Not having periods bothers the hell out of me.

[Annaiyah]

All right, there is just something I need to get off my chest, pronto.

Back in '08, I've had a case of hemorrhoids and rectal bleeding. I was so happy when it happened but I just wish that I had my maxi pads to help with the blood flow. I have my maxi pads now and I'm just desperately waiting... wanting for it to happen again! I know it's not exactly like menstruation but it's close enough and I don't care if it's hazardous to my health! And from the prior threads I've seen on this very same topic, I'm not the only M2F on here (or in general) bothered by not having a period.

I want to menstruate because it's part of womanhood. Period. Point blank. End of discussion. Call me crazy for wanting to have periods. I don't really care. Well, actually, I do care but only to a degree because there is (almost) nothing that irks the hell out of me more than when cis/genetic women complain about their menstruation pain, etc. especially if they know that I'm trans and how badly I want to experience that kind of thing.

I am going to carry tampons and maxi pads in my bags and use them every month, pretending that I am actually having a cycle, especially if I have another rectal bleeding episode.

Wheew... glad I got that out my system.

[suzifrommd]

I think you'll find a lot of women here share the same sentiments.

Since my surgery, there is occasionally a discharge of fluids, and I've been wearing a pad. I have an extra one in my purse. Definitely part of womanhood.

[awilliams1701]

While I wouldn't actively want it, I would gladly accept it and the risk of becoming pregnant if it gave me a "magic wand" surgery instead of a actual surgery. The actual surgery is terrifying, but I need it at some point. I was dysphoric about what's down consistently for a very long time where as my desire to become and present feminine has been inconsistent over the years mostly due to the fact that I had trouble accepting myself. Now that I've started hormones "it" is the only thing I have trouble with and the fact that it's shrinking is only helping me.

[PinkCloud]

I am glad I don't suffer from leaking blood... lost enough blood already to last a lifetime of periods. I think I already pay a high price by dilating. And pads suck. Welcome to womanhood! at least I get the estrogen induced mental periods, with migraines and grogginess, luckily without the blood though. However if blood letting would involve the chance to birth a child, I might consider it. But having periods for the sake of periods is something I don't understand myself. I feel sorry for cis-woman, I truly do.

[ImagineKate]

It bothers me. I can never feel that I am 100% without it. Plus I feel there is sort of a bond between women because they have that issue.

[emilyking]

It's devastating for girls with CAIS too.  Because they can't have them ether.
I have people tell me how blessed I'm am, but you get over it.

[Pikachu]

This is one of the reasons I finally decided against SRS, actually. The way I feel about my current situation down there is "meh," or slightly unhappy, most of the time (occasionally it's worse, but most of the time it's tolerable). I'd love to have a vagina, but only if I can have the full package: No dilation, periods, the ability to get pregnant if I so choose, etc. I think I'd be less happy if I had genitals that resembled those of a normal girl but didn't really act like them.

So for now I've decided to wait and hope medical science advances to the point that I can have all those wonderful things. Hopefully it will happen within my lifetime...

[cindy16]

This is one of the reasons I finally decided against SRS, actually. The way I feel about my current situation down there is "meh," or slightly unhappy, most of the time (occasionally it's worse, but most of the time it's tolerable). I'd love to have a vagina, but only if I can have the full package: No dilation, periods, the ability to get pregnant if I so choose, etc. I think I'd be less happy if I had genitals that resembled those of a normal girl but didn't really act like them.

So for now I've decided to wait and hope medical science advances to the point that I can have all those wonderful things. Hopefully it will happen within my lifetime...

I have mostly similar sentiments, except that I am not quite unhappy with what's 'down there'. But if I could have the 'full package' of being a girl with all that you have mentioned, I would switch immediately.

[awilliams1701]

Lately I've noticed it in the mirror when I get out of the shower. It really grosses me out. I don't care if its functional or not. I don't want to see "him" anymore. I make every effort to ignore its existence. HRT was huge because its mostly non functional now.

[ImagineKate]

It doesn't really gross me out when I see him, but I hate having to tuck.

[MaryRay]

How I wish for the day that we can give our male genitals to the FtoM's and they could give there female genitals to us. I wish I could experience my period along with  labor yes even labor as well as childbirth. 

[spx_1112]

I completely agree about having periods and being pregnant I have purchased tampons different brands Maxi pads pantiliners I would love to experience the nine months the childbirth maternity clothing the labor the delivery the breast-feeding

[alex82]

i completely agree about pregnancy and childbirth. i hope uterus transplants become viable. i was jealous of periods in my teens when friends were starting them, but not now. in p7 (so we were 11) the girls were taken for a period class, and the boys were given an extra 40 minutes on top of the regular lunch break - which was painful.

but i don't think you should be at all pleased about piles, and definitely not if you are actually bleeding from the back end. see your doctor and change your diet.

i see this post was from 2014. i hope you've seen your doctor and changed your diet. there could be something seriously wrong. i can't think for a second that the health implications of bleeding from the arse are in any way, 'close enough' to periods.

[Amanda_Combs]

I actually think it's pretty funny that one of the things I'm least dysphoric about is the appearance of my genital area.  The number one thing is female biological function.  It kills me that if I ever have a child I would be unable to carry it.  I also frequently feel like I'm waiting to get my period.

[Annaiyah]

It doesn't matter to me, really. Rectal bleeding is as close as i'll get to having a menstrual cycle. If it's hazardous to my health, i don't really mind that since i don't want to live a long life because i should've been born a girl in the first place. 

[Atom]

It has no impact on my life nor do I think about it.  I do not have some yearning to experience developing a life - my partner did the heavy lifting there.

My downstairs is just that, incorrect but functional.

[deanna7506]

You are not alone about wishing to have a period. I also simulate having a period.  I live with 2 cis females and purchase their feminine products every month.  I can't really recommend Castle Supply's Vee String with the menstrual kit, but that feature does  allow one to simulate a period.  Unfortunately it is expensive and not comfortable to wear. It is much healthier than bleeding hemmroids.

Deanna

[kelly_aus]

Can't say I miss having a period, having seen just how nasty it can be for some women. And, yes, some women have suggested to me that not having them is a bonus.

[Ms Grace]

There's a woman at work who has quite unpleasant and painful periods, they usually incapacitate her for one ,sometimes two, days a month. I'm sure that if she could stop her periods she would do so in a heartbeat. I'm making a huge assumption that she is a cis woman, not a non transitioned trans man...but she did say to me she thought she'd like to come back in the next life as a man just so she could avoid periods. I wryly said to her "be careful what you wish for", which she contemplated for a few seconds and agreed...I think she realised things wouldn't necessarily be a bed of roses even if she was male.

[mm]

Perods are no fun at all, having pain and a mess to deal with every month.  Only women wanting to get pregnant really need them.  As has been said 'be careful what you wish for' for it can be a much greater problem for you.