I believe that I am drunk enough to join in the TMI girly whitefont:

My periods are regular as hell, never more than two days off schedule, and this one? Started a little bit two days ago, and then kinda stopped but not really, and is now sitting there (invisibly of course but tangibly) glaring at me in some sort of menstrual funk like a girlfriend who won't tell you why she's mad because you don't already know. I cannot fathom the why of this. Thus, the drink, because what else am I gonna do about it?

Do I want to pay $5 to have someone else get the Chinese food for me when it is less than a mile down the street? Every inch of my body is in pain right now.

sj, yes, it's worth it.

And now... I think I should go lie down.

Ugh, Aims. I hope the acute "ouch" and ick! passes quickly, and you get years of trouble-free not-needing-to-rely-on-prayer to come.

My TMI is still sitting stubbornly in the Angry, Sullen PMS phase, so I won't whitefont it.

And sj? Totally worth it.

Is anyone patrolling DeLay's grave—you know, just to make sure he didn't rise?

You mean Ken Lay, right? DeLay is very much alive.

Isaac is living proof that results with the prayer method of birth control are very, well... let's just say I got what I was praying for, but I wouldn't recommend it if what you were praying for *wasn't* more children.

Aimee, I've heard similar tales about the IUD from others. It's what stopped me so far from looking into that method. FWIW it may take a few days for the bleeding to subside and the cervix to heal. BTW, what made you choose it, if I may ask?

Immediate return to fertility if removed, condoms are a pain and usually just stayed in the drawer anyway, didn't want oral hormones to interfere with my brain meds. And, it was only $10.

Ah makes sense.

We definitely want more kids, but right now is not the time, no matter how badly I want one right now. I'd like to get a few more classes done, into a bigger place, finances stable. So, all in all, this was the best option for us right now.

I meant Lay. I get my villains mixed up.

Much good luck Aimee.

Joining in the tmi whitefont: How bizarre. I'm early this month too. By two days. As is my bff.

I think I may also have gotten my first PMS migraine, which was so hurty it made me barf. But I then felt immediately better, so that can't really be a migraine , right?

I had fears I might be sliding into the big M, but with all y'all younger folk in the same boat, I'm going to blame bioterrorism.