Lovely topic, combining farting and periods. Ever since I've had periods, my fart frequency would skyrocket whenever I'm on. I haven't been to the doctor about it as I don't mind it too much, but I've never really thought about whether it's normal. Is it just me?
Posted Sep 18, 2012, 10:07 PM UTC
THIS is my argument against intelligent design. No fucking way can you argue to me that me making enough gas during my period to fill up the damned Hindenburg is intelligently done.
So glad to learn I'm not alone. At least it's not smelly.. just... so prodigeous and loud!
Mine stinks everything up. You're so lucky :c
Hahaha you are hilarious!
Well it was designed differently but then when God punished Eve for eating the apple he redesigned the system. This is part of the whole, pain of child birth punishment type thing. /totally joking
Yup!! Its due to the hormone prostaglandin. It causes women to cramp, and it can cause intestinal distress (i.e. diarrhea, constipation, and gas). You are not alone - it's just your body doing it's natural thing! Also, around my period my gas gets super bad. Think sulfur - rotten egg smell. It's embarrassing at times.
"Intestinal distress" pretty much sums up my entire period.
You made me laugh, so upboats for you! :)
Two words: period poos
I've always called it "period poop." Same thing, really.
period poops are the worstDX
Same horrific event lol
I always wondered, thanks for this. I have the worst diarrhea before and then the gas ... awful.
Yup! Thank your friendly neighbourhood prostaglandin for all that unpleasantness.
Interesting.. I didn't know this was actually normal :P My mom said it happens to her, too, but she said she didn't think it was super normal. Now I don't feel crazy!
Totally 100% biologically normal. Taught a class about it to my grade 9 girls in health class last year. Crazy!
I wish my sex-ed teachers or at least my mom had taught me. So thanks, on your grade 9 girls health class' behalf. :)
One positive thing though - I'm absolutely warning my girls about it whether they get it at school or not.
I fart like crazy on my period. You are not alone! Bloating and gas usually go hand-in-hand, and shark week is prime bloating season.
Alright super TMI time, but it's both relevant and pretty funny: I get SUPER gassy during my period. I also get super horny. Which then leads to... how do I put this... a lot of orgasms that sound an awful lot like: OH YES!! poot poot poot
Sudden muscle clenching + being super gassy = some super awkward sexytimes
Haha! I know EXACTLY what you mean! It's hard to orgasm when you're crying with laughter after accidentally farting!!
Not sure if just gas....
<.<
Or bowels are about to release EVERYTHING
If there's one thing you've learned from Reddit: NEVER TRUST A FART.
That's how mine goes anyways. I've found my gas varies depending on BC though.
Haha! Close to that time I fart from two holes, M----- F-----!
You made me giggle like a madman on a public bus. I hope you're proud of yourself.
Yes, joy should be shared.
Luckily I'm not embarrassed by farts.
You mean I'm not alone?!?!?!??! It's so embarrassing because in my office there's only one toilet and it's pretty obvious/easy to find out which of the 6-7 people used it last and farted their ass off!
I feel so plauged everytime I want to fart and I'm inside and I can't leave and there's everyone around...I'm seriously considering but some of those gas strips to magically not fart.
Oh dear! I knew I wasn't alone. I found a thread sort of explaining why this happens.
D: There is no relief according to that thread except for maybe Midol.
Try immodium?
I fart so much it is insane. I also poop a lot which just makes it even more yucky. I am on a pill now that makes my periods two days but it was so bad before. It was like 8 days of blood and poop.
I farted myself awake like 4 times last night. Woke up to my period.
I don't know how my partner lives with me.
I wonder the same about mine. The other night I farted him awake apparently :|
So I stumbled onto this sub reddit by accident thanks to the random button. I want to high five all of you for using the word shark week to describe your period and the fact that you openly talk about farting. it sounds juvenile but when my girlfriend farts in front of me it allows a lot of laughter to ensue. SO if your man is comfortable with your farting try making a joke out of it or do a little dance to accompany it. I hope it will at least make you smile during a time of stress and being uncomfortable.
I've seen men cry from the stench of a period fart. you aren't alone!
Period farts are the worst thing ever!!!
Period poops, we all get them. And since farting is sort of like pooping, well, you can see where I'm going here.
Oh yes. But, weird thing is, once I let out a few big ones, my cramps don't hurt as bad!
I feel majestically sharty in fact. Majestic is probably not the best word.
I recall that there was a pretty epic thread on another reddit (probably AskReddit) that was about 'what the other sex doesn't know about us' and one female redditor just said "period shits". Apparently most girls don't know that it is normal and very common, so they all started commenting on it. I think that gif describes the response of all the guys in the thread.
Oh! Pick me! I do! And even when I'm not on my period, I'm unusually gassy, so...there's that.
Actually, I can't help but wonder if the cramps might be directly caused by the gas! If this is the case, I could stop taking birth control & start taking some kind of gas-reducing-drugs (or food or something). (My cramps are unbearable without drugs/birth control)
If you're talking about menstrual cramps, those are unrelated to gas. Menstrual cramps are actually the sensation of your uterus spasming to physically move the uterine lining past the cervix.
damn.
...but if gas causes cramping, couldn't it feel similar to menstrual cramping? what if i've never had menstrual cramping, but only cramping due to gas?
Oh god, yes. When I was younger I went home from school a few times because I had such painful cramps... turned out they were just gas. I was still glad to be home after making that discovery :P
Fart, queef. Good gawd!
My whole digestive tract mutinies during shark week.
God, yes, mine too. I normally have no problems with that area whatsoever but come shark week, oh my god. The whole thing cramps up something awful and just seems to want to kill me. Horrible gas... horrible period shits :(
Me too. It's crazy... Though, it was much worse before I started birth control. I'd recommend that to you if it's painful (if you're not already on BC).
I don't think there's a better way to word this.
I get da poos.
and me! the whole caboodle just gets....icky.
SO GLAD it isn't only me.
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