Anonymous
Post 04/02/2021 18:27     Subject: Covid vaccine and menstruation
Anonymous wrote:My first period after my second dose was about a week late. The following two came right on time.

Why is this a big deal?

I had the same issue when my grandmother died, both times I had major surgery my period started early when it wasn’t due yet, and it was about three weeks late in 2018 when I had flu A. It’s not unusual to have a strange cycle when your body is under stress or your immune system is busy working on something else.

Having a strange cycle or two means absolutely nothing in terms of your general health or fertility. I can see why it’s surprising for some, but I don’t understand why we need to keep starting discussions about it. It’s expected. It’s normal. It’s harmless. Move on.


I feel the same way about the numerous other threads about the very predictable, to-be-expected side effects. So you know what I do? I ignore them. And I don’t comment on them. Works great.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2021 18:02     Subject: Covid vaccine and menstruation
Anonymous wrote:Whoever keeps starting these threads is a well disguised anti vaxxer who posts for the specific purpose of inserting subtle misinformation about the vaccine as the thread grows. We aren’t stupid. We see you.


As the vaccine-loving person who started this very thread, I know very well which one of us is the stupid one.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2021 17:54     Subject: Covid vaccine and menstruation
Whoever keeps starting these threads is a well disguised anti vaxxer who posts for the specific purpose of inserting subtle misinformation about the vaccine as the thread grows. We aren’t stupid. We see you.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2021 17:51     Subject: Covid vaccine and menstruation
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone realize how absurd it is to dismiss female’s personal accounts and beliefs about their body as erroneous or due to something else?! I’ve never seen people do this with accounts about fatigue or headaches from the vaccine and those things happen normally at an exponentially greater rate for other reasons than irregular periods when not prone to them.


It is also absurd to blame anything you think is abnormal and happens in the same month time frame as the vaccine and a vaccine side effect


I've had some unusual side effects related to the rare form of CKD that I have. I'll tell my nephrologist at my next appointment. Information is good, more information is better. Vaccine side effects are real. Are they a problem? No, not exactly. But they're not somatic.


But that is specific to your condition and not to any one specific vaccine
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2021 17:50     Subject: Covid vaccine and menstruation
My first period after my second dose was about a week late. The following two came right on time.

Why is this a big deal?

I had the same issue when my grandmother died, both times I had major surgery my period started early when it wasn’t due yet, and it was about three weeks late in 2018 when I had flu A. It’s not unusual to have a strange cycle when your body is under stress or your immune system is busy working on something else.

Having a strange cycle or two means absolutely nothing in terms of your general health or fertility. I can see why it’s surprising for some, but I don’t understand why we need to keep starting discussions about it. It’s expected. It’s normal. It’s harmless. Move on.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2021 14:19     Subject: Covid vaccine and menstruation
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone realize how absurd it is to dismiss female’s personal accounts and beliefs about their body as erroneous or due to something else?! I’ve never seen people do this with accounts about fatigue or headaches from the vaccine and those things happen normally at an exponentially greater rate for other reasons than irregular periods when not prone to them.


It is also absurd to blame anything you think is abnormal and happens in the same month time frame as the vaccine and a vaccine side effect


I've had some unusual side effects related to the rare form of CKD that I have. I'll tell my nephrologist at my next appointment. Information is good, more information is better. Vaccine side effects are real. Are they a problem? No, not exactly. But they're not somatic.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2021 14:17     Subject: Re:Covid vaccine and menstruation
After first shot my period came a few days early, started out immediate heavy bleeding instead of my usual two day spotting, but I had fewer cramps.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2021 14:16     Subject: Covid vaccine and menstruation
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone realize how absurd it is to dismiss female’s personal accounts and beliefs about their body as erroneous or due to something else?! I’ve never seen people do this with accounts about fatigue or headaches from the vaccine and those things happen normally at an exponentially greater rate for other reasons than irregular periods when not prone to them.


It is also absurd to blame anything you think is abnormal and happens in the same month time frame as the vaccine and a vaccine side effect
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2021 14:13     Subject: Covid vaccine and menstruation
I got my period two days earlier and it was slightly heavier than usual. It has come once two days early before so if I hadn’t had a shot I would have thought it was normal.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2021 14:12     Subject: Covid vaccine and menstruation
Does anyone realize how absurd it is to dismiss female’s personal accounts and beliefs about their body as erroneous or due to something else?! I’ve never seen people do this with accounts about fatigue or headaches from the vaccine and those things happen normally at an exponentially greater rate for other reasons than irregular periods when not prone to them.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2021 14:09     Subject: Covid vaccine and menstruation
Anonymous wrote:My period is fully 5-6 days late at this point following the 2nd vaccine. I know I am not pregnant.


Same with me. Got Pfizer. Today is 5 days late. Have had pms symptoms but no period.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2021 14:08     Subject: Covid vaccine and menstruation
This is interesting. I have the Mirena and haven't had a period in 4 years. I just got my 2nd shot. I wonder if I will get a period or something.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2021 14:08     Subject: Covid vaccine and menstruation
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:37, has both Pfizer shots, no issues, regular as usual.

I think it is much much more likely any cycle irregularities are due to stress or something else and not the vaccine directly. On any given month thousands of women have “irregular” periods even though they are typically regular. This is super common and can be from so many things, the vast majority being totally benign.


While that may be true for some, it’s absurd to just discount people’s experiences with that. You are talking about people who are in menopause or have birth control that has stopped their periods for years or who have been like clockwork for years and all experienced periods shortly after the vaccine. I personally have to laugh my behind off at the idea that the stress of the vaccine may have caused my irregular period. I’m a biglaw partner who works 70 hours per week and have for over ten years and was bedridden for months and hospitalized for a week with swine flu in 2010 yet through it all, I have never once been even a day late for my period, with the exception of being pregnant. I even breastfed for two years and got my period back at 6 weeks postpartum and from then got my period literally to the day like clockwork throughout breastfeeding. I did not have any other side effects from the first vaccine and also happened to be on vacation. To say it is impossible that stress is to blame would be an understatement of the year


Different stressors have different effects on us. I am former military and encountered a lot of stress to say the least. Never had irregular periods. Some weird family stuff happened a couple yrs ago and bam, period was 10 days late for the first time ever in my life. The family stuff didn’t seem all that stressful and certainly not a a level I haven’t experienced, but I can’t think of anything else that would have caused me to be so late. This stuff happens though. Ask any OB. I called mine bc I was worried and the nurse told me unless it has been over 45 days since last period or over 3 months of irregularity, that it is considered just a normal variance
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2021 14:06     Subject: Covid vaccine and menstruation
Living with other women will affect your cycle. Stress is one of the biggest causes of cycle disruption. Many medications also have an effect.

It's temporary although I appreciate not pleasant.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2021 13:58     Subject: Covid vaccine and menstruation
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I had uterine bleeding 4 hours after the Pfizer shot. I reported it to CDC. I’m still planning on getting the second shot, however.


How do you report to the cdc? I can only find vaers.


V safe: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/vsafe.html