A Question For The Females

Mythical said:
I'm another one of those who will sheepishly admit that there's no difference between off and on for me.

I will add another +1 for mooncup though! I love mine - it's the ONLY thing that's ever worked properly, all the time.
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Beware, the mooncup isn't for everyone.
I dislike the d*** thing - use it at times just to be environmentally friendly, but tampons far preferable. Mooncup leaks, and it's very messy - for me: but then one thing it has done is allow me to measure how heavy my periods are, which turns out to be extremely heavy. So maybe that's why I don't get on with it.

But there are people who find it reduces pain, for some reason - I just can't work out why it would have that effect!
 
I always kept riding dosed up with painkillers. life is too short to waste. The good thing with having come through the menopause is that life is great afterwards. I'm like a kid again, no more moods etc etc. Just my joints are letting me down so I still hit the painkillers when needed. Onwards & upwards though.
 
I've always been lucky in that never felt too bad...and since I had to do a SJ round in *ahem* white jods having been caught short I can't imagine ever being embarrassed by an accident again either lol!!
 
Thanks for all the replies, mine's not only the pain that stops me, i suffer with back/stomach and boob ache (although tis is only the first day or two) i am also extremely heavy so have to had maximum protection which is the part I find very uncomfortable in the saddle, once i've settled past the initial day or two for the rest of it usually another 3 days I can ride with no problem with just a tampon. Extremely interesting though how many just pass through their periods without even noticing them, lucky beggars :D

I hasten to add I am only a fair weather happy hacker in any case so it doesn't really affect me too much.
 
Nope... Day 2 is a total washout and I pretty much sleep through it... I'm on hefty pain relief anyway due to a skull/spinal disorder which causes co ordination and balance issues at the best of times... I've had the base of my skull and the top three vertebrae removed, so I'm happy as a pig in wotsit to have a good day riding and am not going to cry if I need to take a miss because menstrual complications have tipped the scales the wrong way for a day or so...:D
 
CBFan said:
I dose myself up on Ibruprofen and get on with it. It actually helps take my mind off it But each to their own :)
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Same here. I had a 'show' yesterday, so took ibuprofen this morning before I set out, even though there was no guarantee I would come on during the morning. I am well and truly incapacitated with the pain, otherwise, so I'd rather dose up unnecessarily. The last time I forgot to take painkillers with me, I was stranded in a carpark, unable to drive, unable to walk, trying not to pass out or throw up. Luckily no-one noticed me sprawled across the front seats (I couldn't even sit up and my arms were completely numb, I was so close to passing out). Hence, I'm just not taking chances anymore! I have prescription Mefanamic acid (sp??), but find that if I catch it early, Ibuprofen is fine and I can just get on with life!
 
teacups said:
But there are people who find it reduces pain, for some reason - I just can't work out why it would have that effect!
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I think it's because the muscles feel the resistance and so don't cramp as severely. I have a mooncup, but as my symptoms are so severe, it doesn't make a big difference, but it was noticeable the first time I wore it PRIOR to coming on.
 
Kat said:
Periods shouldn't stop you from living your life normally. Life is waaaay to short to miss out on things one week out of every four.
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This, though I live in fear of this... :eek:

AprilBlossom said:
I've always been lucky in that never felt too bad...and since I had to do a SJ round in *ahem* white jods having been caught short I can't imagine ever being embarrassed by an accident again either lol!!
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Sometimes don't feel like riding / feel like I might pass out, but I tend to make myself get on with it as I don't keep the bleedin' things not to ride them when it's physically possible :cool:
 
Tend to just dose up on pain killers and get on with it :o If I feel really rough then I tend to go for a quiet hack.
 
I've only ever had a problem once, back when I was still using tampons (now another happy Mooncupper!). I was having a lesson and my instructor decided he was going to torture me for half an hour on the lunge with no reins or stirrups. Which would have been fine had I not been on a big-moving warmblood...when I finally got some privacy to check what on earth was hurting so much, I found that the string had embedded itself in my clitoris and the bruising took AGES to heal!!
 
Whoever it was who said they only ride once a week, I'm the same. As such, I go come hell or high water, and usually find that it helps.

