#menstruation tw

[hidefdoritos]

Menstruating while recovering from a deep-lungs cough is its own form of torture. I feel like a squeeze bottle.

[cervinae-canine]

im on my period rn and not doing too hot so here's a cute imagine

imagine your doctor/nurse/medical professional f/o scrambling to look after you, always making sure that you're all good and healthy. they notice you looking sick, exhausted, or in pain. they recommend for you to take a rest in bed or somewhere comfortable, give you an icepack for your headache, bandaging your wounds, helping you up when you feel lightheaded or dizzy.

they care about you and it's more than because it's their job <3

Proship / Comship / RPF Do Not Interact or Repost Please! Dividers by @/bernardsbendystraws !

[genderqueerpositivity]

CW: testosterone therapy, periods, physical changes from HRT

Earlier this year, I'd reached a point where I was wondering if I'd already seen all of the benefits and changes from testosterone therapy that I could possibly receive. It really seemed like everything had come to a halt as far as changes from HRT go.

Worse, what started as random spotting and painful cramping (which I originally blamed on really high stress) eventually became full blown periods, and this went on for months. At one point, it really felt like I wasn't even on T anymore. I blamed myself, because I would occasionally be late or forget to apply my testosterone cream. I thought that the bleeding, the inconsistent T levels, and the lack of progress was my own fault.

And then, I had to switch compounding pharmacies. And every single one of my problems disappeared within two weeks of starting the first tube of cream from the new pharmacy.

Nothing else has changed. Not my dose, nor where I apply it. I still forget and apply a few hours late sometimes, other times I miss a day entirely.

But the periods and cramping haven't returned. And I'm beginning to see small changes here and there again. I have to trim my ear and nose hairs now; I have more chest hair than ever before. It's time to face the fact that testosterone has made me a bear lmao.

Point being, looking back I really think that the quality of the testosterone cream I was getting from that first compounding pharmacy was kind of suspect. Looking at reviews online from other people really confirmed my suspicion; many people claimed that the quality of the prescriptions they received was wildly inconsistent from month to month. Not to mention, more recent reviews seem to suggest that their business is going under entirely, and from my own experiences attempting (and failing) to get my prescriptions filled with them in a timely manner, I'm not surprised.

I don't often see a lot of posts from trans folks on testosterone who use compounded cream, so I want to put this out there for others to see. If you're struggling to maintain consistent T levels, don't rule out the quality of your prescription as a possible cause. Make sure that the compounding pharmacy you're getting your T from is reputable and has good reviews.

[canongf]

self shippers that wear pads: there is nothing wrong with wearing pads. your f/os don't care, your f/os don't judge you. i know sometimes i get self conscious, i sometimes think people can see the bulk of a pad or people can hear the crinkling of a pad, and even if your f/o can, they don't care. whatever your reason for choosing pads over tampons or cups, you are valid in that and your f/o respects it. periods are hard enough and your f/o wants you to be as comfortable as possible.

[ailecheri]

rindou haitani x reader period headcanons

i think rindou would just be the sweetest when youre on your period

warning: not sfw, reader/yn is dfab (gender neutral), period talk, come inside, oral (on reader)

rindou absolutely adores your chest. he thinks its adorable. he loves how it fits perfectly in his hands. he thinks it so adorable when it gets more sensitive while youre on your period

rindou finds your period charming, in a way. likes using your cramps as an excuse to help you come. its annoying that hes right- you do feel better afterwards

rindou loves to massage your sore chest all too gently, maybe even kissing and licking it if you tolerate it. hes so, so careful, and he chuckles when he reaches a hand into your pants to find you already worked up

he doesnt mind a little blood. hes all too happy to taste you even on your period, no matter how much you complain "thats gross, rindou!" hes all too happy to lap at your folds. he sucks at your clit and licks down your pussy with ardent swipes of his tongue

and he finds it strangely erotic to fuck you on your period, loves the look of your blood and slick covering his shaft. loves to come inside, finds the pinkish hue cute. compares it to cherry cordials. you groan. youre never going to look at that candy the same

and as dirty minded as rindou can be, he spoils the hell out of you. gets you chocolate, cooks, does the dishes... he helps you take a shower, washes your hair.

he probably kind of sucks at cooking at first. ran babies him and he never cared to learn... until you. he gets a bunch of cookbooks, does his best to learn your favorite recipes... you find him watching cooking youtube videos for months. so cute.

youre so exhausted, cranky, and many people would find it tiring but rindou loves taking care of you. so often you take care of him, and hes all too happy to return the favor

rindou gets you pads/tampons whenever you need them. always has a heating pad ready, and dotes and fawns over you like its his job. its almost annoying, but when he comes home with a rilakkuma plush youve been eyeing for the past couple of months... its hard to find his dedication to be anything but endearing

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

Like I'm not saying that there are no valid reasons to embrace your periods and dislike hormonal birth control, but the idea that messing with periods is inherently Bad, Wrong and Dangerous is pretty outdated...

