" The doctor said that there is so much we do n’t hump about charwoman ’s trunk . "
Being a 30-year-old woman, it’s safe to say I’m always learning (or should I say Googling) changes that continue to happen to my body. Luckily, I’m not alone here. Women of theBuzzFeed Communityrecentlysharedthings their bodies have experienced that they didn’t even know were possible. Here is what some shared:
1.“For the first time, I started gaining a little weight. I was super underweight, so I thought it was my body adjusting to my illness, but then I wasn’t really losing any weight even though I am EXTREMELY active. Then my sex drive went from like 100 to 0, pretty much overnight. No one was listening to me. An OBGYN (female, no less) said, ‘Maybe you don’t feel like having sex anymore because you’ve put on weight.'”
" eventually , I start getting really , really bad spicy flashes at night , and I told my PCP , ' Okay , I roll in the hay this is n’t normal anymore , ' and she agreed and ordered some more blood work . She took a foresighted time to get back to me and then called , which is n’t a great preindication that SHE called alternatively of a nurse , but she tell me , ' WELP , this is a first … it’smenopause . ' I had other mass look at it , too , because I could n’t think it ; they could n’t trust it .
' You ’re not the only person in the existence , but you ’re definitely my first patient role and a few other doctors ' first time seeing it ! ' It feel like being hit by a ton of bricks . No , I do n’t want any more children . I have one minor , and I am very happy with him , but the choice is take aside , the change altogether , my body exchange so much , my metabolic process doing a ended 180 ? I reverse 35 in July . "
— violetnylund
2.“Heavy bleeders: You are very likelyanemic. Do not take iron (you may throw up or never poop again). Tryferrous gluconate. It vastly improved my life. I took it daily.”
' I had seven day - farseeing periods with one Clarence Shepard Day Jr. so arduous I could n’t leave the theater because I had to swop cotton every 20 - 30 minutes . Doctors did not believe me for years . Also , I was enjoin the pain was normal , and heating system pads and a walk would aid . Self - adhesive brawn cramp pads help oneself while working . Once I start using a menstrual cup , it was hint I should get endometrial excision . "
— coolaardvark917
3.“No one told me women get crazynose hairsclose to menopause. I knew about chin and upper lip hair from my mom, but she NEVER told me about nose hairs until she was dying. It was that important to her to be private about it.”
4.“Carpal tunnel. I had it horrible in both arms during my twin pregnancy. I had to wear arm braces nearly 24/7. The week after I had my babies, it was gone. It’s the same with morning sickness. I had to go on diclegis (a morning sickness medication) just so I could eat more than crackers, ginger ale, and lightly seasoned chicken. Those two things just went away almost immediately after birth. I remember looking up orthopedic doctors to set up appointments for after my delivery because I didn’t think it would ever get better, and I was terrified of losing sensation in my arms.”
— toomanykidsnotenoughtime
5.“When breastfeeding my second child, I developed an aversion to fish. It was like I had a seafood allergy. If I ate fish or seafood, I would throw up. I got a ton of allergy tests. No allergy. I stopped breastfeeding and can eat seafood and fish again. The doctor said that there is so much we don’t know about women’s bodies.”
6.“I havesensory issues related to menstruation, so I just wear disposable gloves when I have to deal with it. I know it’s not the most environmentally friendly, but it’s done wonders for my mental health.”
— crewgirlat221b
7.“One of my two daughters getshormonal migraines. We didn’t realize it for the first year or two because she wasn’t on a regular cycle yet. But when she was around 13, we finally got it figured out. Her wonderful gynecologist tried her out on a few of the lower hormone-dosed birth control pills until we found one that worked for her.”
— pahz
8.“While in college, I had severe abdominal pain on my lower right side, which caused me to go to the ER. The doctors there did an ultrasound of my appendix and said it looked fine, so they sent me home. The next day, I was still in a lot of pain, so I went back to the ER. The ER surgeon insisted it wasn’t my appendix and told me about her Stanford education but said she would take it out to be sure. After surgery the next day, I came out of anesthesia in even more pain. The doctor started pushing more morphine and told my mom that I must have a low pain threshold.”
9.“I had an abnormal Pap smear a few years ago despite getting the HPV vaccine and never being sexually active. I went through acolposcopy, and of course, the doctor didn’t believe me when I said I was a virgin. My next pap was normal, and I never figured out what happened.”
— marvelouslegend987
10.“I had gestational diabetes with my second son — pre-eclampsia with both. Virtually as soon as I’d found out I was pregnant with my youngest, my blood pressure hit the roof, and I was on blood pressure tablets through three bleeds, which they desperately tried to pinpoint to my periods. Never did find out why.”
" Dista symphysis pubis , where the cartilage between the two front part of the pelvic girdle goes , allows the baby ’s head down without physiotherapy , supporting , or crutch . It ’s just a spate of pain in the ass , and I did n’t know you ’re supposed to do exercises after nativity to repair the muscles . Hyperemesis gravidariumall the room with my first boy . Not listened to . The theory is that all these thing can happen as maternity can make your body ’s failing worse . I suspect I had PCOS , but in the 1980s , over here , no one listened much . "
— sfd19681
11.“I remember my first period when I was 11 years old. I had two-week-long periods and horrible cramps that got even worse each month. I was told after a year that this was normal, that I didn’t need to do anything about it, and if it persisted for more than two years, I should return. So I came back the next year, and by this time, my cramps had gotten debilitating to the point where I was missing school often.”
12.“I’ve hadpost-concussion syndromefor two and a half years. My neurologist thinks menopause may be my only respite from the headaches at this point. I can’t wait for menopause, and that’s saying something.”
— aran12
13.“I had fourureteral stentsplaced when pregnant. My body would calcify them within a week. After four, my urologist didn’t place anymore; he was worried all the sedation, X-rays & whatnot over and over was too risky for the baby and me. Plus, they never lasted. The minute he was born, I felt like a new person.”
— angela2lock
14.“No one told me thatlarge clotsare common after delivering via c-section. I’m not sure if it’s normal after vaginal delivery because I haven’t had one. But a clot the size of the palm of my hand came out of my body, and one emergency OBGYN visit later, I learned that it was just part of the deal and to come in if the clots were larger than the palm of my hand. Holy crap, I thought I was dying.”
— problematik
