# FEMALES ONLY...Trust me! During your monthly "visitor", have you... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 24, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/females-only-trust-me-during-your-monthly-visitor-have-you/190667 "2003-07-24T17:52:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Angel\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Angel\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_Heart)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/females-only-trust-me-during-your-monthly-visitor-have-you/190667/61 "2003-08-01T04:01:02Z")
Does anyone have a really light Day 1 and then have only leftovers by Day 6, then have heavy leftovers on Day 7? Or am I just weird. Fortunately, I don’t experience what by mother wen’t through (cramps, vomiting, diarrhea so severe she missed a couple days of school each month). I only get mild cramps that can be taken care of with Advil and a heating pad. However, I get major fatigue starting a couple days before and continuing to the end. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/females-only-trust-me-during-your-monthly-visitor-have-you/190667/62 "2003-08-01T04:33:05Z")
Remember that chick who told us she and her mom made “period prints”? _shudder_ What I hate is the chafing after the second day-and no matter how many times I change my pads (tampons don’t do a lot of good-I have a really heavy flow and I noticed after using the third one that using them was PAINFUL!), I still feel icky and uncomfortable. ---
**Author:** ![BobbySuezQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@BobbySuezQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobbySuezQ)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/females-only-trust-me-during-your-monthly-visitor-have-you/190667/63 "2003-08-02T01:39:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hazel \* > \*\*_Danger, Willa Robinson!_ I’ve heard that a hysterectomy can reduce or eliminate the ability to experience sexual pleasure. Also, it’s major surgery, from which it can take a long time to recover. \*\* I do agree with Hazel in that it is MAJOR surgery, regardless of how it is done. Recovery is easy for some and difficult for others. But I doubt any doctor would consider taking out a healthy organ. On to reducing or eliminating the ability to experience sexual pleasure … IMHO, absolutely NOT! “Aftersauce” is making me crack up beyond belief … though I keep picturing A1 steak sauce. Thank goodness I don’t use that product! sumwunsumwer, you may want to look into finding a doctor you are more comfortable seeing. ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/females-only-trust-me-during-your-monthly-visitor-have-you/190667/64 "2003-08-02T03:57:04Z")
I know how you feel - I felt the same way until I found [this](http://www.thekeeper.com/). I love this thing. Empty it once a day (I empty it in the shower), wash it out, pop it back in, don’t think about it again until tomorrow. Love it, love it, love it. ---
**Author:** ![LauraLittlePony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LauraLittlePony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LauraLittlePony)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/females-only-trust-me-during-your-monthly-visitor-have-you/190667/65 "2003-08-02T04:07:32Z")
I don’t find the blood itself too terribly icky. It’s when I’m cramping and I think about _what’s_ cramping and what’s IN there. . . when the whole works hurts so much, it just makes you feel like it’s some sort of evil alien baby, and after so many repeat performances, I just feel so grossed-out at thinking about the stuff in my tummy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/females-only-trust-me-during-your-monthly-visitor-have-you/190667.md?page=3)