# Am I the only woman who isn't completely on top of her period? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 3, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-woman-who-isnt-completely-on-top-of-her-period/527571 "2010-02-03T19:36:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-woman-who-isnt-completely-on-top-of-her-period/527571/81 "2010-02-04T16:52:05Z")
I had this discussion with my SO last night: **SO** : You’re going to start your period soon. **pbbth** : How do you know? **SO** : You just screamed at the Wii Fit and called it a stupid asshole because you missed a jump. **pbbth** : Yeah. I know. I try to keep the pre-menstrual rage contained but sometimes it sneaks out without my knowledge. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-woman-who-isnt-completely-on-top-of-her-period/527571/82 "2010-02-04T17:05:10Z")
> **[Femilia :: Free Online Ovulation Calculator, Ovulation Calendar, Fertile...](http://www.femilia.com)** > > Femilia can help you to track your period. By entering the dates of your period as they happen, you can predict when you next period will occur. If you are trying to become pregnant, this information can also help you determine when you ovulate. ... Log in and click the day when your period actually starts, and it’ll send you an email a couple of days before your next estimated period. It’ll also generate bar graphs and predict your ovulation and all kinds of fun stuff. I’m due for my yearly girlyparts check next month, my doctor will be so impressed when I give her detailed dates for my period for the last 6 months. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-woman-who-isnt-completely-on-top-of-her-period/527571/83 "2010-02-04T17:35:34Z")
> [@Marlitharn](#): > > [www.femilia.com](http://www.femilia.com) > > Log in and click the day when your period actually starts, and it’ll send you an email a couple of days before your next estimated period. It’ll also generate bar graphs and predict your ovulation and all kinds of fun stuff. Very cool! We could use this right about now. Thanks for sharing! ---
**Author:** ![Jelly\_Roll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Jelly\_Roll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jelly_Roll)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-woman-who-isnt-completely-on-top-of-her-period/527571/84 "2010-02-04T17:42:20Z")
I’m in the “do not menstruate anymore” category, but when I did, I only had a vague sense of when I would be starting, usually indicated by pain, like the OP. My boobs didn’t hurt, but I had fairly severe cramping, so when I started feeling the beginning of cramps, I knew within a couple of days I’d be starting. That, and the spontaneous rage. ---
**Author:** ![Sehmket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Sehmket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sehmket)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-woman-who-isnt-completely-on-top-of-her-period/527571/85 "2010-02-04T17:45:02Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > I kept track out of curiosity a few years ago. It’s pretty much every 24 days for 2-3 days. It’s just sort of a non-event. I usually can feel a day or so before that it’s coming, and I keep a couple tampons in my desk and car, so it’s no biggie. > > ETA: I can’t imagine you women who spend a quarter of your time having a period. That would really suck. When mine chooses to go into day three I’m irritated. > > StG Gah! 2-3 days!? I’m on Seasonique, which is supposed to reduce the number of days you go, and I’m still around 8-9 days (which actually is less than I’ve been on other things). I asked my Gyn last time I was in about Yaz, since on their commercials they advertize shorter periods. She laughed at me. ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-woman-who-isnt-completely-on-top-of-her-period/527571/86 "2010-02-04T18:46:33Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > I don’t get “tit effects”. That seems to amaze people. No, they don’t get larger, they don’t get more tender or less tender. Seriously, nothing of the sort. > > I get sort of minor cramping in my lower back, my hunger spikes upward, I get chapped lips, and the day before, slightly constipated (is that TMI yet?) Same here, my boobs are secretive, they don’t tell me anything. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-woman-who-isnt-completely-on-top-of-her-period/527571/87 "2010-02-04T18:53:56Z")
> [@Chopper9760](#): > > Same here, my boobs are secretive, they don’t tell me anything. Mine told me when I wasn’t on the pill, and continued to do so on one formulation of the pill. But when I switched to a different one, that went away. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-woman-who-isnt-completely-on-top-of-her-period/527571/88 "2010-02-04T19:10:45Z")
> [@Sehmket](#): > > Gah! 2-3 days!? I’m on Seasonique, which is supposed to reduce the number of days you go, and I’m still around 8-9 days (which actually is less than I’ve been on other things). I asked my Gyn last time I was in about Yaz, since on their commercials they advertize shorter periods. She laughed at me. Of all the pills I tried, Yaz was the absolute worst for me. Short periods my ass. I never _stopped_ bleeding when I was on that pill. From spotting to heavy to spotting and back again before my period was supposed to be due. It sucked. Seasonique was better. ---
**Author:** ![Sehmket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Sehmket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sehmket)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-woman-who-isnt-completely-on-top-of-her-period/527571/89 "2010-02-04T20:17:59Z")
> [@badbadrubberpiggy](#): > > Of all the pills I tried, Yaz was the absolute worst for me. > > Short periods my ass. I never _stopped_ bleeding when I was on that pill. From spotting to heavy to spotting and back again before my period was supposed to be due. > > It sucked. Seasonique was better. Yeah, my Gyn basically said the same thing. After she stopped laughing, she was like, “In my experience, it, uh… doesn’t work as advertised, except on a very few people who probably were already having short periods.” ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-woman-who-isnt-completely-on-top-of-her-period/527571/90 "2010-02-04T21:12:59Z")
> [@Chopper9760](#): > > Same here, my boobs are secretive, they don’t tell me anything. Mine only told me that I was pregnant! ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-woman-who-isnt-completely-on-top-of-her-period/527571/91 "2010-02-04T21:15:27Z")
> [@Juliana](#): > > Mine only told me that I was pregnant! Mine too! I don’t really get breast pain with my period. Sometimes they seem a little bigger, but not so’s you’d notice, usually. About a week before I got a postive test though, my boobs started hurting like a motherfucker, and were visibly bigger. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-woman-who-isnt-completely-on-top-of-her-period/527571/92 "2010-02-04T21:28:48Z")
> [@Savannah](#): > > TMI alert: I sure notice a correlation in my monthly cycle, vaginal secretions, and desire for sex, though. I just find it vaguely interesting, in an “oh, _that’s_ where I am” kind of way. > > But pretty much how my breasts feel tells me where I am in my cycle. It’s so funny feeling extra bitchy, horny or creative and checking the calendar for that ‘A-ha!’ moment. What I’ll never understand is why some women’s breasts grow larger (and, some might say, more attractive) right around when they can’t conceive – and don’t want anyone touching them, anyway. Also,[best illustration ever](http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-woman-attempts-to-illustrate-period-pain-to-her-boyfriend/). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-woman-who-isnt-completely-on-top-of-her-period/527571.md?page=4)