Post by ouchy on Feb 16, 2006 20:47:33 GMT -5
Okay, so I started having "menstrual" problems from my first period. It was not uncommon for me to skip 3 to 5 months at a time without having a period. Well, my sister came down to visit and told me she had heard that I had started my period. I told her that I had but had not had a period for 3 months. Jokingly, she told me that I had to be pregnant...but she didn't make it look like she was joking. I told her that I was a virgin, and I didn't know how I could be pregnant, because I had never had sex. She just said, "Something's gotta' give." and left my room.
Obviously, this sent my mind racing! How could I be pregnant. I was only 13 years old! I couldn't sleep at night, I couldn't concentrate during the day. All of my attention was focused on how I could be pregnant when I had not engaged in anything that would cause it!?!!! Then, in a dream it came to me----the bathtub! (hehe! it's funny now!)
I sat my mom down after she had put my brothers to bed and told her that I was pregnant. She was incredulous. "How could you be pregnant!?? You're only 13 years old!" I assured her that I was a virgin, but that the only thing I could think of was that I must not have washed the bathtub out after my brothers or stepdad took a bath. I was crying...and my mom burst out into laughter! ...my brothers were about 6 years old at the time. She assured me that I couldn't get pregnant from the bathtub, but I still didn't get my period for another month.
Okay,here is the part you might not want to read if you have a weak stomach...but it is funny now that I look back on it.
I guess blood clots are common in women with endometriosis, and while taking a bath, I had this horrible pain, and I bunched up all my muscles and pushed. Out came this HUGE blood clot! It must have been about 3 inches long and at least 3/4 inch thick. It looked like it had arms, legs (those fingery wispy things on blood clots), and it had a dark spot in the middle, which I assumed was a big eye or a brain! hehe. I figured that this blood clot was actually a baby and I had had a miscarriage. I was happy not to be pregnant, but I was also sad that a life was lost. I did the only respectable thing I could think of. I put the "baby" in a gold cardboard jewelry box and gave it a proper burial out by where we buried our goldfish, dog, and numerous cats.
I finally told my mom about burying my "baby" a couple years ago, and she had a good laugh again. I also told my husband, and said it sounded sad and he couldn't imagine the mental anguish I was going through. ....all of this because my sister played a stupid joke on me.
Also, I don't' think it is normal to have blood clots that big. I wonder if that is what started my endometriosis. I think the blood got backed up quite a bit.
Anyway, I thought this was funny, and my mom still jokes with me about my "blood clot baby" and "getting pregnant from the bathtub."
Obviously, this sent my mind racing! How could I be pregnant. I was only 13 years old! I couldn't sleep at night, I couldn't concentrate during the day. All of my attention was focused on how I could be pregnant when I had not engaged in anything that would cause it!?!!! Then, in a dream it came to me----the bathtub! (hehe! it's funny now!)
I sat my mom down after she had put my brothers to bed and told her that I was pregnant. She was incredulous. "How could you be pregnant!?? You're only 13 years old!" I assured her that I was a virgin, but that the only thing I could think of was that I must not have washed the bathtub out after my brothers or stepdad took a bath. I was crying...and my mom burst out into laughter! ...my brothers were about 6 years old at the time. She assured me that I couldn't get pregnant from the bathtub, but I still didn't get my period for another month.
Okay,here is the part you might not want to read if you have a weak stomach...but it is funny now that I look back on it.
I guess blood clots are common in women with endometriosis, and while taking a bath, I had this horrible pain, and I bunched up all my muscles and pushed. Out came this HUGE blood clot! It must have been about 3 inches long and at least 3/4 inch thick. It looked like it had arms, legs (those fingery wispy things on blood clots), and it had a dark spot in the middle, which I assumed was a big eye or a brain! hehe. I figured that this blood clot was actually a baby and I had had a miscarriage. I was happy not to be pregnant, but I was also sad that a life was lost. I did the only respectable thing I could think of. I put the "baby" in a gold cardboard jewelry box and gave it a proper burial out by where we buried our goldfish, dog, and numerous cats.
I finally told my mom about burying my "baby" a couple years ago, and she had a good laugh again. I also told my husband, and said it sounded sad and he couldn't imagine the mental anguish I was going through. ....all of this because my sister played a stupid joke on me.
Also, I don't' think it is normal to have blood clots that big. I wonder if that is what started my endometriosis. I think the blood got backed up quite a bit.
Anyway, I thought this was funny, and my mom still jokes with me about my "blood clot baby" and "getting pregnant from the bathtub."