For the Ladies..Question about Periods

@Jshean20 (14348)
Canada
January 4, 2007 1:42pm CST
How many of you have to mark down on the calender when you're expecting your next period? I've always had this weird ability of detecting when my period is arriving (without writing it down on the calander or without experiencing cramps). How do you know when your period is coming?
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@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
13 Feb 07
I wear the wire dangling earings. I have a big problem with wearing most post earings. My ears get infected with them. Doesn't matter what the metal is in them either. I've had surgical steel posts do it as well as gold and silver. Don't know why but my body won't handle it so I still with the wires.
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@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
13 Feb 07
This is to go to show you not to have more then one window open at a time. I hit the wrong respond button because I was going back and forth. Sorry about that. Usually I can tell when my period is coming due to migraines and my mood. I get PMS really bad. crying at the drop of a hat, getting angry easy, the whole stereotypical woman when she has PMS. Give me chocolate and leave me alone.
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@soldenski (2503)
• United States
8 Feb 07
I know because I am on birth control pills and I know when I am on the sugar pill's, then my period will be here soon.
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@missyd79 (3438)
• United States
5 Jan 07
i mark on my calender when i have started my period and when i finish but that is because my boyfriend and i are trying to get pregnant. But I can usually tell when i am getting mine because 2 days before i will cry for no reason.
@Jshean20 (14348)
• Canada
7 Jan 07
yes, good luck to you and your husband.
• Philippines
4 Jan 07
I know my period is coming when my boobs get tender and I have to start wearing really tight bras and stuff
@Jshean20 (14348)
• Canada
5 Jan 07
thanks
@sindai (204)
• Canada
8 Jan 07
I'm on the evra patch, so after 3 weeks of having it on...my period comes. It's on schedule most of the time. if not...i just keep prepared!
• United States
8 Jan 07
What is this patch? Explain please.
@celray (141)
• United States
15 Jan 07
for most women the period is a 28 days cicle start counting the day after it first beging you should have it again in 28 days
• United States
15 Jan 07
28 days is an average, and this isn't true for all women. perhaps if you're on the pill, but that isn't even necessarily the case. I keep track of my cycles, partly because I want to know how long my cycles are. They are not 28 days long. Some months they are 23 days long, sometimes 32 days.. it just really depends. :) The length of your cycle also depends on when (what day) in your cycle you ovulated. And this varies from woman to woman, and from cycle to cycle.
• United States
16 Feb 07
When my cycle was regular..I never had to write it down..I too just knew,.the week before i would break out with bad acne,and get serious cravings for chocolate,,and then usually with in a half hr before I got oit..i would get "THE CRAMP" its the one that hurt so bad that i would double over in pain..liek someone was ripping me apart! ugghh! But now I have ENDOMETRIOSIS and im lucky if i get one at all..i withink the last 12 months i have had it 4 times? but when i get it..its soo bad i want to sleep it away..its truley painful..
@dana234 (2114)
• Spain
4 Jan 07
Mine is very irregular, for that reason I have to write it down on a calendar. When I was 18 I took the pill to have a more regular and less painful period. I´ve stopped taking it about a year ago and I´m back to painful and irregular periods. Isn´t it great to be a woman?
@Jshean20 (14348)
• Canada
4 Jan 07
I say the man should be the one to suffer from periods.
@sandie61 (2359)
• United States
4 Jan 07
I know without writing it down. I get cramps, irritated and more hungry then usual.
@Jshean20 (14348)
• Canada
4 Jan 07
thank you
@MakDomMom (1474)
• United States
4 Jan 07
I will occasionally (basically when I remember) write down when I got my last one. I always get mine basically on the same date of every month. So that always helps me out. I've hardly even been caught off guard.
@Jshean20 (14348)
• Canada
5 Jan 07
cool thank you
• United States
4 Jan 07
That's easy. Mine is the same every month give or take a day or two. My chest gets really sore about a week before and my back hurts really bad. In about a week after everything hurts its time.
@Jshean20 (14348)
• Canada
4 Jan 07
thank you :)
• United States
30 Jan 07
i can tell when mine is coming this is when i get moodie and start yelling alot more than usual and it scares me when i do start to yell alot more
• United States
4 Jan 07
I'd circle the day I started on the calendar that way when the next month rolled around I'd have a good idea of when to expect it. Plus I'd show the normal signs (cramps and what not). I think only once or twice it surprised me.
@Jshean20 (14348)
• Canada
4 Jan 07
thank you...I've been surprised a couple of times too..mostly after I've been ill.
• Malta
2 Feb 07
I don't write anything down. I just know it. Mine is punctual every 4 Monday mornings! That is a good way to start off the week!! GRRRRRRR
@melody1011 (1663)
• India
30 Jan 07
I dont know how you do it. But mine is a strict 28 day cycle. But i mark it to check which is the next day of the month i will be gettin it so thta i can be prepared. However, i do get sore, as well as get cranky the day before that. SO that is an indicator as well. :p
@Kaorin (756)
• Australia
30 Jan 07
I never have had to write it down. Before I took the pill, my period was extremely irregular, and it would show up all over the place (would come, leave in 2 days, 2 months later reappear for 3 days, reappear 3 weeks later etc...) Despite this, I always knew when it was coming. I wouldn't experience cramps, but about a week before I'd feel slightly bloated, like I had eaten too much. And about 3 days before it came, I would get this weird feelng in the small of my back, like an icy ache. Now I'm on the pill it comes like clockwork, but I still get the same symptoms.
• Philippines
30 Jan 07
i dont right it down, im more contented by knowing that im having a period every month
@wdiong (1815)
• Singapore
30 Jan 07
I don't really have the habit of marking on the calender. My period has always been rather regular on a 28 day cycle and I do experience PMS a week before it comes. Recent years, I experience some stomach cramps and sometimes I have break outs on my face.
@malini4u (896)
• India
30 Jan 07
my periods are irregular but i can know wen its coming..i get pain on back..feel feverish..sort of illl.
• United States
29 Jan 07
I use mymonthlycycles.com It perdicts your next 6 periods and when you're more likely to be fertile. Though I can still pretty much tell with my body when I'm going to have my period. Plus I have some pimples when my period is near.