# Do women with certain body types have worse menstrual cramps than others? A poll. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 4, 2004, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-with-certain-body-types-have-worse-menstrual-cramps-than-others-a-poll/253527 "2004-07-04T19:36:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-with-certain-body-types-have-worse-menstrual-cramps-than-others-a-poll/253527/62 "2017-08-11T14:38:37Z")
Don’t have a period anymore but when I did I never had cramps. My periods only lasted about 3 days and never had a heavy flow. I always wondered what everyone else was always complaining about. I was on the pill for 20 years. I had the same type of periods whether on or off the pill. But then when I turned 40 LOOK OUT! I started bleeding heavily and ended up having a partial hysterectomy because of fibroids. I’ve always been about average in height and weight…5’4", at my lightest adult weight I was 110 lbs - heaviest 145 lbs. Somewhat curvy I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-with-certain-body-types-have-worse-menstrual-cramps-than-others-a-poll/253527/63 "2017-08-11T14:49:39Z")
I’ve had them from the git-go through the changes in my body type; when I first started, I was a scrawny little thing (5’ and always “small” for my age), and now that I’m older and fatter (5’2" nowadays), they haven’t abated. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-with-certain-body-types-have-worse-menstrual-cramps-than-others-a-poll/253527.md?page=3)