Ladies (or Brave Men): Question Regarding Menstration page 3

[BestBetter]

If your diet has changed dramatically, it's possible that your cycle could be adjusting to new levels of hormones; for example, boosting your cholesterol intake will likely increase the amount of pregnenolone your body is producing, which as the 'mother of all hormones' which affect your hormonal levels. If it doesn't even out soon, then I'd get things checked out, but personally, I wouldn't worry just yet.

[noodletoy]

estrogen is stored in fat cells, so if you're low-carb and you have now become a fat-burner an unusual amount of that hormone is floating around in your system and up[setting the apple cart. it will even itself out.

[noodletoy]

I am endlessly amused by this cultural notion that men ought to be terrified or disgusted by discussion of menstruation or other women's health issues.

because most of them are. at work, i heard a 40-something man saying to another:

"why can't you trust a woman?"

"gee why?" said the other guy.

"how can you trust something that bleeds for 7 days every month and doesn't die?"

and the other laughed til he cried.

it's like something you'd hear 8-year old boys saying. i wanted to punch those troglodytes right in the face.

[Uncephalized]

because most of them are. at work, i heard a 40-something man saying to another:

"why can't you trust a woman?"

"gee why?" said the other guy.

"how can you trust something that bleeds for 7 days every month and doesn't die?"

and the other laughed til he cried.

it's like something you'd hear 8-year old boys saying. i wanted to punch those troglodytes right in the face.

Oh, I know for the most part it's true; I find it amusing that so many men are idiots.

[cori93437]

All any many needs to do is live through a ruptured hemorrhoid once... and he'll stop that silliness.
Just ask my husband.

Not that he was ever silly about menses, they never have seemed to bother him a bit.
But once he got the full experience himself... well, minus the wonky hormones and cramps... he was much kinder.
He did actually have a full week of bleeding, from a slightly different orifice but still, that necessitated the use of absorbent feminine pads...

He openly and honestly looked me in the eyes and said, "How do women really deal with this ALL the time? It's awful!"

[meeshar]

Did you happen to consume a significant amount of soy (soymilk, etc.) before you went Primal? I ask because I used to think that my normal cycles were really long (35 days), but I had been drinking a ton of soymilk and soy "dairy" products because of my lactose intolerance. I read about the estrogen connection (we were trying to conceive at the time) and kicked the soy to the curb--that month my cycle was 10 days shorter and has been ever since. Just a thought.

[Uncephalized]

All any many needs to do is live through a ruptured hemorrhoid once... and he'll stop that silliness.
Just ask my husband.

Not that he was ever silly about menses, they never have seemed to bother him a bit.
But once he got the full experience himself... well, minus the wonky hormones and cramps... he was much kinder.
He did actually have a full week of bleeding, from a slightly different orifice but still, that necessitated the use of absorbent feminine pads...

He openly and honestly looked me in the eyes and said, "How do women really deal with this ALL the time? It's awful!"

Ugh, that sucks. I have hemorrhoids [TMI ALERT]from ~10 years of daily constipation and consequent occasional expulsion of something resembling a juvenile alligator in size and texture (all cleared up nowadays, thank the gods!) but luckily the worst they've ever done is bleed a little during the movement.[/TMI ALERT] I do not even want to think about bleeding out of my ass all day long.

[Silvergirl]

At 54 and having had no period for 7 months, with mega hot flashes. I had 2 periods in one month. Very heavy, also continued irregularly since. All hot flashes gone. I feel like I have turned back the clock. So, not all good, i was hoping it was all over LOL

So it does seem a lot of us experience big changes. I am only 3 months in, so it will be interesting to see how it pans out.

[Waterlily]

All any many needs to do is live through a ruptured hemorrhoid once... and he'll stop that silliness.
Just ask my husband.

Not that he was ever silly about menses, they never have seemed to bother him a bit.
But once he got the full experience himself... well, minus the wonky hormones and cramps... he was much kinder.
He did actually have a full week of bleeding, from a slightly different orifice but still, that necessitated the use of absorbent feminine pads...

He openly and honestly looked me in the eyes and said, "How do women really deal with this ALL the time? It's awful!"

You just made my day cori! So funny!

[mom23kids]

Quick weight can cause havoc for cycles. I've lost around 45lbs since last fall and my periods been all over the place in this time. Now that I'm in maintenance hopefully it will normalize, but I'm now transitioning to primal eating so who knows lol.