****warning, this post is about a woman’s period, so if you are a man and can’t handle that, check out another post***
Around when the twins turned 2 months old I surprisingly got my period. It was definitely an unexpected and unwanted event as I was still breastfeeding the babies and had never gotten my period while I was still breastfeeding either of our other kids. Seriously? If I still have to be getting up in the middle of the night just to pump milk for the babies shouldn’t I be able to get a break from the red mayhem? But, it was what it was and I figured, “this sucks, but okay”.
And then two months later….I’m late. And not a day or two late, but an entire week. But wait, I had my tubes “tied” when the twins were 7 weeks old, so this should NOT be happening! I give it one more day before I call my OB and luckily my Aunt Flo decided to show up. I chalked it up to still having crazy hormones and moved on.
The period train arrived right on schedule the next month so I figured I was back on track. But then I started getting bloated, and my breasts started getting sore (no longer breastfeeding), and then my mind started playing “what if?” games with me. I mean, come on! I went back after the twins were born and had another surgery so I no longer had to take birth control and freak out about this. When, and why have I become the woman who is stressing, trying remember when exactly her last period came?
During a long car ride this past weekend I looked at TJ and said, “what would you do if I were pregnant?”. He looked at me dumbfounded, and then gave an exacerbated look and shrugged his shoulders. Oh crap. How would we do it? The twins would be just a bit over 1…mobile twins with a newborn? No thanks! And what if it’s not just one baby? I have proven that I can pop out more than one. We would need to get a different van…a big, ugly van (not that I love having to have a mini van in itself). How in the world would we afford to have another child?
But, I do love being pregnant. And I love our children. I have an amazing husband and I know that we can handle anything that is thrown at us. So, I let the stress go thinking ”what will be will be”. And then I let another stress go as we scheduled to have my mother-in-law meet me halfway to take the two older kids for a couple of days. Just TJ and me….and the twins. Gosh, when they are napping it will be like we are home alone! Add that thought to the racy thoughts I’ve been having thanks to 50 Shades of Grey, and I’m extremely excited to spend some quality time with my hubby.
Right before I head out the door with the kids I go to the bathroom. Yep. My period! So now it is just TJ and me…..and the twins…..and Uncle TOM. Perfect timing! Clearly someone is enjoying a good laugh at me right now!
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That is totally my luck. The one time that David and I went to a hotel alone, my period literally started the minute we walked in the door. What a night….Television….and nothing else lol!
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I finally found the ONLY thing more effective than birth control and tube-tying… Rachel! LOL
Could you imagine TWO sets of twins? DEATH! (And I’m sure some mom of two sets of twins will come and be like omg it’s awesome I wouldn’t change it for the world. Yeah I get it. Shudddddup.)
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I have totally been there. My youngest is 1 and for whatever reason my hormones are out of whack and I keep starting at weird times. Last month I was like two weeks late and was in a panic!
Had this happen a few times myself! I am sorry you and the hubbs did not get to have fun=(
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First, can I say how much I love the headline?? Lol. And – Mine have NEVER been normal, or regular – they’ve always been like that weird unpredictable guy at the bus stop
And since I had Abby, they’re even WEIRDER. I give up on every knowing what to expect!!
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Ugh, mine is never normal & never has been. After having my third child, it is the most painful thing ever! I hate it!
I will admit- I chuckled! Been there. Done that. Hate it! It always knows when to show up and ruin a good time!
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My used to be clock work, even after having my kids, but now it comes a week or two later than expected. Oh well, as long as it comes, I’m cool.
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I’d be paranoid as can be after having twins already!
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Ugh! I’ve always been very irregular and hate it!
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Yeah breastfeeding should so be an automatic exemption from aunt flo visiting. She came back at 6 months with RJ, but t is 8 months nd she hasn’t reappeared yet. Ugh now that I’ve thought about it though…. Lol
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Lol, as soon as I read this post, I was like “What? You didn’t have your period while you were breastfeeding? How lucky can a girl get???”
I have had 3 children, and breastfed all three of them. The first one ended up having stomach issues and I was only able to breastfeed him for the first couple of months of his life. However, I breastfed the other two until they weaned themselves (one of them is still in the process), and my period has regularly raged, lol.
I seem to bleed the month after I become pregnant and then for about 6 weeks right after the baby’s are born, and then my period starts up again the next month. I understand your period frustrations, but at least you were period-free for a while!
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So what does an exacerbated look look like? Do you have a picture? I’m really curious! I’m on Mirena and let me tell you, I had a friend get pregnant on it and Ever since then, I freak out when my boobs get even the slightest of tender. The doctors don’t seem to think you can get pregnant on it, odds are you won’t get pregnant on it but there are odds, which mean, it can happen. And I abide by Murphy’s Law.
So I feel your pain about not trusting your birth control and getting your period at the most inconvenient times…white pants, thong, husband returning from a LONG deployment and you just finished reading Fifty Shades AND Bared To You.
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HA-LARIOUS! That always happens to me. Always my birthday, our anniversary, etc… It SUCKS. C’est la vie. I didn’t get my period until Grady was 11 months old. It was AWESOME!
Prior to that I had been either pregnant or nursing for 3 years so I completely forgot what it was like to have a cycle. Find other ways to have fun with your hubby while the older 2 are gone. 
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I wasn’t able to breastfeed with my son and my period came back at 12 weeks PPD. Isn’t it weird how everyone’s bodies are different?
Sorry your period ruined fun time with your hubby! I think the period is sometimes the women’s version of the male “cockblock.”
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I don’t get my period because of the birth control I am on and I love it!
All of this reminds me what I’m missing at age 64. NOTHING!
Funny! But so not fair you started when the twins were 2 months. After our first was born mine came back the ONE night I go camping. REALLY?! 18 months no AF and then bam on a camping trip in the middle of nowhere.
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I have been there, done that and I totally hate when that happens. I like many of you have never been regular either. Thanks for sharing with us.
Happy New Year to you and your family!!