i think this is the first time in my LIFE seeing a man talk about periods and ovulation without making everyone uncomfortable or mansplaining, thank you man
@@cocomelon1396 no, mansplaining is when a person condescendingly explains something people already know, most of us know what a period is, but he wasnt assuming we were stupid or didn’t understand, he was just further explaining what was happening in the clips for people who hadnt experienced it before/yet
@@TheWarforged google it, it doesnt have to be a man, which is why i changed it cause that was dumb of me as a queer person, but the definition is and i quote “to explain something to a woman in a condescending way that assumes she has no knowledge on the topic” i just dont see the point in needing to say it has to be a man to a woman people of all genders can be sexist in their own way towards others, i was also answering their question because there are doctors that dont do what they’re supposed to and i think this one did a great job
@@TheWarforged that's what the first person said, only with less emotionally charged words. google definition is a person condescendingly explaining something someone already knows. Granted, I've heard someone call it womanspalning when a woman does it to a man, but the concept is the same. One person telling another and being uppity about it like they know more about a subject than another. Some people will know more than others, but you don't have to be a douchekazzu about it. Sometimes it's called for when the first person is already being an ass. But 90% of the time, you can just explain something even if the other person knows, because you don't really know what someone knows or doesn't know.
Haley Morris is freaking hilarious. I love how she is able to make the female reproductive system understandable even to those of us who lack the necessary equipment to experience those kind of things personally.
Haley Morris does bring humor to something that can be complex and her ability to make the female reproductive system understandable, even for those without firsthand experience, is commendable.
When I was young, I didn't have a period for 3 months...I was getting close to my wedding...and a virgin. I got my period on my wedding night. In talking to a nurse, she told me it was just stress. Amazing what stress can do to a woman's body.
A few years ago I had a ten day period. I ran to the emergency room at day five, scared there was something else going on. It was all stress related. I changed jobs, and never went through that again.
@@MotherMantiss "They" is the medical profession, and a significant section of society. Where do you think the word "hysterical" comes from? It's literally the same source as the word "hysterectomy". I spent 14 years trying to get my endometriosis diagnosed and was told I was overreacting, imagining it, making it up for attention, had a low pain threshold, had IBS, was depressed, too fat (despite a BMI in the low 20s), too young, etc etc etc. In fact, the dozen or so GPs and 3 gyns all repeated some or all of this to me multiple times (apart from one single visit with a Locum GP I saw who took me seriously). When the gyn who did my first laparoscopy finally gave in, he said he was only doing the surgery to - and I quote directly here - "prove once and for all that you don't have endometriosis". Well, jokes on both of us I guess, because my insides were covered in endo, scarring, adhesions etc and it keeps coming back like bindweed. A dozen surgeries later, I just have to live with the pain because even being menopausal hasn't stopped it from running rampant. Even now, I've had my pain meds removed because "they won't cure the underlying issue" and yet they're doing NOTHING to actually do anything about said issue, nor manage my pain. Have I ever got an apology from any of these doctors telling me it was all in my head and I needed a shrink, not surgery/pain meds/etc? Nope. Not once. And I'm not even that special, because the average length of time for endo to be diagnosed is nearly a decade, and many multiple doctors. For a disease that affects one in ten AFAB people.
@@MotherMantiss Male medical practitioners have dismissed female menstruation complications for literally hundreds of years; it's well documented. Your single anecdotal experience is irrelevant.
@JustAnotherBuckyLover just wanted to add to support your comment that yes "hysteria" literally means "of the uterus"... so yeah medical version of "women's problems" Like you said "hyster" means uterus thus hysteria, hysterectomy (removal of ~), hysteroscopy (scope of ~) etc. Edited to add: at least they used to have the option to treat hysteria with orgasm treatment... not just the gaslighting and refusal to treat we get now from both male and female gyns. Or the..."just do ~ treatment" - just get pregnant (every woman I know including myself was told this when we were young teenagers... TEENS!!!!), just lose weight, just think more positively, just try harder etc. etc.
@@xaym3095 The WEIRDEST part to me was they used to blame it on the uterus literally "wandering" around the body and hence causing issues remote from the normal uterine position. Absolutely wild.
We were ROLLING at my ObGYN practice when a patient brought this to us one day. It’s our favorite channel now! Just wish we could keep it on a loop in my waiting room. 😅
Why not ask her for permission? I'm pretty certain she'd be happy to give it. Especially from an OB/GYN practice or clinic. A good laugh might help alleviate period cramps or other symptoms (note: alleviate, not remove or cure. That might be a bit much.)😂
I've been hoping for early menopause since my late 30s. It is made out to be some awful boogyman but just about every postmenopausal woman I've talked to says it wasn't as bad as they expected and not having a cycle is great
@@HelgaCavoli you can talk to your gyno about uterine ablation. This way there is no more menstrual flow but your ovaries are safe and you keep your hormones. I wish I had known about this process after my last child. It is a permanent birth control and the end to bleeding.
2:20 A friend of mine has been consistently getting 20+ day periods with pain, fatigue etc... She has been going to the doctor over the years but they just kept telling her to lose weight. She lost some weight (work in progress) but nothing has changed. My friends and I pushed for her to push for specialists. After many appointments, this past month she went into surgery to remove something that was growing within her (sorry I can't remember what it was). When she came to, a nurse said they removed so much that they had to get another container. My friend took a picture of a container the nurse referred to, it looked like a 1.5L jug. So, if you are feeling pain/discomfort, I hope you push for answers. It's still too often that we get brushed off to only find out that there was something wrong.
That’s just insane they just let her go like that! They could’ve at least checked her blood status, she must’ve been so dehydrated & anaemic! 🤬 I hope she reported every single one of them!
Women are almost always brushed off and ignored about medical conditions. Especially when it comes to menstrual problems. Doctors have been trained for centuries to ignore women's problems because it's just drama, anxiety, depression, stress, or going back a few years, hysteria. Yeah. Mental health issues are very real and need to be treated properly. However, other physical medical issues should be assessed first. Maybe it's not just an overly dramatic woman. Maybe she really is feeling more pain than you can even imagine for weeks at a time. However, doctors do not take these things seriously. It's really a sad state in our medical system. Those of us who survive the trauma live with life-long repercussions, even after the stupid organ has been removed. My fucking night terrors have no idea my uterus is finally gone. I'll probably panic at the feel of sweat in my chonies for the rest of my life. Thanks to the wonderful doctors who refused to listen to a woman.
Same thing happened to a friend of mine. Had a cyst the size of a baseball in one ovary. Ladies, don't let doctors gaslight you. You know your body better than they do. You know what's normal for you. Don't self diagnose, but also DO stand your ground.
I love the fact that the comments on Hayley's original videos are either women relating to it them or men learning from it. I honestly wish men had periods for a year so they may have an inkling
I wish my previous personal menstrual cycle on no one, but men could have my best friends 3 day of blessings. I no longer have a period after a partial hysterectomy, thank goodness.
I have nerve damage causing vestibulitis & vaginism, only males tend to actually listen. 😞 It’s not just “a bit uncomfy”, it’s “you really can’t get anything in & I’ll kick you in the face involuntarily”.
When I first started going to gynecologist I thought I would not like a male Dr but I had a female first and that was uncomfortable and I switched to a male Dr who was my Ob/Gyn from the age of 16 till 45 when I moved from my home state he delivered all my children and was a fantastic Dr. ❤
Severe Endometriosis, cysts, tilted uterus and rhi negative here. I had to jump through so many hoops and for so many years to have my hysterectomy. It is ridiculous. The whole time, doctors would say I was too young, or needed to have kids, or better yet "what does your husband say", "what if your husband wants kids" or "what if you divorce and your new husband wants kids"
I'm so sorry to hear about your difficult experience. You deserve to have your pain and concerns taken seriously without having to justify your choices regarding your own body.
Endometriosis was awful. And the older I got, the worse the pain and periods got. I waited a long time to get a hysterectomy because I wanted kids. When I had my hysterectomy at 42, my surgeon told me that getting pregnant would have been impossible because of the extent of my disease inside my Fallopian tubes and elsewhere. 😢
Endometriosis did so much damage to my ovaries, I would never have been able to get pregnant. And with all the scar tissue, colonoscopy was very difficult.😊
I'm 24, most likely with endo (waiting for tests). Don't want kids, never did and never will. From what I'm hearing from other folks with endo, getting a hysterectomy (or any surgery for endo really) is borderline impossible x)
Thank you for not saying "stress" or other "it's your fault" reasons for irregular periods. Which is what I kept finding when googling what causes irregular periods
I had a perfectly normal cycle in my time. You know 28 days one thing, five days another. I bled for 28, and suffered even more for five. Hysterectomy was the best decision ever.
