This is a little personal and a little embarrassing to write this post. Before I started having kids, I had heavy periods but from what I can tell from Change the Cycle, it was nothing compared to some women! I had debilitating cramps that would leave me in bed for 1-2 days. Things calmed down a lot once I had kids and I also heard, from an online group of women, about cloth pads and how they can help your periods lessen and even your cramps to go away. They say it’s because the pads don’t have the chemicals in them that are in the store bought pads and tampons. Since using cloth, my cycles have been so much better!
I’m not writing this because I want to tell everyone about my cycle, but by talking about this with another friend I found out that she had worse cycles than me. So I wanted to share this with my readers in the hopes that it may also help someone else out there. Not everyone has someone to talk to about this, because let’s face it, it’s embarrassing! Change the Cycle is a place where women can talk to real women about relief. I was lucky to have had the online forum that I had to learn about cloth pads and to learn that I wasn’t the only one out there. Having Change the Cycle to meet women like yourself is an awesome opportunity. There are also treatment options like NovaSure to help lessen your cycles. (I personally wouldn’t use it because it’s not safe to get pregnant after having it done and we’re not sure we’re done yet.)
Check out Change the Cycle and Vicki Iovine’s story. Don’t be afraid to do something to help yourself, talk to real women about what’s going on with you!
Note: I received compensation to write this post, but all opinions are my own.
