My period is three days late. I may not be concerned enough to run out and buy a pregnancy test, but I am scared enough to mention it on the blog. I’m also hoping that by the time I get home from work tonight I’ll be bleeding profusely from the crotch, at which point I’ll sing the “I love my period” song and celebrate by throwing a handful of tampons in the air and drinking a bottle of wine.
There are a few WTF factors at work here. I switched to a new birth control about a month ago. Previously I had been on the quarterly period pill (i.e. period comes every third month) but it made me bleed every time I got laid or masturbated vigorously, which meant I was bleeding damn near all the time. One month ago I started a new pill, one that has a four-day period instead of seven-day. According to the little pills in the packet, I should have started bleeding a couple days ago.
Enter concern.
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