Hey all you girls...

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I want to know how long your period lasts.
is it normal that mine usually last 3 days? I even had one time where it was 2 days. Its rare mine last for a full 5 days ... usually once or twice a year or something i will have one for a full 5 days.

I also dont get bloated, cramps, or mood swings.

So tell me is this normal?
I have yet to meet another women like me, and I would value any input.

Reminiscent~♡

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  • pastor_of_muppets
    9 years ago

    I should have never come in here to read this :|

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    • dirtybirdy
      9 years ago

      Cervical mucous, discarded eggs, cramps, tension, bloating, bitchiness, iritability, weird cravings, homicidal thoughts, colorful wrappers and crying don't do it for ya?

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      • VirgilManly
        9 years ago

        That sounds like a breakfast I had once and the bitch of a waitress who served it to me.

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      • pastor_of_muppets
        9 years ago

        *dies a little on the inside*

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    • reminiscent
      9 years ago

      Poor you ...I did say girls :P

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  • TareBear20
    9 years ago

    I am in the same boat, girl. ;)
    2 day periods, sometimes 3 days.
    Also no cramps, bloatiness or attitude on those days.
    Shwerd. 8)

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    • reminiscent
      9 years ago

      Woot *high five*

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  • dirtybirdy
    9 years ago

    Wow. No boys have left their mark on this? Curious.

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    • green_boogers
      9 years ago

      *whispering* we are biologically programmed to turn our sexual interest switch to the Off position 5 days per month. Put your feet up, I'll bring you a hot cup of tea.

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      • dirtybirdy
        9 years ago

        Good timing. Ohh mint tea! My favorite.

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  • ♔♖♘_checkmate_♕♗♖
    8 years ago

    this.

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  • ☆I'm☆A☆Star☆
    8 years ago

    this.

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  • PrincessOctavia
    9 years ago

    I usually get cramps and bleed for two-three days then I get no cramps and I barely bleed at all (Like all the blood for the last few days could fill a tampon half way.)

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  • Ilovewinter12
    9 years ago

    Well, mine usually lasts about 3-4 days. I only get mild cramps at best, and that's normally on the first day.
    I don't really get bloated, or have mood swings.

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  • Rihyae
    9 years ago

    5 days, much cramps x.x.

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  • wistfulmaiden
    9 years ago

    Yes youre lucky! Most women are 4-5 days mine was always at least 7 days and sometimes twice a month but I have fucked up hormones. They were never very painful but annoying. But I take pills which let me skip my period all together.
    My grandmother said hers was only 2 days.

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  • WhiteStallion
    9 years ago

    I heard that women with shorter periods are more fit... athletes have shorter periods...that's all I know about it...

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    • reminiscent
      9 years ago

      Oh... I never heard that.
      im not fit anymore but I used to be...as a kid I went outside all the time. I got older joined the military so was very fit then but after my baby was born not so fit lol.
      im about 20 pounds over weight and tired of it ...so ill be getting fit again to shed off the extra weight after the holidays.

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      • WhiteStallion
        9 years ago

        Hmmm u should research this on the internet (as I did after your post)...even medications you take or a lack of certain nutrients could be factors causing this short period...but if you've always had a short one then it should be normal.

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        • reminiscent
          9 years ago

          Yeah its always been the same no major changes :P

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  • iEatZombies_
    9 years ago

    Mine lasts 5 days, the 2nd being heaviest and the last 2 are barely there. My 2nd day is hell. Cramping, bloating, bathroom stuff..., a -need- for peanut butter cups. I'm an incredibly moody from crying to bitching 1-2 days before my period. That's how I know it's going to start- I get irrational, which isn't usual for me.

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  • fullhouse
    9 years ago

    I think a brief reading on Wikipedia or medscape would tell u its very normal

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    • reminiscent
      9 years ago

      I wanted to know how normal .... as any people I have met in rl have at least one symptom I listed

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  • LAR23
    9 years ago

    First day sucks, after that it's smooth sailing but pretty long

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  • Anonymous200
    9 years ago

    Lucky.

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  • Pika-girl
    9 years ago

    Heh, weird. I have mine right now... They usually last about five days... After the first two days, it slighty stops, but continues a little later.

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    • reminiscent
      9 years ago

      Im asking cuz mine ended after 3 days yesterday lol

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      • Pika-girl
        9 years ago

        Hehe, now you don't have to wait until another month! Yay!

        I recently found out that my friend and I have the same schedules, so... that was nice!

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        • slings_and_arrows
          9 years ago

          The same period schedules? I heard that when women spend a lot of time together their periods begin to synchronise...

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          • Ellenna
            9 years ago

            I don't see how this could happen with so many women on the pill, because that's not even a period it's just a withdrawal bleed.

