I used to have no negative emotions attached to my period...until...

  • the presence of fibroids caused excessive bleeding and periods that lasted for 2 weeks which resulted in significant anaemia and eventually surgery
  • being a LT TTC-er...every period is accompanied by a day of grieving...grieving of another missed opportunity, grieving of unfulfilled hopes, grieving of loss...

It's then followed by a day of "pulling myself together" again...pulling together all my emotional reserves, trying to hope once again...

I long for the day when my period is no longer attached to this emotional cycle (just like Michelle71 said)

I long for the day when the biggest hassle of having a period is the minor hassle of inconvenience!