I've had 90 total days without my period since November 2022. I was told by 2 different gynos nothing was wrong. I was also told I do not qualify for a hysterectomy because I'm unmarried and in a child-bearing age. I asked if they'd do anything about the endless period if I managed to get married without the endless period getting in the way and they were like, "Well, of course: now it might interfere with your life." Cool, good to know the $60+ a month I spend on feminine hygiene products does not currently impact my life. Just need to find someone to marry so I can stop spending that cash. 🙄
@@OGimouse1 it's so sick that this happens so often. truly, it sounds unconstitutional and should be an easy malpractice suit, but it's completely legal. if at all possible, please keep contacting people to get your hysterectomy because that could endanger your life. it's unacceptable and i'm so sorry :( you might find more luck if you go to gender-affirming doctors who perform hysterectomies for trans men, they're less likely to shoot you down.
@@amisedai942 Modern medicine is still so Victorian. Like, women can't have neurological disorders, they're just treated like they have "the vapors." It's ridiculous.
I had a similar thing when I was in high school, but only went for about 2 months before I went to the doctor. Idk if there is another solution besides the pill, but that did help me to have it on cycle and not for weeks and months. Was only on it for a couple rounds and that was the end.
My cousin had a reverse period let’s call it that… 24ish days a month she’d bleed… 5-7 days she’d not… took about 3 years to settle down… and lots of doctors trips… I don’t believe we got an answer…
Haley really is a comedic genius 😂. I've been following her for a long time and she never disappoints. She captures the dismay of period poops perfectly.
I didn't get my period for a year while drs were trying to figure out what was wrong w me. Once I went to a Lyme literate MD and found 0ut I had many tick borne diseases, my period started exactly 14 days after I started pulsing long term antibiotics. If you are not pregnant nor nursing but lactating, that's a sign of #Lyme
I think I have undiagnosed Lyme’s and I lost my periods for a year and started lactating for no reason,that’s so interesting!The GP said ‘that’s a can of worms’ and warned me off chronic Lyme!
I'm well past these types of days but her videos still make me LMAO -- and I want to thank you for using her videos as a way to educate along the way...wish you had both been doing this back in my much younger years, as I could have used the videos as ways to educate some of the clueless in my life at that point.
Can we please put the b word where the other words are that we stopped using? It's misogynistic AF. It shames women's asexuality AND sexworkers who are way too often victims of human trafficking and male abuse while "in service" of mostly men. It's a word that has to go. It's not one to "reclaim". It's one to dump and assure there's also no use for it in societies either, cause all of that mentioned context needs to stop.
@@KxNOxUTA Based on your YT comments as a whole, maybe, just maybe, you are the one who needs to take a second look at things. You seem to be "abusive" in every single comment you have posted any time recently. I feel bad for you, truly. Whatever happened to you in your life and built up to this level of venomous... on behalf of anyone that did you wrong I AM SORRY. I would reference a higher being but you have made it clear that even the mention of such is offensive to you. I do genuinely hope you find the peace you seek though.
Trust me Doc, PCOS=SURPRISE!!!!! Aunt Flo is here to have a 10+ day long rave in my She Shed. Advil 12 hours, soaking an overnight in a few hours.....Oh so glad my She Shed was torn down and Aunt Flo had to find someone else's She Shed to throw her raves in....
@@hadizamamud3209 I believe that is what Jeanette Raichel is saying. She appears to have made a personal health decision with her provider to have a hysterectomy to resolve her symptoms.
@@DoctorRich A lot of women do opt for hysterectomy, because to date, the only things the medical field knows to do with ANY female reproductive problem is "sterilize her or tell her to just put up with it." I have left gynecology entirely. I go for the yearly and the mammogram only. My periods would bleed for 120+ days at a time... at a level of two 10-hour pads per hour. Nothing - absolutely nothing - worked. That includes contraceptive pills. I would get just a couple cycles per year, and when they did finally show up, they wouldn't STOP. It was bad enough I was dealing with skin breakdown and rashes from being stuck wearing a pad for 4+ months at a time. You want to know what DID help? Acupuncture. Literally the ONLY thing ever that has. I actually have a predictable cycle now - WITHOUT being forced to accept sterilization to get there. And that's something that NO ONE in the medical field in my entire adult life has been able to do. Gynecological research needs to do better than this. The answer to every problem should not be sterilization or put up with it. That's a massive failure of the field. And that's provided we find a doctor that's even going to take us seriously and not blow us off in the first place. My iron was so low I was on the verge of being admitted to hospital for it. I asked my acupuncturist out of sheer desperation to put a stop to it. There was nothing left to try and I was not prepared to undergo sterilization when my body has a bad habit of bulling right through both local AND general anesthesia.
@@SeliahK Thanks for sharing your story. Healthcare is definitely lacking when it comes to research on alternative therapies. This is some evidence to support acupuncture. One large meta-analysis in 2018 demonstrated that acupuncture was as effective as NSAIDs. Expert medical opinion has concluded that the acupuncture is low risk and can be advised for the treatment of painful periods. Definitive evidence is lacking, and as you suggest more research is required to determine a definitive benefit. It is great to hear that you have had success.
EDS is also a fun thing to have if you want irregular, painful, long and overflowing periods coupled with fertility issues. I thought for the longest time that I had Endometriosis, they even found cysts in my abdomen, but still claim I don't have Endo. The only other option that ticks off all the other symptoms is hEDS.
I have EDS too. Myopathic EDS. (mEDS) and the only thing it caused was my uterus to fall out when I was 15 because the connective tissues didn't work. Imagine bleeding with your uterus hanging out! Terrifying stuff. EDS also amplifies physical pain because the body is already inflamed.
@harringt100 ehlers danlos syndrome. Often affects the connective issues of the body. But it can affect other things depending on which of the 14 or so types. But it often causes dislocations, skin laxtcitiy, increased pain. There's other things that seem completely unrelated, but they get affected too.
@gimygaming8655 yes. I have hEDS. Essentially, the comorbidities I got with it include severe iron deficiency due to an inability to absorb iron well as well as potassium so I have the treat of my joints and ribs just randomly dislocating on me, extra stretchy skin, and for extra fun, it also comes with extra soft skin. I do not retain iron and potassium, had to have. 2 unit blood transfusion for that one, and thanks to this, my periods are painful on the joints. They are long. They are always surprises to me when the start because I could get them monthly or I could go eight months between periods and they generally last anywhere from 10 days to two weeks at a time. It sucks.
11--14 days each. Started at 10. Im 49. Heavy enough that first 4 days, can't leave the house. PCOS. Now, as I approach menopause, the premenstrual week or so, feelings of extreme depression. Dr could care less. [In his defence, diabetic, so priorities....]
You deserve to have that treated. Having multiple medical conditions does not mean you shouldn't have the ones that are less dire addressed. Sure there will be some areas where you have to prioritize one health issue over another, but an entire lack of care towards your suffering is just medical neglect, not prioritizing.
Honestly I would maybe use the diabetes as a way to get to him. For me when I pms I eat a lot!!! Especially in depressed states too. Maybe insist to address it and bring this up
Now I’m imagining a character that’s a Nexplanon implant waving “Bye-bye, darling!” to the period, while the receptionist says “See you in three years!”
I started my period when i was 9. At about 11 my periods were so painful i missed school and i would bleed for 8 or 9 days sometime more. In the 70s they didn't do birth control for that young. After i had my first baby at 16 my period were like clock work untill menap6at 48 almost 50.
Serious question, why do we hear from women about the difficulty in getting diagnosed with PCOS? There are some real horror stories out there about women having there symptoms dismissed and being labelled as depressed or difficult.
It's a serious issue, and unfortunately, many women do face challenges in getting a proper diagnosis for conditions like PCOS. Part of the problem is that the symptoms of PCOS can vary widely and overlap with other conditions, which can make diagnosis difficult. Additionally, there's often a lack of awareness or understanding about PCOS among some healthcare providers, leading to symptoms being dismissed or misdiagnosed.
