Happy days are here again!

[slemslempike]

The coil is not the agony I had feared it might be - I have one day where it is quite painful, but even if I don't have any painkillers to hand it is not actually incapacitating. However, it has changed my periods, so I have a few days of small amounts of blood in discharge (enough to need a liner), and then about four days of actual bleeding, including two nights where I overflow my larger capacity cup and need back-up, and then about three/four days of bleeding gradually tailing off. I've only just started using an online tracker to work out when things happen, but this currently only leaves me with about a week in the middle where I don't bleed at all. I am mildly grumpy about this. According to monthlyinfo I'll be rageous about it in about two days.

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[notmarcie.livejournal.com]

That's exactly what I get when I ovulate. Normal clear discharge with small amounts of blood sort of umm...suspended in it. It lasts about 36 hours. It sort of rmeinds me of when you buy hens eggs and there is a bit of blood in the albumen.

I definitely get the pain, it's not bad, but it's distinct and quite weird! Just on and off for a couple of hours. I had no idea what it was until I trooped to the doctor and she told me that some women get ovulation pain.


Having been on hormonal contraception for about 10 years when I switched to the IUD, it's been rather fascinating to see how my body really works. Especially the effect hormones have on me, barring the three menstrual zits on my chin and jaw.