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Unless, of course, they're your cramps.

My wife has literally passed out from cramps. It can be frightening. Childbirth - piece of cake. Talking about leaky breasts -- comes with the territory.

Glad I could share...

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Please tell me this somehow relates to the TdF.

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I think the counter-argument, from a medical point of view, is that in the natural course of things women would have many fewer periods because they'd be pregnant much of the time. Thus, having 13 periods a year, every year, is really what is unnatural.

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That is why I thought it was wild. I have (well had it more when I was younger) the same problem. It makes me a little less afraid to go through labor to know they won't be that bad. I'll refrain from describing how it feels for the more delicate amongst us.

I've never gone on the pill though.

(No I'm not pregnant it is more of a general wow I bet labor hurts a lot, and this in turn makes me think maybe it wouldn't be as bad as I think.)

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If it will put you further at ease, the pains are different (I am told by a most knowledgeable source), with bad cramps often lasting much longer and having more of an "edge" than labor cramps, which were relatively predictable, more of a dullish pain, and only had a real edge to them during the transition to "hard" labor, which, contrary to its name, was not as hard as the transition. So labor really was just nowhere near as bad as when the bad cramps hit.

(edytud fer speiling)

It does in fact. Thank you.

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Your gyno was likely thinking that your iregular cycles were a symptom of someting called polycystic ovarian syndrome ("PCOS"). Many PCOS suffers have infrequent or absent periods, usually accompanied by a failure to ovulate. As a result they are at greater risk for developing endometrial hyperplasia, in which the uterine lining thickens to the point of becoming precancerous.

However, not all women with infrequent periods have PCOS, and it is accompanied by a panoply of other nasty symptoms. (FWIW, the rate is higher among lesbians than the general population, according to a recent study)

here's a link re the syndrome

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Because I have to go to the Pyrenees 4 times a year?

Do you have reproductive plans you'd like to share with the class?

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No, that wasn't it. The conversation centered around how your body is supposed to ovulate regularly in order to keep hormones in check and that the fewer times you ovulate you're at higher risk for ovarian cancer. As I recall. Anyway. Yawn.

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Think you have what it takes to be the next Faith Hill, Enrique Iglesias or Alicia Keys? Tired of crooning in the shower and finally ready to take the world with your singing ability? Then here’s your shot to be the next singing sensation as NBC’s Today show launches a U.S. search for the next music icon called — “Today’s Superstar.”
Here’s what you need to do: fill out the entry form, print it out, and send it along with your VHS demo tape and contestant release form. The demo tape should consist of the entrant singing two songs a cappella and solo, with the songs no more than one minute in length. One song can be of the entrant’s choice, with the second song to be selected from the list on the entry form. Single performers only, sorry no group performances for this competition.


Damn, and I was going to do a duet with ncs.

Not in the near future, no. But it has come up of late, so it is something my mind has been pondering.

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Don't be so sure. Have you known women with seriously crippling cramps? Because what most of us have is nothing compared to some people. I went to college with a woman who literally (reminds me of a SNL skit) literally bedridden every month hot water bottle and meds in hand. I think that's the kind of cramping people are comparing to. I'm no expert, but my best friend said labor was the worst pain she ever experienced.

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I don't sing. I only THREATEN to sing. Big difference. I also fail to see the interest in AI and similar shows, despite my love of the reality tv genre. Go figure.

In other news, I have a swollen lip and bruised chin from an unfortunate meeting with a metal bed frame today. Insert raunchy sex joke here.

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I am assuming you made a midday nookie run, you devil, because if "today" meant "this morning, before work" you probably would have mentioned it during the freefall/diagonal discussion.

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for something completely different.

Anttwat's stupid link of the day.
Click here to see a cookie sing.

yes there is sound and you have to download the mpeg. but it's cute.

singing cookie

Edited to add that there's a shameless request for donation. Ignore if you wish, just click on the cookie image to play.