Yeah, my periods were causing me such dramatic mood issues that they had me stop taking the placebos. Haven’t had to deal with my period for years (cue angelic choir 🤣)
Thank you for this video. I have endometriosis and when I was in high school (honestly not too many years ago now) I couldn't ever find a video like this that is engaging and educational about why periods like this is not normal. I got so frustrated I decided to do an assignment on endo and finding information was hard. Now I'm seeing more and more information over the years. It took 7 years to get a diagnosis even though my mum had endometriosis but mainly because I was young and they didn't want to do surgery on me. Even after telling them i have a 54 day period, going to the hospital often and missing school, I was too young. Finally last year I got surgery at 21 (which was still too young to the gyno from my home town) and I had type 3
In the beginning when my periods were all wonky and hard to keep track of, some periods managed to overlap and I somehow got a period that lasted nearly a month. It was mostly light bleeding, but it was still a period. It was probably the strangest thing that's ever happened with my body. (I did go to a doctor btw. Everything was fine in the end besides being low on iron.)
4:47 My period interferes with my medication so every three months I have to tell my doctor and he has to tell insurance that I STILL need it otherwise it’s 16 bucks.
Technically, the off week pills aren’t placebos since we know they’re not hormone pills. They’re either nothing pills or iron pills to help replenish after bleeding for a week.
Her take on the contraceptive pill shows me so clearly how differently it affects people. I had a very severe reaction to the pill I was on and ended up being diagnosed with PMDD (a worse form of PMS) and an extreme sensitivity to hormone changes. My mood swings can be so severe I can genuinely feel them happening.
I have endometriosis, id miss 3-4 months of bleedig then have disabling pain and severely heavy bleeding for about 13-17 days at a time. Its put me in hospital 3 times, until the doctor finally agreed to do a hysterectomy. Im 23 and haven't been happier.
I have such bad period cramps that I curl up in a ball and cry while alternating Tylenol and Ibuprofen while trying not to throw up from the pain. Luckily it’s always on my second and third day and I also lose like a liter of blood that one day and then I’m just spotty. I’ve seen a doctor about it and basically they just said I had painful periods 😂😂😂 (duh) lol but it’s all good my pain is mostly in my back and legs and in my groin on occasion it the back pain is insane
Whoa! Dude, that is NOT normal! Please get that checked out! I had a similar experience and I was found to have Adenomyosis and Endometriosis. **Edit** P.S: If you are ever found to have Adenomyosis, please do NOT go for an ablation in the hopes it will help, because it does not - it makes it worse! I’m looking to have a hysterectomy soon now after I had an ablation and it has totally sealed up my uterus with scar tissue.
Please get checked out for endometriosis. It is criminally undiagnosed for women and with a proper diagnosis you can get help. Absolute nonsense that that is dismissed as "painful periods". Keep at them until they listen.
Another endometriosis patient here who was suspected to have adenomyosis, too, but it "just" turned out to be polyps in the uterus (+endo outside of it). I've suffered for 23 years undiagnosed. I went to a gynecologists office where they listed that they're all schooled in endometriosis and voila, I was directed to a surgeon for that evaluation and discussion and explorative surgery (+ surgery when there's findings) after one single visit! It was clear as day. I insisted on my hysterectomy. So it took a second surgeon without sexistic biases to get that done. But heck am I glad now. I have surgery complications yets all of it makes me laugh so hard, cause they're nothing compared to my monthly periods. Removing the cursed organ and having a ureter re-implantation surgery were both nothing against my monthly struggles. I stopped my pain meds mostly basically the day after the first surgery night, cause there was some pain but it barely compared to my light period dys with mild cramps so I was like "..... Meh!" 🤷🏻♀️
Exactly. My periods were about every 30-35 days. Then I could miss them altogether. When I got pregnant with my first I hadn’t had a period in 6 months. That was before ultrasounds so the doctor was about a month off my due date. Later, when I had to go into the hospital for another procedure the dr wanted to do a D&C to see why I had not had a period in several months and found nothing wrong. I don’t usually criticize a doctor, Lord knows I’m not THAT smart, but to jump to PCOS then to all the other bad reasons your cycle isn’t like most peoples is kinda mean.
@@sueteran Stress seems to often be the reason if nothing is wrong, so that could at least have been mentioned. Also I haven't had my period since I stopped taking birth control so that is probably another harmless reason. At least I'm guessing my body just needs time to adjust. Nobody told me before that could happen.
Don't forget to mention the effects that stress can have on the menstrual cycle. I've had several patients unexpectedly hospitalized from fractures/trauma related to car accidents, falls, etc, who then found their periods showing up unexpectedly 1-3 weeks early. Just the thing they want to deal with as they adjust to being in a full torso hard shell back brace and/or with broken arm(s)/leg(s).🙄
Also, you can even have fever as a period symptom! Yay! Was especially fun during the worst corona times when I did not know whether I'm getting sick or it's just that time of the month... (It becomes apparent in a 1-3 days of course but very annoying nonetheless. And no, I have no related infections, I have been to the doctor and got everything checked out, multiple times.)
I love watching this lady. She's hilarious. Imagine if schools used her videos for health lessons. That'd make it less awkward and more fun. And just like what this doctor is doing, explain different things that's happening in this video and what Hayley is talking about
I'm on the pop pill and my god I do not miss my periods at all. They were all over the place from being 12 years old long and heavy. I'm perfectly happy without them
My mom occasionally has her periods for a month ,she even had then for I think half a year at some point. Her problem is that her uturus starts having cyst which that one time had to get removed and she was fine. The problem is slowly coming back but she really dislikes going to doctors and struggles with walking ,especially lately. Meanwhile I had the opposite in a way ,just one massive cyst which made my periods consistently late until they stopped for 2 months. But got meds which I still take now because they stop my periods ,so no more suffering for me :D
Hayley is my star! I love her so much. And the fact that everything makes sense and she is not just making stuff up, but being medically real...to me that's a must. But it really makes me enjoy her videos more. THIS video however made me realise... there are apparently so many women out there who don't know what's going on in their body.😢 Which makes me sad. So thanks for doing this video
Omg as someone who is much older now this made me super pissed off for my teenage self who had extremely irregular periods (could last 20-25 days a month) with very heavy bleeding (could lose a cup of blood in a single day on the first day of my period) and this was on hormonal BC. But the doctors never gave me a higher dose or continuous BC. They'd give me iron for my hgb of 9 but nothing to really treat my period. This went in until I was 19, couldn't walk, was drastically underweight, and I was diagnosed with endometriosis. I was given continuous BC then and I've been fine ever since. But I've always wondered if my endo wouldn't have spread as much as it did if I had been treated properly when I was younger
@@susanrussell8195actually, even back in the 80s everybody knew you could continue taking BC and "shift" your period. And women did that a lot to avoid having their period on vacation or during an important event. Doctors would tell you that you shouldn't do it continually because that was supposedly "bad", but women did know about it and did go 2-3 cycles without a period if they wanted. Which is also why the whole "how many tampons will the astronaut need in space" thing was so stupid - any sane doctor would have just put the astronaut on BC and told her to "shift" her period (that's what it was called back then).
@@TheFeldhamster I understand that this has been something a woman could do since birth control pills were first released in 1960. What I did say was that this was a fairly recent practice for ‘everyday’ use. Thirty years ago when the Depo-Provera shot was introduced one of the selling points was that it could eliminate your period. That brought on the discussion of if it’s okay to go without a period because of that contraceptive why isn’t it okay to do that with oral contraceptives.
Another thing that can cause infrequent periods…a prolactinoma. If you are struggling with irregular periods and infertility, make sure you get your prolactin checked! Doctors did not check this on me when hubby and I were trying for kids. I had very irregular and infrequent periods. I got multiple hormone tests, but never included my prolactin. 10 years later, childless because no one could “figure out” why I was infertile, thinking I was going into menopause at 42 because I had gone almost a year without a period (longest I’d ever gone). And a new doctor checks my prolactin. I have a prolactinoma. Fully treatable and I likely could have had kids if a doctor had checked for this hormone 10 years ago and got me on medication.
When I lived in the UK if you were going on vacation or for some other reason it was inconvenient to have a cycle you could get a medication to delay your period a week or so. It wasn't connected to regular contraceptives.
Thank you for talking about using the pil to prevent periods occasionally indefinitely. I am on that regimen for a number of reasons and so many people are convinced that I am doing something truly horrific to my body, despite the fact that multiple doctors over the years have agreed that is the right, and a safe, choice for me.
I wish i could get an ovarian hysterectomy as I've got pcos and with the paon it causes me I'd be better off without my ovaries and on hormone replacement therapy as my ovaries are stuffed. They are legit twice the size they should be and are drowning in folic cysts I'm trying to get myself beck to the doctors for a check up and ultrasound just so i van be told that they wont do anything for me. Sorry for the rant I'm 30 and have been dealing with this shit since I was 14 and I dont get diagnosed untill I was 23
I think its also important to say that everyone is different. It doesnt come on the exact date and end on an exact date there is usually a 2 to 3 day leeway. Some people it is normal to be inconsistent but yes inconsistency should be checked. And inconsistency for an individuals confirmed normal should be checked. The changes can be for very normal situations that effect hormones like stress or season changes, consistent lack of sleep etc.