            Certainly some all Lesbian households I've known where for obvious reasons no one was on the pill, ended up with synchronised periods after a while can't remember how long a while now,too long ago, as are my periods

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            • slings_and_arrows
              9 years ago

              There's no need to thumb me down, it's a theory others have heard too. Just thought I'd add something interesting to the conversation.

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          • dirtybirdy
            9 years ago

            It's pretty much just coincidental. With only so many days in a month, it's bound to sync up sometimes but eventually will unsync because of the variations in our rhythms.

            I also read something a while ago about how most women used to cycle with the moon but not so much anymore due to all the artificial light. But some still do I'm sure, coincidentally. .

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            • reminiscent
              9 years ago

              Your post has so much interesting in it

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          • Pika-girl
            9 years ago

            Yup, I've heard of that, too. It sounds... interesting...

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          • reminiscent
            9 years ago

            I heard this too

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    • slings_and_arrows
      9 years ago

      Well I'm on mine too, coming to the last days now.

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      • Pika-girl
        9 years ago

        Same. I think I'm gonna end mine on Christmas. :P

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        • reminiscent
          9 years ago

          Thats a good gift :P

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  • RainbowDischarge
    9 years ago

    3 to 4 days. Never a full week. Im grateful.

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  • charli.m
    9 years ago

    You have no idea how jealous I am :( hahaha

    I should start by saying I have PCOS. So that explains a lot :/ and sorry in advance for what I'm sure will be a long ramble.

    Mine are all over the shop. I consistently have really bad cramps, to the point of holding my breath, crying or at times curling into a ball and whimpering. Not as bad as poor cuntsicklestick though...I can't imagine that :/ I also get weird pains at what I assume is my ovulation time, but it's more like twinges, or something jumping in there.

    They started at 11 and there was absolutely no consistency to my cycle EVER. I might have one for three days (rare), ten days, two weeks, who knows. It might be a week in between or months.

    Longest period was about ten weeks. The bastard kept almost fading...stopping for a few hours then starting up again, just to catch me off guard. Longest time without was about eighteen months (I wasn't pregnant, I had not been sexually active).

    I really don't think you want all the bloody details :/ it's fucking disgusting.

    At their best (so far) I was taking a herbal product under the care of my naturopath. They were somewhat regular. Pain and bleeding were more manageable, too. But for whatever reason, they stopped working for me in...2012 I think? So I stopped taking them as they're expensive.

    From this year, I took a monophasic birth control pill for five/six months. It was disgusting. I got cramps all the damn time, period or no, bled profusely while on the hormone tablets, through the placebo week and into the next hormone pills. I had one month (second last) when it was normal. The last month, I tried to extend the hormone pills...bled through the third week through fifth. Ended up having to take a triple dose of the pills for three days to make it stop as I was unable to enjoy my holiday and it was showing no signs of stopping. It worked for a week. Then I stopped taking them.

    Now I'm on my first month of a triphasic. So far so good...but I guess i won't know for sure for a few months. My biggest problem atm is that it doesn't seem possible to skip a period on triphasic, because of the different levels in the pill. But I guess just one thing at a time.

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    • reminiscent
      9 years ago

      I feel so bad for you...I hope the triphasic works out for you.

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      • charli.m
        9 years ago

        Thanks. I've heard way worse stories than mine though :/

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        • reminiscent
          9 years ago

          I havent ...yours and Cuntsiclestick are the worse I have heard.

          In my rl the worst was a girl who got cramps so bad she would stay home from school. But that was it just 5 days of pain ...none of the other stuff mentionrd in here

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          • charli.m
            9 years ago

            I haven't heard worse in rl, just horror stories in forums etc.

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  • runningwithscissors
    9 years ago

    Mines every 25 days and last only 4 days. Never more never less.

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    • reminiscent
      9 years ago

      Oh very on time... is it because you use birth control?
      I dont want to mess mine up since it lasts few days with no negatives ..so idont take the pills

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      • runningwithscissors
        9 years ago

        I'm not on any birth control.

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        • reminiscent
          9 years ago

          Oh thats pretty awesome then

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  • slings_and_arrows
    9 years ago

    About 5-8 days. No cramps, nausea or mood swings etc. just get a funny feeling around that area and like my tummy rubbed : ) So you're lucky, mine seem to go on for a long time, and then there's the heaviness...which is just ott sometimes. Have to out a towel down in my bed, and I have to change the sanitary towel often, plus I no longer like wearing the other type (tampons)...so that makes it worse. Sorry if too much info.

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    • reminiscent
      9 years ago

      Nope im curiouse.
      Its good you dont have any cramps and stuff...so even tho yours lasts a while thats a positive.
      I only bleed heavy the first day and still use thin pads...then its light for the remaining days.

