Monday, July 28, 2008

So the Pill makes you regular, huh?

I started today. Two weeks early. Which kind of negates my food theory in the last post, as the symptoms were right on time based on a start date of today.

I'm kind of at a loss here. I mean, if I'm taking a steady level of hormones, why does my body not react accordingly? Why do I have early periods, late periods, and no periods? That shouldn't be possible, right?

I suppose I can understand the late periods. My natural cycle is (or at least was...it's been many moons since I had a natural cycle) closer to 34 days than 28. So maybe my body is hitting the snooze button when I'm late. I am a snooze kinda girl, after all, and have been a procrastinator since birth (for which I was also late).

But the early periods...those I just don't get. As heavy as my flow is, I can't believe that it's just the excess forcing its way out ahead of schedule. Is there some sort of physical or emotional trigger? I've been under a fair amount of stress lately. If so, how does that work, exactly? Is there a way to control it? (The reaction, not the stress...for the time being, at least, the stress is a given.)

It's my body. I want to understand it.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Food matters

I thought diet (by which I mean junk food binges) only mattered the week before my period. However, I'm only in week 2 of my cycle, and I'm feeling the effects of the chips and sugar I've been indulging myself with. I'm bloated, my breasts are tender, and I'm generally sluggish and grumpy.

Good to know...I'm up for anything I can control.