Didn’t everyone read “Our Bodies, Ourselves“? Growing up? WOW. I’m always surprised at how little women know about their bodies. It’s really sad. I keep hoping things will get better, but I’m not sure they are!
After I lost 40 pounds and went to Army Basic Training I didnt have my period for almost 6 months. Not having a period during basic was actually very nice.
Significant weight loss and intense physical activity, like basic training, can definitely impact your menstrual cycle. It must have been a relief not having to deal with periods during such a rigorous time.
A year after I started my birth control (a patch, I'm not good with pills due to a phobia), I had my period for 3 weeks straight during the period of time it shouldn't have come. I tried to talk to a medical representative on the phone and got hung up on TWICE, and only had a urine test done at the hospital. I was then given antibiotics that I couldn’t take because of my phobia, but eventually it solved itself. I'll have to go back to get retested and hoping that my fears regarding some possible treatment options won't be ignored.
I feel like an unlucky one when it comes to aunt flows visits. Before getting pregnant it was basically a two weeks off two weeks on deal since 13. Once I had bleeding and spotting for I kid you not nearly a year and I was just told to figure it out. This 9 month vacation even with all the ups and downs is a blessing compared for now.
I didn’t get my period until I was 15. It started during a New Year’s Day original showing of Towering Inferno (yep, I’m old). I was happy that it had taken so long to show up but when it came, it came with a vengeance. Heavy, heavy, heavy bleeding; severe migraines; vomiting; diarrhea. It would completely stop on day 4, and return on day 5. I remember my mother asking me if I was on drugs as I suffered the monthly pain caused by my period. It wasn’t until I was working (minimal insurance) and I could afford to go to the gynecologist and get on the pill that I received relief. I stayed on for 15 yrs until it quit being effective. At least the severe cramping and monthly migraines didn’t return and the bleeding was more controllable. But the 4th day break never returned either.
When I was a teenager my periods were always 9 days long. Like clockwork. With intense pain and nausea for the first 2 days. Was that way until my late 20s when I began the pill regularly. A lifesaver!
For the first three years of my period I had it for fourteen days long, and I wondered why I felt nauseous, exhausted and like fainting during most of it lol. Glad it didn’t stay that way
I’m pretty sure I might have PCOS because I’m currently 15( 16 in 25 days) and I haven’t had my period in over a year. It’s been sense march 25th of 2023 since I last had my period. And before that it had been months. Honestly idk what’s wrong with me and I’m to embarrassed to talk to my doctors and mom about it
The first time I ever had a period, I also had a really bad case of the flu... Yeah, I had the whole nine yards. Debilitating cramps, heavy flow, stomach and joint aches, congested nose, high fever, vomiting and diarrhea... I felt like death warmed over. And the whole ordeal lasted a whole week. I was NINE.
I had fibroids, endometriosis, hyperplasia and a cyst on a swollen overy for about 8 years that I know of. No one wanted to do a hysterectomy because of my age. They kept throwing birth controI at me. Finally found a doctor that would do it. I'm 38 now. Just got my hysterectomy. Couldn't be happier. No more periods or extreme pain all the time. 😂
Dang! I wish I had a doctor like you when I was young! I was told I was crazy for saying my period affected my ENTIRE body! Little did I know then, that I had endometriosis, pcos, hypothyroidism, a bifurcated uterus and host of other problems. At 16 the Gyn said oh the pill will fix of it…. Years later it didn’t fix it. It made it all worse. 🤦🏻♀️ it’s sad to see that women are not taken seriously when it comes to their health.
It’s so frustrating when you’re not taken seriously, especially when you know something isn’t right. It’s unfortunate that the solutions offered sometimes don’t address the root of the problem. I hope you’re getting the support and care you need now.
I am older than dirt. I went to high school in the 1970’s. I was an athlete who was not schmeggsually active at the time this happened. Started my periods at about 13. I amped up my athletic activities along with tumbling/cheerleading, riding a bike everywhere, and running all the time. I stopped having a period! My mother freaked thinking I was pregnant. At the time I hadn’t done anything with anyone. Like NOTHING so if I was pregnant…I was the next immaculate conception. 😂 I didn’t have a period for over 2 years. I had no idea that women who exercise too much and basically lose their body fat don’t menstruate. Didn’t know for YEARS that’s what happened. Even my doctor couldn’t figure it out back then. Anyway…we love Hayley. She is fearless and funny! Glad you like her, too, Doc!
i think this is the first time in my LIFE seeing a man talk about periods and ovulation without making everyone uncomfortable or mansplaining, thank you man
Is it still mansplaining if he is a doctor?
@@cocomelon1396 no, mansplaining is when a person condescendingly explains something people already know, most of us know what a period is, but he wasnt assuming we were stupid or didn’t understand, he was just further explaining what was happening in the clips for people who hadnt experienced it before/yet
@@TheWarforged google it, it doesnt have to be a man, which is why i changed it cause that was dumb of me as a queer person, but the definition is and i quote “to explain something to a woman in a condescending way that assumes she has no knowledge on the topic” i just dont see the point in needing to say it has to be a man to a woman people of all genders can be sexist in their own way towards others, i was also answering their question because there are doctors that dont do what they’re supposed to and i think this one did a great job
Dude went to school for years to be able to say the words with authority.
@@TheWarforged that's what the first person said, only with less emotionally charged words. google definition is a person condescendingly explaining something someone already knows. Granted, I've heard someone call it womanspalning when a woman does it to a man, but the concept is the same. One person telling another and being uppity about it like they know more about a subject than another. Some people will know more than others, but you don't have to be a douchekazzu about it. Sometimes it's called for when the first person is already being an ass. But 90% of the time, you can just explain something even if the other person knows, because you don't really know what someone knows or doesn't know.
Haley Morris is freaking hilarious. I love how she is able to make the female reproductive system understandable even to those of us who lack the necessary equipment to experience those kind of things personally.
Haley Morris does bring humor to something that can be complex and her ability to make the female reproductive system understandable, even for those without firsthand experience, is commendable.
Lol I follow her on RUclips and absolutely love her! So funny!
@DoctorRich She evens helps those of us who should know all about it.. but dont. Thanks, public education!
Haley morris is my favourite! So glad you featured her videos
But she's ruined peach coats forever!😂
When I was young, I didn't have a period for 3 months...I was getting close to my wedding...and a virgin. I got my period on my wedding night. In talking to a nurse, she told me it was just stress. Amazing what stress can do to a woman's body.
At least angels, shepherds and wise men didn't show up.
@@JinKee whats that supposed to mean
Yup. At 14 my period wouldn't stop. That was fun🙄
A few years ago I had a ten day period. I ran to the emergency room at day five, scared there was something else going on. It was all stress related. I changed jobs, and never went through that again.
Wow
And for literally YEARS they said that cramps were "all in your head" and women were just faking it and hysterical.
I dont know who they is, but I only had one person ever say that to me, and it was a male boss. I told him to stuff it.
@@MotherMantiss "They" is the medical profession, and a significant section of society. Where do you think the word "hysterical" comes from? It's literally the same source as the word "hysterectomy". I spent 14 years trying to get my endometriosis diagnosed and was told I was overreacting, imagining it, making it up for attention, had a low pain threshold, had IBS, was depressed, too fat (despite a BMI in the low 20s), too young, etc etc etc. In fact, the dozen or so GPs and 3 gyns all repeated some or all of this to me multiple times (apart from one single visit with a Locum GP I saw who took me seriously). When the gyn who did my first laparoscopy finally gave in, he said he was only doing the surgery to - and I quote directly here - "prove once and for all that you don't have endometriosis". Well, jokes on both of us I guess, because my insides were covered in endo, scarring, adhesions etc and it keeps coming back like bindweed. A dozen surgeries later, I just have to live with the pain because even being menopausal hasn't stopped it from running rampant.
Even now, I've had my pain meds removed because "they won't cure the underlying issue" and yet they're doing NOTHING to actually do anything about said issue, nor manage my pain. Have I ever got an apology from any of these doctors telling me it was all in my head and I needed a shrink, not surgery/pain meds/etc? Nope. Not once. And I'm not even that special, because the average length of time for endo to be diagnosed is nearly a decade, and many multiple doctors. For a disease that affects one in ten AFAB people.
@@MotherMantiss Male medical practitioners have dismissed female menstruation complications for literally hundreds of years; it's well documented. Your single anecdotal experience is irrelevant.