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  • Avant-Garde
    9 years ago

    That's a hard one. It's getting to be pretty damn rare for me to get them but, when I do get them, it's like my hormones are out of wack because, they seem to last about 2 weeks.

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    • Ellenna
      9 years ago

      Have you had that checked out? Two weeks seems very excessive esp as it sounds as if you're not a newbie to periods. Menopausal? I thought any drastic change in periods should be checked out immediately

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      • Avant-Garde
        9 years ago

        Menopausal at such a young age?! Something would have to be very wrong indeed for that too happen. This has actually been going on a for quite a few years now. The two week thing is only recent. It started, I think, after I got back from a trip to Europe. I was very unwell in Europe. When I got back, I was so unwell from food allergies, that I could barely eat anything and my ED roared back into my life. I remember once not having my period for 10 weeks. No was willing to believe me. I can't remember ever seeing a doctor about it. Then again, I did see a neurologist for a brain scan. Irregular periods is one of the symptoms of a brain tumor and I had so many of the other symptoms that I figured that was what it was. It wasn't.

        I eat on average, quite a lot but, I barely gain any weight. If my irregularities are weight related, I can't do anything about that. Honestly, not having to deal with my period for so long is a relief.

        I just had a period. It started last Wednesday and ended either Sunday or very early in the morning Monday. It wasn't as heavy as I was expecting.

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        • Ellenna
          9 years ago

          Sorry I don't know your age, but there is such a thing as early menopause and also other hormonal irregularities which can affect your periods. Doctors can do hormone level tests.

          I'm glad your recent period wasn't a hassle - who knows, maybe you're through the worst of them - I hope so

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    • reminiscent
      9 years ago

      Wow I never met anyone who had them last so long.
      I would think this would be inconvenient

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      • Avant-Garde
        9 years ago

        The one I just got off surprisingly didn't last that long and nor was it that heavy. The cramps weren't too bad either.

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  • Cuntsiclestick
    9 years ago

    Lately mine has come every 2-3 months and lasts anywhere from 4-10 days. My cramps are so bad I get nauseous, I vomit, or in rare cases, I pass out. This month's period was actually an easy one. If only they were all like that. lol

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    • reminiscent
      9 years ago

      This sounds awful D=
      Have you seen a doctor?

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      • Cuntsiclestick
        9 years ago

        I would, but there's no money for it at the moment.

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        • Ellenna
          9 years ago

          So that's how yr medical system still works? I assume you're in the US? That sucks ..

          Have you tried orgasms? Sounds weird maybe but it used to work for me. Probably by yourself is best unless you have a very open minded lover.

          I also used to pinch a pressure point just above the heel and sometimes that would ease the cramps.

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          • Cuntsiclestick
            9 years ago

            Yep it's the US. A place where every broke neighbor on my block and their mom can get free healthcare from the government except me. lol
            Anyway, the orgasm trick rarely works for me, and I never heard of the pressure point trick in the heel. I might just look that pressure point trick up and try it. Thank you. :)

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            • Ellenna
              9 years ago

              Maybe your country needs a REAL "socialised" health care system like ours in Australia?

              It's not perfect, far from it, but everyone is covered. Wealthier people take out private health cover as well as having access to the general system if they choose to, and can get better service, which I think sucks. I haven't been following what sort of health system Obamacare ended up being, although I did follow the debates about it to some extent, finding the anti arguments unbelievable. They seemed similar to arguments here against including dental care in the medical system because it will lead to people "rorting the system" - yeah, right, people are gonna go to the dentist for fun! I actually heard this most recently from a dentist and I couldn't respond until I stopped laughing.

              I don't think so highly of the UK system where it seems people are stuck with whatever doctor is allocated to them and have difficulty changing doctors, that's not the case here.

              Sorry, I sidetracked myself there, to get back to your issue, the way I used the pressure point was to pinch with 2 fingers just above the heel bone, you can feel a sort of little cave there .... you can see I'm an expert on medical terms! I think it was pinch for 5 seconds, release for 5, pinch again, can't remember for how long, but I do remember that I used to be able to feel my uterus sort of unclench and relax the more I pinched. I do hope this helps you and any other women reading this.

              Anyway, good luck with the menstrual problems: I'm over them by about 20 years but still remember my teenage years being marred by 2 week heavy periods - yuk! I didn't know I was a feminist then, and got quite peeved off with doctors telling me my periods would settle down after I "got married and had a baby" - guess what, the buggers were right, but I wouldn't recommend it as a cure for menstrual issues!

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        • reminiscent
          9 years ago

          Im sorry...I hope your able to soon since all that sounds alarming.

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          • Cuntsiclestick
            9 years ago

            Thank you. I hope so too. lol
            I'll just keep my Midol/Pamprin and my sugar/caffeine handy to manage it for now.

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            • reminiscent
              9 years ago

              ♡take care of yourself ;)

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