I only started keeping track of my period five months ago.
The first month that I started keeping track, everything was going as planned. I never knew how long my cycle was, but I'm pretty sure it was twenty-eight days. I would visit my dad every other weekend, and every other trip to his house my period occured (seven times four is twenty-eight? I don't know if that's how I should be counting this). It was like clock work. It's been like this four at least the past two years of my seven years since starting my period.
The second month I was two days late according to my logic in the above paragraph. The duration of my period did not change. Instead of cramping only the night before my period started, I started cramping on the day that I should have started and continued having cramps until it started.
The third month I was four days late. My cramps began on the day my period should have started, but the duration of my period remained the same.
The fourth month was the same as the third month.
This month, my period started began on the twenty-eigth day. This time around, my flow is a lot heavier than usual. I usually go through two pads a day for two to three days. This time I've been going through three a day, four or more if I stash pads in my purse. I've had serious mood swings. Laughin to bawling in three seconds flat. I dropped a dinosaur gummy and started crying. Impressive, right? My breasts used to become tender, however that has ceased and I'm now bloated instead. My cramps used to only precede my period, but my cramps have been constant since I started. And I ate half a chocolate cake in one sitting. My fatigue is the same, but that's about the only thing that's the same. I'm on my second day, and usually would be noticing my flow to be dying down, but I'm not seeing that now.
I've heard that it's normal for periods to switch it up every now and then, especially in your teen years. However, I'm a but of a hypochondriac and I'm now convinced that I have ovarian cancer. I'm partially kidding.
Input would be appreciated. Do you agree or disagree with my mother? Stories? Advice? Random stuff?
The first month that I started keeping track, everything was going as planned. I never knew how long my cycle was, but I'm pretty sure it was twenty-eight days. I would visit my dad every other weekend, and every other trip to his house my period occured (seven times four is twenty-eight? I don't know if that's how I should be counting this). It was like clock work. It's been like this four at least the past two years of my seven years since starting my period.
The second month I was two days late according to my logic in the above paragraph. The duration of my period did not change. Instead of cramping only the night before my period started, I started cramping on the day that I should have started and continued having cramps until it started.
The third month I was four days late. My cramps began on the day my period should have started, but the duration of my period remained the same.
The fourth month was the same as the third month.
This month, my period started began on the twenty-eigth day. This time around, my flow is a lot heavier than usual. I usually go through two pads a day for two to three days. This time I've been going through three a day, four or more if I stash pads in my purse. I've had serious mood swings. Laughin to bawling in three seconds flat. I dropped a dinosaur gummy and started crying. Impressive, right? My breasts used to become tender, however that has ceased and I'm now bloated instead. My cramps used to only precede my period, but my cramps have been constant since I started. And I ate half a chocolate cake in one sitting. My fatigue is the same, but that's about the only thing that's the same. I'm on my second day, and usually would be noticing my flow to be dying down, but I'm not seeing that now.
I've heard that it's normal for periods to switch it up every now and then, especially in your teen years. However, I'm a but of a hypochondriac and I'm now convinced that I have ovarian cancer. I'm partially kidding.
Input would be appreciated. Do you agree or disagree with my mother? Stories? Advice? Random stuff?
