Words of Comforté

What are menstrual cramps?
Sharp pains in the lower abdomen occurring upon menstruation and can continue for 2-3 days after. Pain levels can occur from a mild inconvenience to severe interfering with normal everyday activities.

Menstrual cramps are the biggest reason for absenteeism at work or school in woman 30years and younger. The pain temporarily disables over half the women having menstrual cramps.

What makes a woman more likely to experience menstrual cramps?
- Starting your first cycle at 11years or younger
- Periods lasting more than 5 days.
- Overweight or obesity
- Smoking & alcohol use
- Never having been pregnant

Continuing on our quest for rules of order during our time of chaos.

Rule #2: Chocolate anything is acceptable anytime you want it.
Sit down at midnight and eat that piece of chocolate cake now that your comforte cream has taken away the cramp pain and you feel relief. Enjoy every bite of that cake.

Those few days of the month we all dread. They make movies, jokes and excuses for it we hear it everyday. Pants don’t fit, feeling bloated, cravings it’s hell. I read a great blog about the PMS Bill of Rights and I agree if only there were rules of order to the madness.

Let's start our own set of rules right here and now...

Rule 1: Mood swings rule. Let them flow like the wind and change direction for no reason what so ever as they say in Forest Gump.