Girl Problems... A TMI Post.

Hello there... This is gonna be a really TMI post, but it's something that I want to talk about.

So a few years ago, when I was at the age of 15 my parents moved us from Queens, NY to Sicklerville, NJ. My brother and I were starting a brand new school and what not so our parents decided to take us on vacation to Florida. We had a great time until the end of the trip. We were in Florida when Hurricane Katrina hit. Obviously most of the damage was in New Orleans but we can't forget that Florida did get hit pretty hard. Once the storm had passed over us, we were able to get out and back to our new home in Jersey.

I started a new school and what not and then my body decided it didn't like me anymore and wanted to do it's own thing. I went about 5 months without getting my period (I know TMI but i warned you), my mother even thought i was pregnant. Then BAM! one day I get my period. I was pretty happy that she would get off my back about the pregnant thing, considering I hadn't had sex with anyone. So then my body really decided it hated me and that it was gonna make my life hell. My period didn't go away for almost 3 weeks. Obviously that isn't normal and if you're body is currently doing that then I recommend heading to the Gynecologist ASAP!

So of course my body started to shut down, I was losing too much blood. I was very weak, had constant headaches, was fatigued to no end. I could hear my heartbeat/pulse as if it were a bell ringing in my ear. Finally I couldn't take it and before school one day I crawled into my moms bed next to her and broke down in tears.

She, like any normal mother, thought that i was faking just to get out of school but she went along with it. She decided to bring up the emergency room as a test, if I declined wanting to go, she knew i was lying. And of course I did, what 15 year old wants to go sit at a hospital over something as embarrassing as her period? But I decided it was best, so she took me and we sat there for hours. Finally they got me back to see a doctor. I got all the normal stuff done and they determined that I was Anemic. My iron level was too low due to the amount of blood I had lost.

They put me on iron pills as soon as I got out of the hospital the next day and a week later I was on Birth Control. The BC is not only protection against getting pregnant, it also regulates your hormones by tricking your body into thinking you're pregnant without actually being pregnant. The brand I took was, one pill last three days, you take one every day for 28 days. The rest of the month which was usually 4 days or so, I'd have my period. Like being pregnant, the pill makes you nauseous and gain weight.

I'd taken the pill for over 4 years when I decided I didn't anymore. That was this past July... And everything was fine until now.

Exactly 5 years later, I'm right back where I was. My body hating me yet again. But I've seem too have caught it earlier even if at this very moment I'm weak, fatigued and have killer headache. I can't believe it's happening all over again but I'm happy I know exactly what's happening because of that experience.

I don't know why I felt the need to write out a whole post about it but idk... I guess I wanted to get it off my chest. I hope you all aren't grossed out... It's a natural thing.... Even if my case isn't oh so normal. Alright awkard turtle. I'm gonna go now lol.

xoxo liv