Menstrual Hut

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[Phoenyx]

What I'd really like is a hug. Yeah, I'd like that a lot.

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[ksmybuttons]

Better than a Heating Pad.

I make corn bags. I buy field corn from the feed store. About $6 for 50 pounds. I sew square and oblong bags, fill them about 2/3 with corn and sew them shut. I prefer velvet to make the bags as it feels so good against the skin.

I put them in the microwave for about 3-4 minutes and it gives off a moist heat for about an hour. The smell of the corn and the weight of it is just heavenly. You can distribute the corn to conform to any contour.

I know people who have used rice or buckwheat or other things, but I really like corn the best.

They are the best for the general aches of menstration. We use them to heat the bed and as little pillows. I freeze them for ice packs.

Wonderful little corn bags - a great present for anyone and so organic.

 

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[Calamity Jane]

I don't think I've ever been so happy to start my period!

Apparently, reading this thread on Friday helped, because I started Saturday morning. I was sooooo happy, because I'd planned to do a pergnancy test on Saturday morning if I hadn't started. And I know my husband would be very very not happy if I was pregnant.

Soooo... YAY for Aunt Flo!

The downside is, I've been cramping and feeling nauseous all weekend.

 

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[pipercatt]

Well, it's my time in the tent. Cramps, PMS big time, etc. I actually just finished the Red Tent yesterday, and I loved it. Thanks to all of you that recommended it. I gave it to my mother to read.

As of writing this post, I got a phone call. My grandmother went in for a biopsy this morning, and the results did show breast cancer.

Why do rotten things always happen on the first days of my period?

 

[Guest]

I'm sorry Pipercatt!

Try to nuture yourself, today.
I really hope for healing blessings to find your grandmother.

 

[Allexus_TN]

My best wishes for your grandmother. I understand your fears and concerns, my grandmother went thru all of that as well.

 

[pipercatt]

Thank you Raindancer and Allexus. I really appreciate the kind words.

She is on her way home now, goes back in tomorrow to discuss options. Its very strange, she's had multiple biopsies, and never once had a positive result.

I guess we will see.

 

[Kitte]

***Pops up her Little Red Tent with a big grin***

PCG IM WITH YA!!!! NEVER been so happy in my life to have my moon cycle! So I hearby declare I will not complain about my cramps, my breakouts, that throbbing pain in my lower back or the fact that men suck

 

[ksmybuttons]

***Pops up her Little Red Tent with a big grin***

...or the fact that men suck

He had better if I want him to!

 

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[pipercatt]

Thank you FoxinSox, I've been an admirer of yours for some time now.

In fact, I attribute my more fun moments during this cycle's PMS to you. I've had a giggle telling people that I am in black widow mode.

It suited me well in saying good bye to a boyfriend, and when I told Hubby the mood I was in, he went into the garage and hid the shovel.

Ah the power of being a woman.

Grandmother is home and resting. She goes back tomorrow for more tests, but the surgeon seems to think they got it all in the one node. I am keeping my paws crossed.

 

[april-wine]

pipercatt.....

Breast Cancer is scary, but it is beatable.....My mom is now 7 years cancer free.....Keep your chin up and keep positive thoughts....Please feel free to PM if you like......hugs april

 

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[april-wine]

April baby, where have you been??

I been around lol.....Working the day shift this week, not a lot of Lit time lol......hugssssssssssss How are you Foxy?

 

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[april-wine]

Hmmmmmm sounds like fun I'll be right there........

 

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[april-wine]

Night Foxy.....sweet dreams darlin'

I am off to work......

 

[pipercatt]

Thank you April, I appreciate the kind words.

They didn't tell us much at the hospital yesterday except come back tomorrow. God, I love the medical profession. Not.

 

[Ree]

Okay, ladies...it is the end of the month and here I stand with a basket of Easter chocolate, wine, and a box of tissue and no one is sitting in here with me. I brought plenty of goodies to share and a wheelbarrow full of PMS, breakouts, and a massive blue funk that I would be happy to park in a corner and set on fire to keep us all warm. I get my period the week that I am on pins and needles about getting a new job, my husband is pressuring me about getting a job from hell, all I want to do is continue in my current job unless I get the pins and needles "real" job, my best friend is out of town so no shoulder to cry on, and all I want to do is hide in the bed and eat every ounce of chocolate the Easter bunny is supposed to be bringing on Sunday. Oh, and on top of all that, instead of having the light flow first day, Niagra (sp?) Falls hit instead. Every two hours, running to the bathroom and I am pretty sure Tampax didn't have me in their "test" group for the Super Heavy Day tampons. I still have to wear a "diaper" and a tampon the second and third day and apparently now the first day. The joke continues around my house..."Sucks to be me!!!!"


(Pipercatt, I hope your Grandmother is doing better. She is in my prayers.)

 

[Jade]

wow interesting thread!

golly things have changed a lot around here on the outside but the underlying stuff is always the same... always threads with different degrees of shock value

my two cents: this reminded me of my next door neighbor growing up

she joined this quasi cult thing... it branched out from a wiccan start and became it's own thing

by the end of it these women were coming to her house, howling at the moon (which made my dog howl back btw... lol really!), dressing like giant tampons and tried to collect, bottel and get this ... SELL their menstrual blood

I hope no one reads this and gets pissed off... I am NOT saying this is a wiccan thing... this was needless to say "something else"

however, I can't help but share my opinion and say

"god how totally fucked"

perhaps it's b/c I was fourteen while all of this went on but

ya know?

I'm quite a bit older now and it still makes me sorta um....

well anyway... back to life

thanks for reading, if anyone did... I was feeling chatty

with no one to chat to

 

[Jade]

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I second you on that super absorbency stuff... totally sucks and I'm right there with ya baby!