[aelirus]

yooo are we all evil af on our periods rn??? we should form rainbow rocket

[tsbs-shipfessions]

Heads up this thing revolves entirely around menstruation but not in a suggestive way. I do not consider menstruation NSFW or suggestive and it always annoys me when people do, because it’s an unsexy involuntary thing that most girls start doing when they’re 12. You can put CW for menstruation and blood just please don’t tag it as suggestive

Bloodmoon x AFAB Reader with a heavy flow where Bloodmoon is way, way too concerned about how much blood the reader is losing to even think about drinking it because this much blood loss without keeling over goes against everything they know about humans. Like, they visit them on the heaviest day and immediately assume someone fucking murdered their partner because of how much blood they smell. Constantly asking reader if they’re sure they aren’t dying, because “We’ve made people unconscious with less blood loss.” They panic when the reader gets cramps because “Oh shit I knew they were dying.” They would steal get as many tampons and pads as they could for reader and get “cuddly” to make sure they were dying. After a few months they’d eventually realize this is just normal, but they first few months they’re gonna treat the reader like a dying Victorian child

-made by someone who’s flow is so fucking heavy they have to use a tampon-pad combo

[mournflame]

Look. This is going to be a weird question and I know it’s going to be but I’m gonna ask anyway. If the power of blood magic comes from blood symbolizing life, then would menstrual blood be especially powerful for its connection to fertility? Similar to the trope of the heart being a powerful organ to use in rituals because of its symbolic importance as the blood-pumping organ.

[highway-stars]

I'm not gonna pretend I'm skilled or smart enough to analyze Nosferatu but I can't stop thinking about this one scene:

When Ellen is in the apartment with Thomas and gets "possessed" and starts ripping into him - how he didn't write her letters, went on this batshit journey even though she warned him against it, promised he'd bring back a ton of money and didn't; expresses her sexual frustration. Everything she said in that scene seemed like actual, real things that were upsetting her that she'd been bottling up. Almost like her possession gave her "permission" to say all these things that were on her mind.

Idk the whole scene reminded me of when I was a much more emotionally-repressed person and I would almost, secretly... Idk, "enjoy" is a weird word to use, but I would welcome the angry mood swings I would get on my period. I would say things and express frustrations that I normally wouldn't. Almost like my mood swings gave me "permission" to act out against things that I would normally bottle up. I remember explicitly thinking "I wish I could do that all the time", like having the extra boost of ANGER allowed me to finally be heard, but could always be explained away so I could go right back to being the girl who NEVER gets angry; calm and passive, level-headed as always, just like Ellen is demanded to be perceived. Idk that scene really spoke to me lmao

[cervinae-canine]

behold, the worst soldier moodboard :P

[genderqueerpositivity]

TW: hysterectomy, periods, and medical talk

As an update I guess, last week I cleared the next hurdle in the process of getting my hysterectomy. The good news is that I got the referral I needed to the exact trans affirming provider I want to see and I have an appointment set for a consultation in December.

The less awesome news is that I am impatient, December is still months away, and given that the appointment is right before Christmas I will almost certainly end up having the surgery some time after the New Year. Which isn't ideal for insurance purposes dammit but there's not much I can do there.

On one hand, I am nervous because this may still not work out for a bunch of potential reasons. I'm afraid of being turned away over some nonsense reason like my weight, or that the hospital system I'm going through will end gender affirming care and that will prevent me from having the surgery. And I am also nervous because I've never had surgery before, but that is absolutely not going to stop me.

On the other hand, I am delighted and I can't help but feel happy every time I think about this. I am finally so close to this working out. No more hormonal birth control, no more fear of pregnancy, no more random ass cramping reminding me of the existence of these organs it feels like I should have never had, no more breakthrough bleeding, no more nightmare hell periods ever even if I end up losing access to HRT (I intend to keep an ovary just in case of this, but everything else I want gone).

I can't even express how important this is to me. I've wanted this for years, from the moment in 9th grade health class where I first learned that removing a uterus is possible, and long before I even knew what nonbinary genders are or fully understood what gender dysphoria is.

I need this to happen.

A surprise to me, but it looks like I might even be going into this with support from my family; I wouldn't say they're as happy as I am, but I've received no negative comments or push back. No one I've told so far is surprised at all that I am doing this. My dad tells me that I was all of 10 years old the first time that I told him that I would never have children. So it's fair to say that this process has been over 22 years in the making. I think I can wait 4 or 5 more months.

[aelirus]

"Join Team Galactic! You can project your period cramps on your--" He checks something really quickly on his flip phone, which actually takes about one minute. One minute of him saying nothing and doing nothing, waiting for a browser page to load.

"-- On people you do or do not like."

He snaps the phone lid shut.

[andillwriteyouatragedy]

how come there's a thing that just happens to me every few weeks where i throw up a bunch and can't move and want more than anything to shed this mortal coil and i'm just expected to act normal and regular the whole time. like i know we say this often but what the entire fuck