Are there any women here who enjoy having periods?
only when it means relief from PMS.
I hate having them but I do enjoy knowing I’m not pregnant without peeing on a stick.
So, while there are lots of options for “opting out” of having them, I still let myself have them (for now).
I have, in the past, been positively GIDDY with joy finding out that yes, that month, I did finally did get my period…
And again, in the past, due to extreme menstrual cramps, a doctor gave me a prescription for Demerol. I can honestly say, I did enjoy my period!
I have felt relief at getting one, but I’ve never enjoyed it period itself. Even when I’ve been able to use the really good painkillers.
I’m going through a horrible case of PMS right now, so I cannot answer that question without spewing bile. I’ll check back in a few days.
Why are you interested in this topic?
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think the OP is a 13-year-old boy trying to figure out the world via the internet.
I can’t imagine a single woman alive actually enjoys getting a period, beyond the relief that accompanies knowing you’re not pregnant (well, probably not. Some women spot every month even while they are pregnant), which of course doesn’t extend to women trying to get pregnant. Then it adds insult to injury. At best, it’s a somewhat messy nuisance. At worst, it’s so painful, nauseating and heavy you’re bed ridden and in need of severe meds.
Two notes, however: One, I do enjoy the creative surge that comes with PMS. It doesn’t cancel out the mood swings or the pain, but it is an amazing feeling. Two, women may not enjoy their periods, but there is some reason to believe they do more than tolerate them – many women on daily hormonal birth control still choose to have fake periods (withdrawal bleeding), for the most part because they feel like not having it (however fake) is ‘unnatural.’
I like knowing that everything is in working order (no pregnancy worries), but that’s about it. On the downside, I always get a bad headache for a day. I’m not sure anyone enjoys it, it’s just one of those things you gotta deal with, at best.
Some girls enjoy having their first period, but the novelty wears off quickly. 
Before I started using a DivaCup, I really disliked getting my period, but now I hardly notice it. Still, it’s ultimately just a hygenic hassle, though for me it does mean a relief from pre-menstrual water rentention and other odd symptoms. (I don’t get the direct mood effects of PMS, but I bloat like a sponge, my breasts ache terribly, and I’m constantly hungry. None of which is contributive to a sunshiney mood.)
In September, I had my first period for 2009. I was pretty happy to get it - maybe reproductive system is gearing up to let me get pregnant (this month, I had some sad little spotting, but it was still a feeling of “way to go, uterus! Keep trying! You ovulate like a champ!”)
I think that part of the difficulty in answering the question is that, generally, a period doesn’t do a whole lot - for some women it’s extremely painful, for some women it’s a surprise which ruins their good underwear, for most women it’s an occasional nuisance but not too big a deal. What is there to enjoy, other than the idea of “hey, I’m not pregnant but still likely fertile!” As far as I’m aware, there are few/no women who experience an actual “period sensation” to enjoy.
I got mine at 13 and have had debilitating cramps since. A former dr. once offered to give me a prescription for morphine. I declined. I’m on bc pills now and the cramps are gone but who doesn’t hate the mess?
Is it actually not a period when you are on the pill?
What’s…to enjoy, really? It’s just something that happens every month or so. I don’t know, maybe some woman somewhere gets off on the feeling of ooze, but 99.9% of women? There’s nothing to enjoy.
I skip a lot of mine, but when I do have them I kind of enjoy them in a “alive, fertile and in touch with the moon” kind of way. It makes me feel sexy in a kind of natural earth mother way.
I do use a DivaCup, and that makes a world of difference. Instead of being a major hassle, it’s like two minutes of messing with it a day and no supplies to buy and run out of and carry around. I love my DivaCup.
Well… I have found out I’m better at sports during my periods. More stamina, weights feel lighter, more agile, more coordination, more strength.
I don’t get the pain other women get. And like others have said, ultimately it is a hygiene hassle (how much of it varies).
This is a strange question. I’d hazard a guess that the number of women who enjoy having periods are equal to the number of men who enjoy having groin injuries. Both are undoubtedly a non-zero number, but vanishingly small.
Like another poster mentioned, the only reason I am remotely pleased about my period is that it means my water retention, break-outs, sore breasts and susceptibility to schmaltzy tear-jerking moments (be they ads, movies, or even grocery store ponderings) are at an end.
Which doesn’t mean I enjoy my period. It just means that my period signals the end of the hormonal nonsense leading up to it. I also enjoy popping a zit, but that’s only because that means the zit is going to go away; I’d much rather not have the zit at all.
I never really had PMS. I did have debilitating cramps during the period but the Pill solved that. Then I thought I would be way too paranoid about pregnancy to ever go on continuous birth control. When I started getting migraines - in addition to the seemingly random, frequent ones I get - every day I was off the Pill, then I found out that no, I wasn’t paranoid at all about giving that ‘period’ up, and continuous birth control was A-OK with me.
I think elfkin477 has it right.
I’ve felt extreme relief having one. Plus, when I first had one after being pregnant with my first, it was a novelty that I enjoyed for, oh, about 20 minutes.
I kind of like having them because it means everything is working properly. I can’t wait to use my reproductive system and I want it to be doing everything it should. Plus I think all body functions are pretty cool. I track my cycle, know when I ovulate, etc.
I often have horrible cramps the first day. I do not enjoy that. But beyond those, I hardly notice my period because I use a Divacup. There’s no 7-times-daily hassle, sometimes discomfort, or fear of leaking, the way there is with all other products.