@JustAnotherBuckyLover just wanted to add to support your comment that yes "hysteria" literally means "of the uterus"... so yeah medical version of "women's problems"
Like you said "hyster" means uterus thus hysteria, hysterectomy (removal of ~), hysteroscopy (scope of ~) etc.
Edited to add: at least they used to have the option to treat hysteria with orgasm treatment... not just the gaslighting and refusal to treat we get now from both male and female gyns. Or the..."just do ~ treatment" - just get pregnant (every woman I know including myself was told this when we were young teenagers... TEENS!!!!), just lose weight, just think more positively, just try harder etc. etc.
@@xaym3095 The WEIRDEST part to me was they used to blame it on the uterus literally "wandering" around the body and hence causing issues remote from the normal uterine position. Absolutely wild.
We were ROLLING at my ObGYN practice when a patient brought this to us one day. It’s our favorite channel now! Just wish we could keep it on a loop in my waiting room. 😅
You could probably make a playlist of her videos and loop it as long as your waiting screens have access to RUclips.
Shes great
Why not ask her for permission? I'm pretty certain she'd be happy to give it. Especially from an OB/GYN practice or clinic. A good laugh might help alleviate period cramps or other symptoms (note: alleviate, not remove or cure. That might be a bit much.)😂
@@RustyDust101 Laughing with cramps makes them worse but that doesn't stop me from laughing, lol
@@jas.per.25 my bad. Period cramps are a significantly different beast from calves' cramps then.
For years and years I dreaded menopause and now that the mood swings and hot flashes are done, it's GREAT.
I've been hoping for early menopause since my late 30s. It is made out to be some awful boogyman but just about every postmenopausal woman I've talked to says it wasn't as bad as they expected and not having a cycle is great
I can't wait for the no-more-periods time. I hope my menopause is smooth too. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Menopause was great for me! I used to get terrible migraines; those stopped. And unlike many women, I never had hot flashes. Yay!
I'm skipping the mood swings and hot flashes!
I'm 40, full hysterectomy, and estradiol patches!
@@HelgaCavoli you can talk to your gyno about uterine ablation. This way there is no more menstrual flow but your ovaries are safe and you keep your hormones. I wish I had known about this process after my last child. It is a permanent birth control and the end to bleeding.
Haley Morris is the best comedian around
This needs to be revisited with the Steve "STD" storyline. Lol
That was a scary time around the hotel!
Omg yes 😂
keep an eye out in two weeks
2:20 A friend of mine has been consistently getting 20+ day periods with pain, fatigue etc... She has been going to the doctor over the years but they just kept telling her to lose weight. She lost some weight (work in progress) but nothing has changed. My friends and I pushed for her to push for specialists. After many appointments, this past month she went into surgery to remove something that was growing within her (sorry I can't remember what it was). When she came to, a nurse said they removed so much that they had to get another container. My friend took a picture of a container the nurse referred to, it looked like a 1.5L jug.
So, if you are feeling pain/discomfort, I hope you push for answers. It's still too often that we get brushed off to only find out that there was something wrong.
That’s just insane they just let her go like that! They could’ve at least checked her blood status, she must’ve been so dehydrated & anaemic! 🤬 I hope she reported every single one of them!
Women are almost always brushed off and ignored about medical conditions. Especially when it comes to menstrual problems. Doctors have been trained for centuries to ignore women's problems because it's just drama, anxiety, depression, stress, or going back a few years, hysteria. Yeah. Mental health issues are very real and need to be treated properly. However, other physical medical issues should be assessed first. Maybe it's not just an overly dramatic woman. Maybe she really is feeling more pain than you can even imagine for weeks at a time. However, doctors do not take these things seriously. It's really a sad state in our medical system. Those of us who survive the trauma live with life-long repercussions, even after the stupid organ has been removed. My fucking night terrors have no idea my uterus is finally gone. I'll probably panic at the feel of sweat in my chonies for the rest of my life. Thanks to the wonderful doctors who refused to listen to a woman.
Same thing happened to a friend of mine. Had a cyst the size of a baseball in one ovary. Ladies, don't let doctors gaslight you. You know your body better than they do. You know what's normal for you. Don't self diagnose, but also DO stand your ground.
I love the fact that the comments on Hayley's original videos are either women relating to it them or men learning from it. I honestly wish men had periods for a year so they may have an inkling
I wish my previous personal menstrual cycle on no one, but men could have my best friends 3 day of blessings. I no longer have a period after a partial hysterectomy, thank goodness.
I used to be embarrassed to go to a male Gynecologist, When I miscarried I had no time to be embarrassed.
I had no time to be embarrassed when I had a male doctor do a vagina exam after I had an ovarian cyst.
I'm so sorry to hear that you had a miscarriage. 😢
I have nerve damage causing vestibulitis & vaginism, only males tend to actually listen. 😞 It’s not just “a bit uncomfy”, it’s “you really can’t get anything in & I’ll kick you in the face involuntarily”.
When I first started going to gynecologist I thought I would not like a male Dr but I had a female first and that was uncomfortable and I switched to a male Dr who was my Ob/Gyn from the age of 16 till 45 when I moved from my home state he delivered all my children and was a fantastic Dr. ❤
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Severe Endometriosis, cysts, tilted uterus and rhi negative here. I had to jump through so many hoops and for so many years to have my hysterectomy. It is ridiculous. The whole time, doctors would say I was too young, or needed to have kids, or better yet "what does your husband say", "what if your husband wants kids" or "what if you divorce and your new husband wants kids"
I'm so sorry to hear about your difficult experience. You deserve to have your pain and concerns taken seriously without having to justify your choices regarding your own body.
My question is, why would they assume you wouldn't talk to your significant other about kids before marriage
It’s insane that they would care more about a hypothetical future second husband’s opinion more than yours.
Endometriosis was awful. And the older I got, the worse the pain and periods got. I waited a long time to get a hysterectomy because I wanted kids. When I had my hysterectomy at 42, my surgeon told me that getting pregnant would have been impossible because of the extent of my disease inside my Fallopian tubes and elsewhere. 😢
Hope you're ok now ❤
@@cassandro9445 I am. Thank you, sweetheart.
I'm 40, and this is happening to me right now.
Endometriosis did so much damage to my ovaries, I would never have been able to get pregnant. And with all the scar tissue, colonoscopy was very difficult.😊
I'm 24, most likely with endo (waiting for tests). Don't want kids, never did and never will. From what I'm hearing from other folks with endo, getting a hysterectomy (or any surgery for endo really) is borderline impossible x)
Dr. Rich: Were you scrolling TikToks about Vagina?
Me: *looks at my laptop screen* uhhh
Dr. Rich: Me too
BEST. OPENING. EVER.
Aren't we all? Except those of us who have vaginas.
Hayley M needs to be required in all bio classes in the US
Thank you for not saying "stress" or other "it's your fault" reasons for irregular periods. Which is what I kept finding when googling what causes irregular periods
I had a perfectly normal cycle in my time. You know 28 days one thing, five days another.
I bled for 28, and suffered even more for five. Hysterectomy was the best decision ever.
I've had 90 total days without my period since November 2022. I was told by 2 different gynos nothing was wrong. I was also told I do not qualify for a hysterectomy because I'm unmarried and in a child-bearing age. I asked if they'd do anything about the endless period if I managed to get married without the endless period getting in the way and they were like, "Well, of course: now it might interfere with your life." Cool, good to know the $60+ a month I spend on feminine hygiene products does not currently impact my life. Just need to find someone to marry so I can stop spending that cash. 🙄
@@OGimouse1 it's so sick that this happens so often. truly, it sounds unconstitutional and should be an easy malpractice suit, but it's completely legal. if at all possible, please keep contacting people to get your hysterectomy because that could endanger your life. it's unacceptable and i'm so sorry :( you might find more luck if you go to gender-affirming doctors who perform hysterectomies for trans men, they're less likely to shoot you down.
@@OGimouse1 Either that, or find a man to marry who can give your doctor permission to give you a hysterectomy. 🙄 That one always blows my mind.
@@m0L3ifyyeah wow. that is so medieval ☝️😩
@@amisedai942 Modern medicine is still so Victorian. Like, women can't have neurological disorders, they're just treated like they have "the vapors." It's ridiculous.
I once bled for 14 months straight and the doctors did nothing. They said my only option was The Pill. No tests, just The Pill.
I had a similar thing when I was in high school, but only went for about 2 months before I went to the doctor. Idk if there is another solution besides the pill, but that did help me to have it on cycle and not for weeks and months. Was only on it for a couple rounds and that was the end.
