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just some words of advise:

bananas and hot baths help period pain

also going on the pill, it regulates your period and there is less blood and the cramps get better.
but if this isn't an option for you then have some painkillers and a banana, have a nice warm bath then make a hot water bottle and try to remain as straight as possible, bending over tends to make them worse.
try lying on your stomach with a cushion underneath you.

Advice for Period Pain: 1. Try going for a walk. If it's raining just walk around your house. If you're in school ask can you go to the toilet. The gentle excercise stretches out the cramped muscles and also releases endorphins which are the body's natural pain killers.

2. Have a hot drink, lie under a blanket, sit in a hot room and relax. Most girls, when they get cramps instictively curl up and tighten their muscles in an attempt to stop the flow of blood. it's a subconscious thing: No period, no cramps - stop the flow, stop the cramps. In fact, this just makes the muscles rigid, more prone to cramping and more painful. The best thing you can do is try to relax. Lie out straight and massage your stomach gently. This may help.

3. Pass wind. Yes it sounds horribly but many girls are prone to being very gassy during their periods. If this affects you then holding out that gas will just mke your insides more full and cramped. Find yourself a private area and pass your gas. Honestly.

4. Try a pain killer specifically for period pain. eg. Feminax. I find they do wonders.

5. Talk to a doctor about going on the pill. It really did make my period lighter and less painful. I'm so glad about going on it. However, this is not always a viable option for many people.

6. See a doctor and get a scan to see if there is a problem. Although rare, EXTREMELY bad period pains can be a sign that something is wrong. If you are in doubt speak to a doctor. they should be able to alleviate any of your fears. They may send you for a sonogram, the same scan women get when they are pregnant. This is all done completely outside the body and does not require a gynocologists exam. It is not painful and can tell you if there is a serious problem. Hopefully none of you will have pains THAT bad that this is required, but if it is, feel free to talk to me as I've been through it before.

I would'nt know since I've never had a period. but I'd get a nice soft furry blanket or a bunch of pillows and relax like a cat with coldplay in the background. the softness may help you feel comfy and music has been proven to relax muscles. and maybe play some chess or monopoly to take your mind off the pain. of coarse this is all hypothetical

that souns pretty realxing...alls i need is candles...soft music....and perhaps my favorite book, and im good to go.

I think I'm one of the lucky ones that only gets cramps for a few 5 hours or so on the first day XD

but with me, my legs get really weak. So I lay down and wrap myself in some warm blankets XP but... someone mentioned curling up doesn't help-- it helps me though, it relieves the pain until I, well, uncurl. I suppose everyone's different.

My mom has said that she would use a heating pad or just keep track of her periods, plan when the next one would be, and take pain kilelrs beforehand so she wouldn't get them. But I suppose your period would have to be regular for that to work.

My cramps are so bad that I collapse in the street from the pain stare Going on the pill didn't do anything for them really. They're the same. mad

I was also (keyword WAS) one of the lucky ones who never got cramps. That all changed after I got pregnant. In fact, did you know cramps are actually little contractions practicing for the real thing? Yeah. Now after the baby was born I get them every so often. I was also one of the unlucky ones who got my period in 4th grade. Yay for early bloomers stare