oh you’re freaking out about your life already?? how about a side of Pregnancy Scare??

I was 99% sure I wasn’t pregnant before I got piss all over my hand trying to check, but it’s a really fun little scientific activity to pee in a cup and on myself and then use a little dropper to sprinkle some on a test, so I didn’t mind

haha jk I absolutely hated it

jfc

    • the_itsb [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      28·
      2 months ago

      OMG ME TOO

      hopefully it happens before they’re too shriveled to be helpful to anyone else, they’re incredibly fertile and active and I don’t appreciate it

      every month they wreck my life, and every time I’m like, “some nice lady would love to have these parts,” and I feel bad for wishing them away

      I would donate them tomorrow yesterday 15 years ago if I could

      • iridaniotter [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        22·
        2 months ago

        Ahh don’t feel bad about wanting them gone. By the time transplants become really common, we probably won’t be that far off from growing them in space from your own cells anyway!

        edit: Also it’s your body! It’s your right to do what you wish with it!

        • citrussy_capybara [ze/hir]@hexbear.netEnglish
          22·
          2 months ago

          many doctors won’t go along with that if seeking a more permanent solution, they say you’ll change your mind

          heck, have had trans masc friends straight up tell doctors they need to get rid of the original plumbing to feel better and not want to self harm and still get told nothing can be done

          body autonomy still has a ways to go

      • un_mask_me [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
        14·
        2 months ago

        Big same, wish I could have donated them a long time ago, except mine are fucked now and are now a constant threat to my health. Doctors still won’t remove them even though they’ve put me in the ER a few times. Hope you’re feeling better soon!

      • ashinadash [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago

        Unlimited removal upon your ovaries & uterus

        You shouldn’t feel bad just cause someone else would want em. It would be rad to donate them, but failing that, uncritical support to you in your heroic struggle against internal organs you do not want.

  • khizuo [ze/zir]@hexbear.netEnglish
    12·
    2 months ago

    Haha I’ve been experiencing the same thing recently. Weirdest menstrual cycle ever for the past few months, and in my case I know it isn’t pregnancy. Can’t wait to get some form of birth control so I can stop living in dread every month lol.

  • AcidMarxist [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    11·
    2 months ago

    Sorry if this is weird, I’m not really a good communicator, but like what can someone who doesn’t have a menstrual cycle say/do/consider to make it easier on someone who does when they’re going through it? I feel bad for my friends who have to deal with it, but ngl I’m pretty stupid

    • un_mask_me [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      14·
      2 months ago

      Be patient and ask if they need anything, like meds or food or someone to talk to. It’s different for everyone, so keep in mind they will have different needs. Just check on them like you would any friend and be kind. For some it can be very debilitating and scary depending on their circumstances. Also it’s not stupid to ask how to be a better friend/person, it’s nice that you even asked imo!

    • HexBroke [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      Heat up a heat pack and offer it to them - if they say no then you’ve got a nice heat pack to warm you anyway

      Carry spare tampons and pads

      Put a little bin in your bathroom for discreet disposal

  • sappho [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    7·
    2 months ago

    I feel you, my cycle was delayed like a full week this month due to stress and it scared me a ton :( I don’t have the pregnancy concern because lesbian but I was so worried that something else was going wrong in my body. I’m unfortunately underweight due to health issues and I just started a new medical elimination diet, and I was terrified that I wasn’t managing to eat enough to get my period.

    She finally came, thank goodness, but I really couldn’t tell what was going on with my body and what my hormones were doing at all for a while there and I hate that. I am still learning to sense all aspects of my monthly cycle because for the last two years I’m finally having it again after being on continuous birth control for a decade. I like the feeling of being in alignment with my body but man do I wish I could stress less about it.

    • the_itsb [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      duuuuuude, me too

      Like, I just want to be in alignment with what my junk thinks I should be doing, because that’s probably (maybe?) the healthy impulse, but it’s so hard to predict/deal with/be in alignment with.