My cousin had a reverse period let’s call it that… 24ish days a month she’d bleed… 5-7 days she’d not… took about 3 years to settle down… and lots of doctors trips… I don’t believe we got an answer…
I have had periods for the last four months with one week off a month they discovered cysts go back to the GP
Haley really is a comedic genius 😂. I've been following her for a long time and she never disappoints. She captures the dismay of period poops perfectly.
I didn't get my period for a year while drs were trying to figure out what was wrong w me.
Once I went to a Lyme literate MD and found 0ut I had many tick borne diseases, my period started exactly 14 days after I started pulsing long term antibiotics.
If you are not pregnant nor nursing but lactating, that's a sign of #Lyme
what do you mean by pulsing?
I feel like this is very useful information. Thanks for sharing!
I had no idea! I am super careful about ticks and tick prevention for myself and my dog.
I think I have undiagnosed Lyme’s and I lost my periods for a year and started lactating for no reason,that’s so interesting!The GP said ‘that’s a can of worms’ and warned me off chronic Lyme!
@@Bella-fz9fy I would demand a blood test for confirmation if I were in your place.
I'm well past these types of days but her videos still make me LMAO -- and I want to thank you for using her videos as a way to educate along the way...wish you had both been doing this back in my much younger years, as I could have used the videos as ways to educate some of the clueless in my life at that point.
Lol, I love how Period is so bitchy😂 Accurate
Can we please put the b word where the other words are that we stopped using? It's misogynistic AF. It shames women's asexuality AND sexworkers who are way too often victims of human trafficking and male abuse while "in service" of mostly men.
It's a word that has to go. It's not one to "reclaim". It's one to dump and assure there's also no use for it in societies either, cause all of that mentioned context needs to stop.
@@KxNOxUTA Based on your YT comments as a whole, maybe, just maybe, you are the one who needs to take a second look at things.
You seem to be "abusive" in every single comment you have posted any time recently.
I feel bad for you, truly. Whatever happened to you in your life and built up to this level of venomous... on behalf of anyone that did you wrong I AM SORRY.
I would reference a higher being but you have made it clear that even the mention of such is offensive to you.
I do genuinely hope you find the peace you seek though.
Trust me Doc, PCOS=SURPRISE!!!!! Aunt Flo is here to have a 10+ day long rave in my She Shed. Advil 12 hours, soaking an overnight in a few hours.....Oh so glad my She Shed was torn down and Aunt Flo had to find someone else's She Shed to throw her raves in....
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I don't quite understand. Are you saying you had a hysterectomy?
@@hadizamamud3209 I believe that is what Jeanette Raichel is saying. She appears to have made a personal health decision with her provider to have a hysterectomy to resolve her symptoms.
@@DoctorRich A lot of women do opt for hysterectomy, because to date, the only things the medical field knows to do with ANY female reproductive problem is "sterilize her or tell her to just put up with it."
I have left gynecology entirely. I go for the yearly and the mammogram only. My periods would bleed for 120+ days at a time... at a level of two 10-hour pads per hour. Nothing - absolutely nothing - worked. That includes contraceptive pills. I would get just a couple cycles per year, and when they did finally show up, they wouldn't STOP. It was bad enough I was dealing with skin breakdown and rashes from being stuck wearing a pad for 4+ months at a time.
You want to know what DID help? Acupuncture. Literally the ONLY thing ever that has. I actually have a predictable cycle now - WITHOUT being forced to accept sterilization to get there. And that's something that NO ONE in the medical field in my entire adult life has been able to do.
Gynecological research needs to do better than this. The answer to every problem should not be sterilization or put up with it. That's a massive failure of the field. And that's provided we find a doctor that's even going to take us seriously and not blow us off in the first place.
My iron was so low I was on the verge of being admitted to hospital for it. I asked my acupuncturist out of sheer desperation to put a stop to it. There was nothing left to try and I was not prepared to undergo sterilization when my body has a bad habit of bulling right through both local AND general anesthesia.
@@SeliahK Thanks for sharing your story. Healthcare is definitely lacking when it comes to research on alternative therapies. This is some evidence to support acupuncture. One large meta-analysis in 2018 demonstrated that acupuncture was as effective as NSAIDs. Expert medical opinion has concluded that the acupuncture is low risk and can be advised for the treatment of painful periods.
Definitive evidence is lacking, and as you suggest more research is required to determine a definitive benefit.
It is great to hear that you have had success.
You forgot stress. My period abnormalities usually coincide with stress
EDS is also a fun thing to have if you want irregular, painful, long and overflowing periods coupled with fertility issues. I thought for the longest time that I had Endometriosis, they even found cysts in my abdomen, but still claim I don't have Endo.
The only other option that ticks off all the other symptoms is hEDS.
I have EDS too. Myopathic EDS. (mEDS) and the only thing it caused was my uterus to fall out when I was 15 because the connective tissues didn't work. Imagine bleeding with your uterus hanging out! Terrifying stuff. EDS also amplifies physical pain because the body is already inflamed.
In my case they are not that painful (h-EDS), but I do have a lot of pelvic pain before it arrives, and my joints hurt more than usual. Funny
What is EDS?
@harringt100 ehlers danlos syndrome. Often affects the connective issues of the body. But it can affect other things depending on which of the 14 or so types. But it often causes dislocations, skin laxtcitiy, increased pain. There's other things that seem completely unrelated, but they get affected too.
@gimygaming8655 yes. I have hEDS. Essentially, the comorbidities I got with it include severe iron deficiency due to an inability to absorb iron well as well as potassium so I have the treat of my joints and ribs just randomly dislocating on me, extra stretchy skin, and for extra fun, it also comes with extra soft skin. I do not retain iron and potassium, had to have. 2 unit blood transfusion for that one, and thanks to this, my periods are painful on the joints. They are long. They are always surprises to me when the start because I could get them monthly or I could go eight months between periods and they generally last anywhere from 10 days to two weeks at a time. It sucks.
I’m so glad you found her. Don’t stop w periods Dr Rich. There is much more to explore. PS. She also wrote a book
ruclips.net/video/8di4WYGSyQw/видео.html
Did she?! I'll have to hunt it down! Thanks!
Hayley is so talented and funny. Been watching her videos for a long time and they always crack me up. Love her.
That was hilarious. Had my doubts when l saw the title but, it was funny af. Visitor at 2:27 ended me. 😁💀😁💀
11--14 days each. Started at 10. Im 49. Heavy enough that first 4 days, can't leave the house. PCOS. Now, as I approach menopause, the premenstrual week or so, feelings of extreme depression.
Dr could care less. [In his defence, diabetic, so priorities....]
Being diabetic shouldn't prevent your Dr treating you for PCOS. Priorities my rrrs, it's poor medical care is what it is.
You need to find another doctor! You deserve a better quality of life
You deserve to have that treated. Having multiple medical conditions does not mean you shouldn't have the ones that are less dire addressed.
Sure there will be some areas where you have to prioritize one health issue over another, but an entire lack of care towards your suffering is just medical neglect, not prioritizing.
Honestly I would maybe use the diabetes as a way to get to him. For me when I pms I eat a lot!!! Especially in depressed states too. Maybe insist to address it and bring this up
Now I’m imagining a character that’s a Nexplanon implant waving “Bye-bye, darling!” to the period, while the receptionist says “See you in three years!”
😂 You need to see her video where the hotel lobby gets a new chandelier. It's responsible for a sperm massacre. Yes yes, it's an IUD 🤣
haha I still got mine on nexplanon. it was what i assume a "normal" 3 day cycle is? that was nice.
Hailey makes having periods bearable!! Please do more of her videos!
Finally getting the respect & recognition she deserves!
I started my period when i was 9. At about 11 my periods were so painful i missed school and i would bleed for 8 or 9 days sometime more. In the 70s they didn't do birth control for that young. After i had my first baby at 16 my period were like clock work untill menap6at 48 almost 50.
I was 9 too… 50 is just a few years away, I hope I’m free in 7 years too ❤
Serious question, why do we hear from women about the difficulty in getting diagnosed with PCOS? There are some real horror stories out there about women having there symptoms dismissed and being labelled as depressed or difficult.
It's a serious issue, and unfortunately, many women do face challenges in getting a proper diagnosis for conditions like PCOS. Part of the problem is that the symptoms of PCOS can vary widely and overlap with other conditions, which can make diagnosis difficult. Additionally, there's often a lack of awareness or understanding about PCOS among some healthcare providers, leading to symptoms being dismissed or misdiagnosed.