I'm not giving up a weeks riding just because I'm a girl!! It seems like SUCH a long time between lessons as it is, I don't like to make it any longer unless I'm out of the country!

(Mind you - vomiting and fainting :eek: , I thought I had it quite bad, but obviously not!)

x
 
I must of led a sheltered life as I did not know how badly some of you ladies are effected by your periods, myself I get a bit of cramps on day 1 pop two pills and its gone for the rest of the next 5 days. When riding whilst on I double up on protection "inside and out" ;) just incase of leakage, you would have to ask my hubby if I get grumpy or not lol :D
 
Fransurrey said:
I think it's because the muscles feel the resistance and so don't cramp as severely. I have a mooncup, but as my symptoms are so severe, it doesn't make a big difference, but it was noticeable the first time I wore it PRIOR to coming on.
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Also, tampons will soak up everything in there including all the 'good' fluids (you know what I mean) so removal can be very painful.
 
PingPongPony said:
yes i do, and personally i don't really feel the difference apart from that horse is a bit more on its toes supposedly because of me being less stable with moods. I even compete. Doesn't bother me. But then as above, thats just me, i'm a bit weird :rolleyes:
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As above. I guess i'm lucky I don't get pains or anything like that. I just feel like I need a pee all the time :o :rolleyes:
Weirdo alert ;) :p
 
I have endometriosis & unfortunately it makes my life very very miserable.
I suffer from period pains everyday of my life even when I am not bleeding, its pretty grim.
I am dosed up on tramadol the majority of the time but it can really feel like a chore to ride sometimes as it is just too painful :(
Unfortunately there is sod all the doctors can do about it, I am allergic to synthetic hormones & 5 operations later I am no better. Painkillers take the edge away but I am not completely pain free. I howeve,r will not let it ruin something I have loved since a child & if it means I dont ride for long periods of time at least I have a horse that is understanding (or grateful for the unexpected holiday!) & I can still give him love & cuddles :)
 
Yes, but I don't have much pain since the children came along. Before then, there was no way I could ride on the first day.
 
I used to get really heavy periods, clots, flooding the lot which when you are 13 is a lot to deal with. I put up with it for 4 years then went on the pill and i have to say touch wood it has made a huge difference. I ride etc and there is no difference to when i am not on. When i was younger black jeans were my staple dress code. my doctor said oh we might take you off that as you are 34 and put you on something else as it can mask an early menopause and i felt suicidal- the thought of comiong off and going back to what it was like was so awful. I do on call work and RTA`s etc and we can be stuck in the middle of no where for hrs sometimes with no access to facilities
 
I find riding helps the pain, although taking vast quantites of paracetamol, asprin and ibruprophen means I am probably a bit spaced out on the horse!

Am definitely much happier about riding now I have joined the Mooncup club.
 
xxMozlarxx said:
Mirena coil...gods gift to women, wish I'd had it years ago
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Totally agree with the above. I don't need a contraceptive but had a coil fitted in my 40's due to ongoing pain and heavy bleeding issues I've put up with since I was a teenager. I can confidently wear white jods any day of the month. :)
 
It doesn't bother me now, but used to be really bad - could hardly walk, let alone get on a horse. I had the implant put in after 2nd son, and put on TWO stones in weight. :eek: Definitley helped though.
 
When I used to get periods I wouldn't let it stop me riding - usually well dosed up on neurophen! And as others have said, found it actually helped a bit.

I am on HRT now, after over 2 years with no periods (BLISS) but terrible hot flashes and night sweats - so I'm getting sort of periods again! :p Hopefully it will settle down within a few months to just the odd spot (doctor says so!).
 
Not a problem for me now either! BUT remember when it was!!! :(

It wasn't the pain/discomfort issue so much coz again as other posters have said you get to know what painkillers work and what don't: the only problem being that when taking then I always remember they knocked me out and made me very tired which isn't what you want if riding.

The problem I had was flow; I remember that I had a riding lesson scheduled one day and it was on the day that I "came on". It was too late to cancel, and the only thing I remember about the lesson was being worried as to whether I'd stain the suede seat on the saddle of the horse I was riding!!!

So that's really why I didn't ride or compete when I was "on". White or pale breeches ain't exactly ideal when all the flavour's flooding out of you like a Tetley tea bag is it.
 
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