[KardashianKurves]

Sorry, let me clarify. I'm not post menopausal. I'm 25 but don't use any bc because my husband got a vasectomy after our 2nd baby. It wouldn't bother me to not have a period but as far as I know, it wouldn't be good health wise. So my goal is to take PM for as many days a month as I can without skipping periods.

You don't need your period if you aren't trying to get pregnant. It's just to prepare your body for a baby pretty much. It's why they make birth control meant to stop your body from having your period, you don't need it. It's not bad for you to not have your period. But if you want your period you need to still do the half cycle so you don't mess up the hormones that will allow you to get your period on time.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/05/06/period.monthly.menstruation/
http://www.arhp.org/publications-and-resources/clinical-fact-sheets/menstrual-suppression
http://jezebel.com/5928316/a-brief-history-of-your-period-and-why-you-dont-have-to-have-it

I do wonder if this is fact. I'm curious what people's opinions are on this. We all should know by now that Western medicine/doctors does not equate to truth more often than not.

Our ancestors didn't get their periods like we do. Research suggests that we weren't even supposed to have our periods as much as we do. There should be a link to the time article in one of those other links I gave. I gave links to pretty much compiled data on all of the research done on women and ovulation or lack thereof. And if you need any more solid proof of the fact it's not bad to not ovulate every month to be completely healthy and "normal" there are women who literally don't get the period for years at a time without any underlying cause like PCOS, or endometriosis. My dads girlfriend for example gets her period about every 3 or so years and she had no problem conceiving and she's never had any other sort of problems with her reproductive system. There's really not anything different about her body according to all the tests compared to my younger cousins body who gets her period regularly and without issue, so why should we have to ovulate to be healthy if she doesn't and her body is literally no different in any testable way than ours? Not trying to be outright rude although I kind of feel like I'm being mean with the way I'm wording it, I just don't know how else to word it.

Very interesting! Well, that makes me feel better. When I was on bc I would go months without getting my period.

I think it's super interesting But I'm weird like that I guess? I don't know. I learned about it when I was missing periods, I was worried there was something wrong with my body since I wasn't having sex, but then I found out I had PCOS when one time I blacked out from cramps and the hospital did a sonogram on me. Even now my cycle is super "irregular" and I won't get my period every month when not on BC. I only get worried about it when I've had sex now. Thank goodness for research. But I think all of us here feel that way haha