Understanding Prenatal Care

Do you suffer from cramping, back pain, sweating, insomnia and experience an emotional rollercoaster every month? If so, you're like so many other women just trying to find some sort of relief. Here, you'll find a little information that can help make things a little better for you during your period. 

Go to the Gynecologist

If you haven't done so already, go to your gynecologist. You shouldn't be experiencing so much pain that it keeps you in bed for at least a few days of each cycle. If you are, your doctor needs to know so that tests can be done to ensure that you don't have any health problems that can be treated and that are best treated when caught early.

Before you go to the gynecologist, sit down with a piece of paper and a pen and write down everything that you've been experiencing every month. Keeping a journal of your symptoms each cycle will help your doctor diagnose the problem and come up with an effective treatment plan that will help you find comfort when you're on your period.

Apply Heat

It may seem like it's doing nothing when you first lay down with a heating pad on your belly and back, but if you can make yourself stay put for fifteen minutes or so, the heat will work its way to the areas that need the soothing, and you will begin to experience relief.

Try laying with the heating pad for twenty minute sessions, taking twenty minute breaks in between. This will help tremendously.

Improve Your Sleep

Sleeping during this week of the month can be impossible for some. Between the cramping, the back pain, the sweating and the racing thoughts, sleep may seem like it will never come. Changing your bedding may help. Don't put microfiber sheets on your bed – instead, choose a soft cotton set that won't make you sweat even more.

Another thing that can help is a full-size body pillow. Being able to wrap yourself around that soft pillow can help relieve some of the pressure on your back and hips.

You can also use sleep aids. They might not keep you asleep all night long, but it will surely give you at least a little sleep when it seems impossible.

You shouldn't have to go through this every month until you finally get to go through Menopause. Talk with a gynecologist like George L Stankevych, MD. They will work with you to find some kind of relief.