I was very fortunate that my Dr. explained cramps to me in exactly this same way when I was very young. Some of my friends’ Drs told them it was just “a woman’s curse” or your punishment for being “born in sin and not loving god.” Seriously, from medical professionals.

I explained to them what my Dr. explained to me and one of their mothers called my mother about me.

I only take Advil for 4 days a month and then I take it on a regular 8 hour schedule. It helps the muscle soreness a lot.

Inspiration comes in many forms Some forms are better than others. Thanks for the link!

Aleve will slow down the um, volume as well.

I think it is absurd that female monthly cycles are stygmatized.

It’s all in your head.

If God didn’t want women to suffer pain, wouldn’t have made babies heads so big.

And yet, I can’t see how “natural selection” would have created the human birthing process either.

Having experiences the gestation and births of my two children - all I can say to you women is, “I feel for ya.”