Emi, I bought a keeper last year and have tried to use it many times, without success.  Sorry to be graphic, but it always leaked....yes I did buy the one for ladies that have had children.

Emi, I was deciding whether to write this post before (as everyones comments have been so loving and beautiful and mine was a bit negative) and then you posted and it made it clear in my mind why I feel this way.  I will explain in a minute.

Since going very high raw, my period has been regular every month.  All three of my children were conceived  without having a bleed but obviously ovulating.

Now (in my mind) my negative comment....sorry.  I dislike the time when my period comes, to me it is disgusting and I cringe at having to touch the blood, the smell, just everything about it, the inconvenience....Emi what caught my eye in your post is that a TRUE reflection of how I see myself....disgusting, not beautiful, an inconvenience ....sometimes I feel that I am.  But on the positive...I love being a woman... I truly believe I am blessed to be a woman, to be able to give birth and experience giving and be in the creation of life.... what a beautiful experience.

I am sorry for posting this comment but I am glad I did it after Emi's post because it made it clear why I felt like this.  I am glad all of you have found this time of the month such a special time.

All my love,
Annette
x

Rawgasm, the Herbert Shelton article is indeed a man's view and as with any health and medical text I feel is strongly influenced by cultural views of the time. So much physiological knowledge is based on the assumption of a male body.

It has been referred to a few times that the lower mammals do not menstruate. I think a marked difference between humans and the lower mammals is our lunar cycle as opposed to the oestrus or being in heat. I have read anthropological views that posit one of the reasons for humans biological success is the development of the lunar cycle and the ability of humans to choose the time that they concieve and give birth.

I agree with aspects of the Herbert Shelton article and I think someone elses' comments that menstrution is heavier and more painful with greater toxicity. This is true-cooked food/excess fats creates inflammation, congestion and pain. A period should be light, short and without pain-the state of our menses is a strong indicator of our state of health.

each day i come to this thread first...it inspires me and makes me feel so proud to be WOMAN!!!

thank you for posting that Becky...

after sooo long many year in fact,without a bleed,it was exciting to have a pain free menses...and it lasted 5 days..then gone!
I feel like it was a good turning point,in the healing state of my physical /mental /emotional body!

Im with Anette I hate and I mean hate having my period. And I agree with what someone else said (sorry I dont remember who) that it depends on how you where welcomed into "Becoming a women". I remember my mother sitting me down and talking to me about it like it was very hush hush without anyone else around I was all embarressed. I allready knew all the stuff she was telling me from school. My mother and I never had a very good relationship like the mother daughter ones (we do now dont get me wrong I love my mother now and wouldn't know what I would do with out her).

I remember I was about 13ish I was walking down the street and had the period pain adn this was a week before it happened and I was in agony. Then we were at the movies with my uncle and I got home and I new I had started menstrating. I sliped into mum and dads room and stole a pad too embarressed to tell my mum. then mum and dad had gone to Hawaii for a holiday and we were staying with my grandparents and I had to ask my grandmother for money to buy some pads and my grandfather drove me down (he knew why I had to go) and oh god I just wanted to hide behind car seat.

Everything that wraps around my menstration is so negative which is why i most prob hate it so much. maybe after this pregnancy maybe it is time to turn it all around.

 

Emi, I have read something along the same lines about women being able to adjust their cycle by sleeping with a light on, on certain days.  I think the theory is that the moon cycle influences the menstrual cycle partially through the effects of light exposure on melatonin secretion levels and you can mimic this with artificial light.



Thanks Michelle, she's a special girl, I learn so much from her too

Dear Emi, thank you for the insight. 

That idea is very definitely worth a try.  I'll see if I do some research to see if it's more necessary on certain days and as Migina suggests, use a light to sleep with some nights.

Hehe, I can see evening walks in my future

thanks Jennie