Noirbnb….like Airbnb, minus the racism.

Which I mean, wow, okay - fuck you. But also, really? You’re aligning yourself with them?

Hi ya’ll!!! I opened a storefront to sell my feel good witchy pouches!!! Everything but the dang pouch was thought of and compounded or created completely on my own.

cutthroat kitchen season 1: make a competitor season their dish with jelly beans!

I knew the basics before I got it, but I had no clue…

* The blood wouldn’t necessarily be red. When I first got my period, I spent a few min looking at my underwear wondering how I shit myself. I didn’t know the blood could look brown, or be thick.

* That tampons weren’t a good idea yet. I was 10 or 11 when I got my first period and physically smaller than an adult woman. My first attempt at inserting a tampon was very painful and unsuccessful. I wouldn’t use them until I was around 14 or so.

* That when you use pads the blood can get on your bottom and I’d have to occasionally clean off the toilet seat after using it.

* That getting your first period DOES NOT mean you’re fully developed and fully able to bear children. I could have technically gotten pregnant at that age, but I was still a child and pregnancy would have put my life in danger because I was still physically immature.

* That it wouldn’t be regular for another few years.

* That very painful cramping is NOT NORMAL once you reach your 20s and is cause for concern.

* That the blood and tissue you pass can look chunky or stringy and not like blood from a cut.

* That stress can halt your period for months BUT

* That doesn’t mean you can’t get pregnant

-that your period may straight up skip a month when you first get it

-and then it’ll happen twice in the same month

I can 100% guarantee you have endometriosis, PCOS, or another hormone problem. If your doctor says it’s normal, DEMAND a second opinion. 

Thinking that it’s normal is how people end up infertile or dead. It’s why so many women under 40 these days are having an almost impossible time either conceiving or preventing conception. Because no one teaches anyone that it’s the sign of trouble that can very seriously hurt you. 

Anyone who has severe cramps, heavy bleeding, or irregular periods after about 19 years old should seek medical advice. None of those are normal. 

If you have skin tags, a hard time losing weight, migraines related to your period, depression that is amplified when menstruating, severe mood swings, sleep disturbances that get worse with menstruation, or any other significant health problem that started with puberty and is worse when hormones are fluctuating you need to be checked. 

You may start getting period cramps after you start HRT. Not everyone does, but some do.

Many of the known aids (Midol and Raspberry Leaf Tea are what I use) are still effective. 

The cause has not been fully studied, what causes it in some but not others, but there’s a significant percentage of trans women with some form of undiagnosed intersex condition. One cause may be, as it is in my case, internal partially-formed internal uterine tissue responding to the proper balance of hormones. These often start before HRT, I’ve had mine since I hit first puberty, but in these cases HRT can cause them to regulate and possibly intensify, making the cause more clear.