I had a very long stretch of no periods between two pregnancies and breastfeeding. Now it's been back for a while, and everything is worse post kids. More moodiness, more cramps, more backaches, more exhaustion, more bloating, longer, and way more heavy. Womp womp. I feel like I need a day off once a month because I feel so bad!
What about you?
squash / 13208 posts
post kids my cycles are wacky
I get horrible O pains that require a heating pad and meds
PMS suuucckkkkssss!!!
Periods are generally light with little to no cramps - 1 day of heavy flow and that's it!
However at 4 yrs PP - my cycles still vary and it drives me batty!! 34 days, then 28, then 27, then 25, then 30........pre-kids it was 33 days every month!
grapefruit / 4862 posts
I know I'm in the minority here. I had AWFUL cramps and bleeding prior to getting pregnant with LO. I didn't even have a full year of period between my two pregnanices, but the ones I had were markedly better. I knew I was pregnant with LO1 when I didn't wake up vomiting at 4am as I had always since being off BC for a year. I never had any periods that bad after my first pregnancy! Hoping that trend continues post baby. They were pretty much the same regularity before and after.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
I never went back on birth control after DS1 and they were really bad like teenage years. Long, heavy, crampy UGH. I am NOT looking forward to getting AF back PP. And will def look into BC options to curb my syhmptoms.
clementine / 830 posts
I only had one period between the kids so I don't even remember it. I got an iud before my period came back so I don't know if its a side effect of that or just my body but it's way heavier than before! Before kids it used to be 3 days of no big deal but now its 5 days, most of it heavy and I eat everything I see.
honeydew / 7488 posts
I get way more bloated but aside from that, my cycles are generally much lighter.
grapefruit / 4988 posts
Mine are worse. I always got cramps but now they hurt alot more, flow is heavier, and it lasts a day longer. I never noticed when I O'd before but now it's super obvious and I get several days of weird cramping, acne, mild nausea, and insomnia. The only good thing is that my cycles have gotten a bit more regular (30-33 days compared to anywhere from 28-45 days before).
GOLD / papaya / 10166 posts
Prior to kids, I was on BC for 10+ years because my periods were so heavy and my cramps were so painful that I threw up. Since BC helped to tame them, I don't have anything to really compare to.
Post kids, it's VERY heavy and bad PMS, but the cramps aren't as bad. Since DH got the snip, I won't go back on BC, so I keep an app on my phone to warn me when I'm about to start again.
pomelo / 5628 posts
Mine is similar to yours @mrsbree especially heavier which is really annoying. It's a lot worse.
nectarine / 2115 posts
Mine are much heavier, but that's about it. I have never been one to have a lot of physical symptoms of PMS, thankfully. The worst thing is that my pelvic floor is too weak (boo!) to use a menstrual cup, so I am back to tampons, which I hate.
cantaloupe / 6669 posts
My cramps are a lot better - I used to get really nauseous from the severe pain. I once posted here asking if contractions were like period cramps and everyone laughed at me - but early labor was not much different than bad cramps for me. Early labor just went on for FIVE DAYS so that sucked. Anyway, that's a tangent. The trade off is I get more bloated, my PMS is worse, and they are SO much heavier.
papaya / 10560 posts
It has been hell! I didn't have a period from nov 2011 to April 2015 due to preg/bf and has really been a nightmare. I talked to my dr about it at my annual and he kind of was just like yeah the first few might be pretty bad. I have awful back pain, cramps comprable to mild labor pains for days, pain so bad it wakes me up in the middle of the night and bleeding for almost a week that is just so annoying and inconvenient.
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