4:50 you need placebos? In the uk we just get told to stop taking for a week and then resume
Yeah, my periods were causing me such dramatic mood issues that they had me stop taking the placebos. Haven’t had to deal with my period for years (cue angelic choir 🤣)
The only thing the placebos do it help with habit forming. So you don't break the "same time every day" habit for a week a month.
The placebos are just to make it easier to keep track.
Easier to keep track and to stay in the habit is taking them
1:52 THEY ARE NEVER WELCOMED!!!! XD
I was just screaming that at my screen… and then I saw your comment… I fully agree🥲
Exception - confirmation not pregnant was nice lol
Thank you for this video. I have endometriosis and when I was in high school (honestly not too many years ago now) I couldn't ever find a video like this that is engaging and educational about why periods like this is not normal. I got so frustrated I decided to do an assignment on endo and finding information was hard. Now I'm seeing more and more information over the years.
It took 7 years to get a diagnosis even though my mum had endometriosis but mainly because I was young and they didn't want to do surgery on me. Even after telling them i have a 54 day period, going to the hospital often and missing school, I was too young. Finally last year I got surgery at 21 (which was still too young to the gyno from my home town) and I had type 3
In the beginning when my periods were all wonky and hard to keep track of, some periods managed to overlap and I somehow got a period that lasted nearly a month. It was mostly light bleeding, but it was still a period. It was probably the strangest thing that's ever happened with my body.
(I did go to a doctor btw. Everything was fine in the end besides being low on iron.)
My OB was a male and he was the BEST! He had such a normal bedside manner and made sure that I understood what was happening in my body. Great DR.
I love Hayley Morris' videos! I'm glad you found her!
I LOVE her videos!
4:47 My period interferes with my medication so every three months I have to tell my doctor and he has to tell insurance that I STILL need it otherwise it’s 16 bucks.
I love that woman, she speaks for all of us 😂
Technically, the off week pills aren’t placebos since we know they’re not hormone pills. They’re either nothing pills or iron pills to help replenish after bleeding for a week.
My current iud is a miracle. No periods! It was hell to adjust to to get to this point, but it’s been awesome ever since.
Her take on the contraceptive pill shows me so clearly how differently it affects people. I had a very severe reaction to the pill I was on and ended up being diagnosed with PMDD (a worse form of PMS) and an extreme sensitivity to hormone changes. My mood swings can be so severe I can genuinely feel them happening.
She pops up in my feed randomly. And its a great humorous take on things.
She is such a genius!!
I have endometriosis, id miss 3-4 months of bleedig then have disabling pain and severely heavy bleeding for about 13-17 days at a time. Its put me in hospital 3 times, until the doctor finally agreed to do a hysterectomy. Im 23 and haven't been happier.
That was way funnier and much more informative than I thought it would be.
I have such bad period cramps that I curl up in a ball and cry while alternating Tylenol and Ibuprofen while trying not to throw up from the pain. Luckily it’s always on my second and third day and I also lose like a liter of blood that one day and then I’m just spotty. I’ve seen a doctor about it and basically they just said I had painful periods 😂😂😂 (duh) lol but it’s all good my pain is mostly in my back and legs and in my groin on occasion it the back pain is insane
I hope you get some relief ….I was experiencing the same and found out I have endometriosis. Just got a hysterectomy two weeks ago.
Whoa! Dude, that is NOT normal! Please get that checked out! I had a similar experience and I was found to have Adenomyosis and Endometriosis.
**Edit** P.S: If you are ever found to have Adenomyosis, please do NOT go for an ablation in the hopes it will help, because it does not - it makes it worse! I’m looking to have a hysterectomy soon now after I had an ablation and it has totally sealed up my uterus with scar tissue.
Please get checked out for endometriosis. It is criminally undiagnosed for women and with a proper diagnosis you can get help. Absolute nonsense that that is dismissed as "painful periods". Keep at them until they listen.
I was like that too. Avoiding caffeine and eating super healthy right before I started helped.
Another endometriosis patient here who was suspected to have adenomyosis, too, but it "just" turned out to be polyps in the uterus (+endo outside of it).
I've suffered for 23 years undiagnosed. I went to a gynecologists office where they listed that they're all schooled in endometriosis and voila, I was directed to a surgeon for that evaluation and discussion and explorative surgery (+ surgery when there's findings) after one single visit! It was clear as day.
I insisted on my hysterectomy. So it took a second surgeon without sexistic biases to get that done. But heck am I glad now. I have surgery complications yets all of it makes me laugh so hard, cause they're nothing compared to my monthly periods.
Removing the cursed organ and having a ureter re-implantation surgery were both nothing against my monthly struggles. I stopped my pain meds mostly basically the day after the first surgery night, cause there was some pain but it barely compared to my light period dys with mild cramps so I was like "..... Meh!" 🤷🏻♀️
Bro skipped everything else for late period and jumped straight to polycystic ovaries💀
Exactly. My periods were about every 30-35 days. Then I could miss them altogether. When I got pregnant with my first I hadn’t had a period in 6 months. That was before ultrasounds so the doctor was about a month off my due date. Later, when I had to go into the hospital for another procedure the dr wanted to do a D&C to see why I had not had a period in several months and found nothing wrong. I don’t usually criticize a doctor, Lord knows I’m not THAT smart, but to jump to PCOS then to all the other bad reasons your cycle isn’t like most peoples is kinda mean.
@@sueteran Stress seems to often be the reason if nothing is wrong, so that could at least have been mentioned.
Also I haven't had my period since I stopped taking birth control so that is probably another harmless reason. At least I'm guessing my body just needs time to adjust. Nobody told me before that could happen.
@Alinor24 It can take anywhere between 1 menstrual cycle up to a year for your body to regulate after stopping birth control.
@@Sevriyenna Thanks. I had no idea it could take as long as a year. I would've gotten checked after 4-6 months I guess.
the first time i watched this lady im like what did i just watch
Omg! I'm today years old before I knew that about birth control... I would've taken it without the break! My period was brutal!
I love Hayley Morris' videos. She cracks me up. 😂
Don't forget to mention the effects that stress can have on the menstrual cycle. I've had several patients unexpectedly hospitalized from fractures/trauma related to car accidents, falls, etc, who then found their periods showing up unexpectedly 1-3 weeks early. Just the thing they want to deal with as they adjust to being in a full torso hard shell back brace and/or with broken arm(s)/leg(s).🙄
Also, you can even have fever as a period symptom! Yay! Was especially fun during the worst corona times when I did not know whether I'm getting sick or it's just that time of the month... (It becomes apparent in a 1-3 days of course but very annoying nonetheless. And no, I have no related infections, I have been to the doctor and got everything checked out, multiple times.)
I love watching this lady. She's hilarious. Imagine if schools used her videos for health lessons. That'd make it less awkward and more fun.
And just like what this doctor is doing, explain different things that's happening in this video and what Hayley is talking about
So glad I am done with periods. Sailed through menopause with help of acupuncture. I consider myself very lucky🙂
I'm on the pop pill and my god I do not miss my periods at all. They were all over the place from being 12 years old long and heavy. I'm perfectly happy without them
My mom occasionally has her periods for a month ,she even had then for I think half a year at some point.
Her problem is that her uturus starts having cyst which that one time had to get removed and she was fine. The problem is slowly coming back but she really dislikes going to doctors and struggles with walking ,especially lately.
Meanwhile I had the opposite in a way ,just one massive cyst which made my periods consistently late until they stopped for 2 months. But got meds which I still take now because they stop my periods ,so no more suffering for me :D
“Free calls to all body parts…” No kidding, *the bottoms of my feet* used to ache on the 1st day of my period! 🤪
Wow, that’s wild! It’s crazy how period symptoms can affect all sorts of unexpected areas.
Happy you found her. We LOVE her!!! 😁
Hayley is my star! I love her so much. And the fact that everything makes sense and she is not just making stuff up, but being medically real...to me that's a must. But it really makes me enjoy her videos more.
THIS video however made me realise... there are apparently so many women out there who don't know what's going on in their body.😢 Which makes me sad. So thanks for doing this video
Omg as someone who is much older now this made me super pissed off for my teenage self who had extremely irregular periods (could last 20-25 days a month) with very heavy bleeding (could lose a cup of blood in a single day on the first day of my period) and this was on hormonal BC. But the doctors never gave me a higher dose or continuous BC. They'd give me iron for my hgb of 9 but nothing to really treat my period. This went in until I was 19, couldn't walk, was drastically underweight, and I was diagnosed with endometriosis. I was given continuous BC then and I've been fine ever since. But I've always wondered if my endo wouldn't have spread as much as it did if I had been treated properly when I was younger
This is a fairly recent treatment. Continuous birth control wasn’t a thing until the last 15-20 years.
