So why do we experience cramps???
During your period, your body releases chemicals called prostaglandins. These chemicals cause the muscles of your uterus to contract to help push your period out. The contractions can cause mild to intense and painful cramps in your abdominal or tummy area.
Sometimes these contractions can also affect your intestinal tract and may cause period diarrhea.
Don't worry though. Cramps are a completely normal part of having your period. Cramps usually occur right before your period and during the first few days of your period. Once you become more experienced of familiar with your period, you will be better able to predict your cramps.
What can I do to help my cramps?
After over eight years of having a period, I have some tips and tricks to share to make your cramps more bearable.
- Drink hot liquids ie. hot water, hot chocolate, tea
- Apply heat to your tummy area ie. hot water bottle, rubbing your tummy with your hand
- Exercise (surprising right?)
- Eat chocolate (in short, chocolate releases endorphins making cramps a bit more bearable)
- Eat bananas (potassium can help with muscle cramps)
- Take a nice hot bath
- Have an orgasm
What do you do to relieve your cramps?
I'm on right now and have been doing my best in the orgasm dept. today. I even had a couple in the bath tub, another on your list. Hot water bottle has never done much, or anything else on the list. Orgasms on my period are more intense and "come" faster, so I have to have several to help the cramps, and it only lasts a little while. Bananas, really?
ReplyDeleteI read in Comopolitan of a woman who used her cat to make her cramps disappear by having it lie on her stomach. So nudge, nudge on an idea that involves cookie.
ReplyDelete*the magazine, Cosmopolitan
DeleteHAHAHA ya if I can get him to stay in place! I'll need to have so many cat treats!
DeleteHello!! My girlfriend skipped her periods a couple of months back. We were concerned she might be pregnant though we just had oral sex & probably could have undergoing the consequences of carelessness that time; fortunately, she did have 1 after skipping 1 period :)
DeleteBut immediately the next time; i.e; this time she has been undergoing heavy bleeding from past 5 days. Mostly her periods end by this time but till now she has been suffering heavy bleeding & lower abdominal pain. We again had oral sex some 3 days before she began with her periods & just before the starting of the periods we both lost our virginity. To be on the safer side, she had a contraceptive pill on the 1st day of her period but still very concerned as to what could have been the possible reason of this irregularity or “chaos”. Please update regarding the same issue. Thank you for the same :)
Hi Rahul,
DeleteThank you for sharing your story. Unfortunately I'm not quite sure what could possibly be messing up her cycle. Obviously there can be so many reasons that could throw off a cycle so I highly recommend you speak to your health professional about it. Good luck :)!
I did a similar thing... I had a month where I didn't wanna deal with it so I took my birth control and refused to let my period start. NVERE AGAIN! Omg the next month cycle was torture. Double the blood, cramps, cycle length, bloating, and mood swings... I asked my doc about it and she told me that basically the stuff stayed up there when I skipped it and i had two periods in one.
DeleteOrgasms on my period are more intense and "come" faster, so I have to have several to help the cramps, and it only lasts a little while. Rabeprazole Sodium
ReplyDeleteIm havin serious cramps its like labor contractions
ReplyDeletego lay on your back on your bed and have your mom masadge the lower part of your belly, it may seem weird to have your mom masadge you near your privite part, but trust me, it works!!!!
DeleteWhat are orgasms?
ReplyDeleteAsk your Mom
DeleteDon't worry. If you don't know what at orgasm is, it means you aren't old enough to have one.
DeleteI stayed up all night with cramps i ate choclate and fell asleep like a baby
ReplyDeleteIs it normal to have a itchy vijay when you have your period?!?
ReplyDeleteCan you go to the bathroom out of your while wearing a tampon?!
ReplyDeleteYes you can I know that one, when u have to i reccomend holding up the string of your tampon as not to get it wet with your waste (i sound so mature :) and that should help sorry if it doesnt im kinda new to the whole tampon thing just started using one 2 days ago.
DeleteCan you go poo while your wearing a tampon!?
ReplyDeleteis it normal for your vijina to feel like it's beeping?
ReplyDeleteGod bless you!
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I'm so miserable with these cramps. why do us girls have to go through this!!??? :D :D :D
ReplyDeleteAlso, avoid caffeine.
ReplyDeleteIt’s been a while since I don’t whine that much about cramps, I take a pill before it comes and it definitely helps, even if it’s not a cure. I also recommend dark chocolate, or maybe my period is just an excuse to eat it ; ). I also use this site to let me know when my period is coming, I hope it works for you =)http://www.flanaxusa.com/eng/products/period_calculator/
ReplyDeletewondering. is it bad that I take like kinda a lot of pills a day just to keep the cramp pain away?
ReplyDeletelike 4 to 6?
if your a virgin and u wont to use a tampon does it hurt?
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