Warning: This might be a little TMI for some of you, but I’ll try not to be too tacky or gross.
Recently, I had to scavenge for some tampons. It was a Sunday night and I was running low. I guess I need to add tampons to my food storage. After going through all the zipper pockets in my many different bags, I managed to find enough to make it to Monday morning. Of course that means that one of these days, I’m going to have an emergency while I’m out and about and I’ll be stuck and out of luck because I haven’t replenished the zipper pocket in that bag, but that’s a story for another day.
What I’m really trying to say here is that one of the worst parts about infertility is that I still get to ride the crimson wave about every thirty days even though I will probably never experience pregnancy. I get all the inconvenience, the cramps, the bloating, craving sweets, and the roller coaster of hormones just when I’ve learned that once again I won’t be carrying a baby. So as far as I can tell, there is no good reason for me to have a period, unless each cycle reduces my chances of ovarian cancer.
But since I’m not one to end things on a downer, I also have to say that one of the perks of infertility is that I will never again worry about birth control. I’ll admit that I do feel truly sorry for women who can’t seem to control how often they get pregnant as much as I can’t control my own inability to get pregnant—that is, unless they tell me that they get pregnant washing their husband’s underwear. Then all sympathy is gone. At any rate, if I can’t pick when to have my babies, at least I don’t have to get panicked about having another child before I’m ready or feel guilty about waiting to have kids or wonder if someday I’m going to regret ingesting hormones to prevent pregnancy. That’s just something I don’t have to worry about. Maybe if I find myself with four kids under the age of three, then I’ll reconsider. And I'd embrace all the worry and inconvenience of birth control if it would get me pregnant, but for now, I’ll just try to enjoy this silver lining.
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My sister has been looking for all the silver lining in this area lately too. But it is rather obnoxious that women keep on having to have periods even when they aren't having kids--too old or whatever. What a pain. (And what is with the washing the underwear thing--that is just gross. Did someone really say that??)
If we're going to talk tampons, I have a bone to pick. Tampax just changed their design, and now I can't STAND them, and they were the only ones that worked for me. So now I'm doomed to a life of horrible tampons. Today I found a bunch of old ones under my sink and it was like finding GOLD! Oh, I love hidden tampons (unless they're missing, as you say).
Aack! TMI! You crack me up. Glad to see you posting more often.
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