The curse has returned
Gone nearly three years with just
one Aunt Flo visit
Men. This is your cue to leave promptly. Quietly shut your browser and pretend you were never here. Please return again tomorrow when I promise to talk about something ELSE like boobies or trucks.
So hello ladies! It’s just us today, feel free to look around and note how CLEAN and tidy and sock-free everything is. The counters are wiped and you have control of the remote.
When I went to bathroom earlier in the week, I noticed something on my undies.
“Huh?” I thought to myself. “What in THE hell IS that?”
It took a minute, but I finally came to my senses and realized, “Oh yes. It’s THAT.”
I wondered if I even had any feminine hygiene products in the house, but then remembered to my horror that my movers had packed and moved them in a box labeled “WOMEN’S PADS.”
So I retrieved one of my WOMEN’S PADS and set off to spread the word to Tate and explain to him why I had been picking fights and acting even more passive aggressive with him than normal for the previous week.
He looked at me, squinting and crinkling his nose. I assumed that he was going to make my need to wear WOMEN’S PADS all about him and his needs. (gag) Instead he was confused.
“Is that even possible?” he asked.
Since the arrival had also surprised me, I decided to forgo the lesson on menstruation and wimmins for Tate. Rather, I explained that yes, indeedio, it was possible.
“Well, I KNOW that it’s POSSIBLE, but I didn’t think IT would happen with the IUD,” to which I realized Tate had a point. I didn’t think I’d need WOMEN’S PADS with the IUD.
Of course I contacted my trusty family doctor **Google** and she explained that 20% of women did in fact have NO need for WOMEN’S PADS while the rest of us get to entertain an unwanted visitor every month.
This is one of those times in my life that I really, really, really wish that I was less than average.
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~JJ!
March 28, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Damn, that would piss me off.
~JJ!’s last blog post..Feel yourself up on the Ides of March
Molly's Mom
March 28, 2008 at 4:05 pm
I have the Mirena as well (and love it), but I am not completely Aunt Flo-free. Every 2-3 months, I get the bee-yatch for a few days, but not as raging as pre-Mirena. TMI, I know. So I am sort of but not quite completely in that 20%.
Jen Fos
March 28, 2008 at 4:56 pm
My hakiu is about poor pitiful me, but I guess you get some of that too….
Jen
Jen Fos’s last blog post..Haiku Friday – Poor Pitiful Me
MommyMoments
March 28, 2008 at 6:14 pm
I too am an IUDer.. and yes.. i have had periods since getting it… but.. they are fewer and far between, and much lighter than they used to be.. I love my Mirena!!
MommyMoments’s last blog post..Hoppy Easter Everyone!!!
Rhea
March 28, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Bummer about Aunt Flo. I tried an IUD but ended up having heavy cramping after a couple of weeks and it came out. Lovely, huh?
My husband threatens to put me in the red tent during my time of the month. How archaic! Men!
Rhea’s last blog post..What’s Cooking in this Pot – Answer
Sarcastic Mom
Twitter: SarcasticMomLC
March 28, 2008 at 8:22 pm
Ah. My only hiatus from being Bluh-D was during the time I was preggers with Braden. Then it was right back to StickyBunsStreet.
And I’m totally going to buy a DivaCup soon. I hate WOMANSPADS and I’m getting sick of tampons. My aged and abused vagina doesn’t like them anymore. Heh.
Sarcastic Mom’s last blog post..I love you, John.
The Farmers Wife
March 28, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Mirena Rocks! I’ve had mine for 2 1/2 yrs now and only get Aunt Flo one day a month if that and so light. Vs. the eight to ten day misery I had before. And the one day is just a recent thing, up until last yr. I did not even have one at all.
The Farmers Wife’s last blog post..The Cave Man and The Snail!
melissa
March 29, 2008 at 4:59 am
Ugh. No fun. But I would probably be in the same boat as you since I was regular while I bfed, too.
Hang in there.
melissa’s last blog post..Haiku Friday 3/28/08
coffeesister |_|)
March 29, 2008 at 5:29 am
At long last, I’ve provided my very own haiku on a Friday.. ^_^ The post itself will help explain what took so long despite loving the idea & having the intention for months. Thanx for helping to simplify blogging while still keeping it worth reading! ~_^
(|_| *cheers* |_|)
The little things?
The little moments?
They aren’t little.
~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
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Nell
March 29, 2008 at 8:10 am
I’m sorry, I remember the disappointment of that day all too well, and am now reminded of it monthly. Sigh.
Nell’s last blog post..Still Waiting for My Smackdown
Rosie
March 29, 2008 at 10:13 am
The red flow of doom
unwanted, unneeded blood
go the fuck away.
Rosie’s last blog post..My Big Redneck Wedding – Geneva and Kyle
Momo Fali
March 29, 2008 at 4:18 pm
My Aunt Flo comes to visit every 24 or 25 days, and stays for over a week. I hate her.
Momo Fali’s last blog post..Throw In The Laundry And I’m Downright Charmed
Stephanie
March 29, 2008 at 7:10 pm
That SUCKS! Im sorry!
Stephanie’s last blog post..He got a workout today
Christina
March 29, 2008 at 9:11 pm
I’m sorry IT is back. Mine came back far too quickly considering I was breastfeeding.
Now, to get really personal: can you tell me what it was like getting the IUD? I’m planning to get one now, and I’m curious what to expect.
Christina’s last blog post..Haiku Friday: Young Jedi
Swistle
March 29, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Aw, dang, I’m really sorry to hear you’re back with your old buddy WOMEN’S PADS. That is so unfair.
Swistle’s last blog post..Birthday Party Fret [Edited with Follow-up]
Laura McIntyre
March 30, 2008 at 6:07 am
Ugg never a welcome return. Getting pregnant again is good , AF has only visited Three times since September 04 and im guaranteed at least another year free
Laura McIntyre’s last blog post..Future Fear
Stimey
Twitter: Stimey
March 30, 2008 at 1:32 pm
I think that’s the best part about pregnancy: no periods.
Oh, right, and the baby.
Stimey’s last blog post..How Not To Run Bedtime.
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rachel
March 31, 2008 at 10:00 pm
Yuck. Been there.
Apparently 24 mos and 2 T is all about diaper room.
24 mos. has it, 2T doesn’t.
That’s it.
For the first 3 mos of the unexpected return of ‘Flo’ I had the most vicious cramps and PMS and it sucked.
I feel you darlin’.
hope today is better.
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jamie
April 3, 2008 at 12:00 pm
aye yi yi!
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