I just want to STOP my period for as long as possible and don’t want to have kids. Ever. I’ve never wanted them and never will. For one thing I have a HUGE phobia of pregnant women, worse than spiders, heights and drowning combined. Also giving birth and pregnancy just isn’t for me and I am definitely NOT willing to make so many sacrifices for a kid. So having a period every month when there’s no way I’m EVER going to have kids is too unbearable. I also have a huge phobia of small kids 3 and under but any kid under 10 I try to avoid too. They just creep me out and the sound of a living thing inside me feeding off my nutrition sounds so… I’m going to cry of fear just thinking about that discussing thought. Anyways that’s just my opinion so please just give me an answer, it’s MY choice and my life and if I one day come to regret it big deal I’ll live. I’ve made this decision for myself and no one can tell me not to because it’s my choice for MY life. And people who don’t even know me have no right to try and make me stop or tell me what’s best for me. However you are of course free to state your opinions, just please also answer.
I’ve looked into a few options and all seem…
>Mirena seemed like a good option…until I went to the website and read and it said ‘just check the strings every month’ what on earth does that mean?… It sounds gross and creepy so I don’t know about Mirena…
>Depo Provera sounded…alright…I guess. I have a slight bit of chemophobia so an injection of chemicals freaks me out, but I was willing to go through with it at first. I read someone’s answer on yahoo answers and they said it was an injection every 5 years and I was talking to my mom about it and she said she thought it was every 5 years, but I look it up online and it’s every three months… That’s like telling someone with arachnophobia to let a tarantula crawl all over them every three months… Every 5 years was bad enough! (And at least the spiders not going to be inside of them!) Then I read some of the side effects. I’m really short and have always been REALLY skinny (maybe a little under weight) regardless of what or how much I eat or how little I exercise so the possibility of gaining weight doesn’t sound fun and I wouldn’t know what to do and I have enough acne troubles thanks to the monthly curse already (it’s the only time I get acne T_T) and have never had back problems and never even once had a headache and I don’t want to ruin that for myself… (Is there a shot that’s taken every 5 years that can stop my period?)
>Birth control pills, just no. Too many side effects and I don’t have the patience to take them EVERY single day although if that was the only option I would…
>Hysterectomy sounds like the best option yet, but I doubt any doctor would unless there was a medical reason right? Or could I? Can I!? Would a doctor do this even without a medical reason?
So how well does each of these work as far as getting rid of my period? And is there any other options? (and what do they mean check the strings every month?)
Please help, I’ve overdosed myself on Evening Primrose Oil supplements and Nettle tea before (several times…) because I thought more would help me get rid of my period…it just made me REALLY sick for two months.
Also I NEED to get rid of the curse because 1: I’m not having kids and it’s a pain for me. I’m highly anemic and have horrible cramps. The crams start a few days before and last a few days after and get so bad I can hardly get out of bed to go to the bathroom. And I get so anemic I feel so sick and weak I really can’t get up and sometimes have to have my mom help me to the bathroom and this lasts for a week after it’s stopped. I’m going to college soon and have to be independent (I’m 18 btw) and can’t if I can’t even get to the bathroom myself for a week and a half EVERY month. I have gone to a doctor, but the doctors where I live (Alaska) all are horrible and probably lost their license so they came here because we wouldn’t know the difference. She just told me ‘oh, well that’s good. It means you’re a healthy woman.’ in a ‘aren’t you so happy!’ tone… That is NOT healthy. After she said that she refused to examine me (I only told her that) and determined I had nothing wrong. I don’t know of anyone else like that and I’ve failed several classes due to missing so many days, but I can’t even get to the bathroom how am I supposed to go to school!? And my grades have dropped from mostly A’s to mostly C’s because I miss so much…
On top of that I have a HUGE fear of blood due to an accident I don’t remember well when I was really little. All I remember is bleeding a lot and being in a lot of pain, so HAVING to see blood every month… When it’s a heavy month I almost feel like crying I get so scared of the sight and having to constantly feel myself bleed is miserable. It’s like constantly dropping from somewhere REALLY high if you’re afraid of heights. I hate it…
