. She doesn't want any to show in a bathingsuit and thinks it's quite gross when friends of hers don't shave. The first time she shaved it she didn't ask me questions first and wound up with a rash so I had to explain a few things to her.

School starts tomorrow, 7th grade, and for the first time she'll have to be changing for gym, so today we went out and bought her new bras and panties. She usually wears bikini style but I got some at Target that are boycut for myself and she likes them. Today they had the same ones in her size and while I'm reading this thread she's trying them on and showing them to me. She looks so cute! Little tiny but. LOL Then she mentions she likes this style just in case she forgets to shave. LOL

She hasn't started her period yet but it'll start soon. She's got all the signs and keeps a pad in her purse at all times, just in case.

Now they sell these little kits with a pad and a pair of disposable underware for young girls. This way if they're out and it starts, they can just toss the soiled undies and continue about their day. My how times have changed! I remember my cousin wearing pads that had to be worn with a belt before the sticky stuff was added on em!

 

[Werd]

Wow - thanks Ms Puddles... My daughter started shaving her pubic hair as well and it nearly gave me a fucking heart attack!!! I talked her out of it but now that it has grown in I can see that it is fairly substantial. It doesn't peek out of the sides of a bathing suit, but there is quite a bit up front. I told her not to shave her underarms but told her that I would take her to get it waxed if she wanted. I prefer she not shave her legs as I dont see the need. The hair is very light and summer is almost over so I am hoping to get one more year out of her not having to do that. Yea, yea - I know I am freaking about the fact that she and I are practically in the same clothing size. It is all just coming so soon... so unexpected. I was thinking 16/17, for goodness sake maybe like 14.... BUT BARELY TWELVE?!?!?!! YIKES

I mean, I am all into getting her "diva" panties (as I like to call them to separate them from the little mermaid and finding nemo panties her younger sisters have. The magic number 10 is the "diva panties" birthday in my house LOL) and bralettes (I think they are far more comfortable than the training bras and my daughter agrees). She hasn't gotten her period yet either, but it will be soon. I'll look for that "starter" pack w/disposable panties you spoke of.

Her younger sister is 10 but she is getting a little pubic hair and the glands are also swelling underneath her nipples. She is a very "ungirly" girl LOL. So unless she asks me to get her bralettes I won't push the issue.

The last thing I want is for my kids to picked on because they are "geeky". I mean, I am not into keeping up with the Joneses at all, but I know how mean and shitty females can be. Gosh, I had to BEG my mother to buy me bras in the 7th grade (when we started changing for gym class) just so I wouldn't be the only girl in dorky undershirts. Now I HATE wearing bras, but wear tanktops! <------ "dorky undershirts"

Yea, I remember the big thick pads! (not the belted ones though). They were like wearing fucking phone books!

 

[Gymgurl]

Omg....you guys are freaking me out....My girls are 3,5 &7 and I know I will be at this point before I know it...at least i will have some good info from you guys on what to do.....