@@susanrussell8195actually, even back in the 80s everybody knew you could continue taking BC and "shift" your period. And women did that a lot to avoid having their period on vacation or during an important event. Doctors would tell you that you shouldn't do it continually because that was supposedly "bad", but women did know about it and did go 2-3 cycles without a period if they wanted.
Which is also why the whole "how many tampons will the astronaut need in space" thing was so stupid - any sane doctor would have just put the astronaut on BC and told her to "shift" her period (that's what it was called back then).
@@TheFeldhamster I understand that this has been something a woman could do since birth control pills were first released in 1960. What I did say was that this was a fairly recent practice for ‘everyday’ use. Thirty years ago when the Depo-Provera shot was introduced one of the selling points was that it could eliminate your period. That brought on the discussion of if it’s okay to go without a period because of that contraceptive why isn’t it okay to do that with oral contraceptives.
Been watching this lady for a long time in TikTok and I’m just now seeing this dude react to her like wtf RUclips
Another thing that can cause infrequent periods…a prolactinoma. If you are struggling with irregular periods and infertility, make sure you get your prolactin checked!
Doctors did not check this on me when hubby and I were trying for kids. I had very irregular and infrequent periods. I got multiple hormone tests, but never included my prolactin.
10 years later, childless because no one could “figure out” why I was infertile, thinking I was going into menopause at 42 because I had gone almost a year without a period (longest I’d ever gone). And a new doctor checks my prolactin. I have a prolactinoma. Fully treatable and I likely could have had kids if a doctor had checked for this hormone 10 years ago and got me on medication.
I absolutely love her, she is so funny and true
Hahaha I love Haley’s content, hilarious and makes me feel normal after all 😂😊
i love her content and can't wait to see your reaction, Dr.
great suggestion
I love her videos, they are very spot on and hysterical.
Oh that's why my period went an extra day, I'm losing weight. I had no idea that could cause that. That's annoying.
It’s frustrating when unexpected changes mess with your cycle. Weight loss can indeed impact your period.
I love her skits! Brilliant and relatable.
When I lived in the UK if you were going on vacation or for some other reason it was inconvenient to have a cycle you could get a medication to delay your period a week or so. It wasn't connected to regular contraceptives.
Thank you for talking about using the pil to prevent periods occasionally indefinitely. I am on that regimen for a number of reasons and so many people are convinced that I am doing something truly horrific to my body, despite the fact that multiple doctors over the years have agreed that is the right, and a safe, choice for me.
I wish i could get an ovarian hysterectomy as I've got pcos and with the paon it causes me I'd be better off without my ovaries and on hormone replacement therapy as my ovaries are stuffed.
They are legit twice the size they should be and are drowning in folic cysts I'm trying to get myself beck to the doctors for a check up and ultrasound just so i van be told that they wont do anything for me.
Sorry for the rant I'm 30 and have been dealing with this shit since I was 14 and I dont get diagnosed untill I was 23
Holy moly ! He can check my kitty any day …
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All of her videos are hysterical!
I think its also important to say that everyone is different. It doesnt come on the exact date and end on an exact date there is usually a 2 to 3 day leeway. Some people it is normal to be inconsistent but yes inconsistency should be checked. And inconsistency for an individuals confirmed normal should be checked. The changes can be for very normal situations that effect hormones like stress or season changes, consistent lack of sleep etc.
My periods were hellish, now i have a mirena coil, and that's the best thing i ever did
thank you for sharing your experience
Didn’t everyone read “Our Bodies, Ourselves“? Growing up? WOW. I’m always surprised at how little women know about their bodies. It’s really sad. I keep hoping things will get better, but I’m not sure they are!
After I lost 40 pounds and went to Army Basic Training I didnt have my period for almost 6 months. Not having a period during basic was actually very nice.
Significant weight loss and intense physical activity, like basic training, can definitely impact your menstrual cycle. It must have been a relief not having to deal with periods during such a rigorous time.
@@DoctorRich You are absolutely right! It was one less thing I had to worry about.
A year after I started my birth control (a patch, I'm not good with pills due to a phobia), I had my period for 3 weeks straight during the period of time it shouldn't have come. I tried to talk to a medical representative on the phone and got hung up on TWICE, and only had a urine test done at the hospital. I was then given antibiotics that I couldn’t take because of my phobia, but eventually it solved itself. I'll have to go back to get retested and hoping that my fears regarding some possible treatment options won't be ignored.
I feel like an unlucky one when it comes to aunt flows visits. Before getting pregnant it was basically a two weeks off two weeks on deal since 13. Once I had bleeding and spotting for I kid you not nearly a year and I was just told to figure it out. This 9 month vacation even with all the ups and downs is a blessing compared for now.
I didn’t get my period until I was 15. It started during a New Year’s Day original showing of Towering Inferno (yep, I’m old). I was happy that it had taken so long to show up but when it came, it came with a vengeance. Heavy, heavy, heavy bleeding; severe migraines; vomiting; diarrhea. It would completely stop on day 4, and return on day 5. I remember my mother asking me if I was on drugs as I suffered the monthly pain caused by my period. It wasn’t until I was working (minimal insurance) and I could afford to go to the gynecologist and get on the pill that I received relief. I stayed on for 15 yrs until it quit being effective. At least the severe cramping and monthly migraines didn’t return and the bleeding was more controllable. But the 4th day break never returned either.
I have gone with out a period for almost 2 years and it stopped when i was 25 and did not get it again till i turned 27.
When I was a teenager my periods were always 9 days long. Like clockwork. With intense pain and nausea for the first 2 days. Was that way until my late 20s when I began the pill regularly. A lifesaver!
Frog walk! Haven't heard that in ages
For the first three years of my period I had it for fourteen days long, and I wondered why I felt nauseous, exhausted and like fainting during most of it lol. Glad it didn’t stay that way
I’m pretty sure I might have PCOS because I’m currently 15( 16 in 25 days) and I haven’t had my period in over a year. It’s been sense march 25th of 2023 since I last had my period. And before that it had been months. Honestly idk what’s wrong with me and I’m to embarrassed to talk to my doctors and mom about it
I love her videos! She’s so funny 😊
The first time I ever had a period, I also had a really bad case of the flu... Yeah, I had the whole nine yards. Debilitating cramps, heavy flow, stomach and joint aches, congested nose, high fever, vomiting and diarrhea... I felt like death warmed over. And the whole ordeal lasted a whole week. I was NINE.
Watching this while having my period and I do have endometriosis as well. Yay
I love Hayley Morris. She is so great and All of her videos are super relatable for women, especially me. Lol. ❤😂
It was endometriosis.
It took 20 years, it was endometriosis all along!!
I skip my period most months, using birth control, because my ADHD symptoms are way out of control while in PMS.
I had fibroids, endometriosis, hyperplasia and a cyst on a swollen overy for about 8 years that I know of. No one wanted to do a hysterectomy because of my age. They kept throwing birth controI at me. Finally found a doctor that would do it. I'm 38 now. Just got my hysterectomy. Couldn't be happier. No more periods or extreme pain all the time. 😂
Dang! I wish I had a doctor like you when I was young! I was told I was crazy for saying my period affected my ENTIRE body! Little did I know then, that I had endometriosis, pcos, hypothyroidism, a bifurcated uterus and host of other problems. At 16 the Gyn said oh the pill will fix of it…. Years later it didn’t fix it. It made it all worse. 🤦🏻♀️ it’s sad to see that women are not taken seriously when it comes to their health.
It’s so frustrating when you’re not taken seriously, especially when you know something isn’t right. It’s unfortunate that the solutions offered sometimes don’t address the root of the problem. I hope you’re getting the support and care you need now.
I just started my second period this month....a week apart. That is extremely odd for me. But I am 40 now so periminopause maybe🤷♀️
I am older than dirt. I went to high school in the 1970’s. I was an athlete who was not schmeggsually active at the time this happened. Started my periods at about 13. I amped up my athletic activities along with tumbling/cheerleading, riding a bike everywhere, and running all the time. I stopped having a period! My mother freaked thinking I was pregnant. At the time I hadn’t done anything with anyone. Like NOTHING so if I was pregnant…I was the next immaculate conception. 😂 I didn’t have a period for over 2 years. I had no idea that women who exercise too much and basically lose their body fat don’t menstruate. Didn’t know for YEARS that’s what happened. Even my doctor couldn’t figure it out back then. Anyway…we love Hayley. She is fearless and funny! Glad you like her, too, Doc!