Menstrual cramps in Primary school girl

[alng]

Hi, Is it true that if the mom suffers from menstrual cramp, the girl will most likely suffer from menstrual cramp too? I have a few friends who have experienced this. My dd is going to P6 and menses should be coming soon. I am worried that she has to suffer like what I have been through in the past :-(.


I am thinking of bringing her to see TCM to build up her health so that she suffers less. Anyone has tried this before? Thanks!

[shurley197323]

I also heard my friends say, like mother, like daughter. I experienced extreme pain during my young days too. But when I check with my mum, she said "last time, hard times, where got time to pain."

[alng]

Hi Shurley,

I have a friend who has the same fate as us in the past. Her sec 2 girl is having very bad cramps now that has affected her school life. Her P5 girl has no menses yet. My dd is worried after hearing my bad experience. Young girls have lower threhold for pain.

[shurley197323]

Yes, my DD already ask me whether she can skip school every 1st day of menses next time. Just hope that those important exams won't be falling on all those dates next year :xedfingers: :xedfingers:

[peapot]

Try giving your gal evening primrose. It is suppose to be good for cramps. Can also be treated as health supplements. So it’s like 2 in one.

[kids_r_innocent]

shurley197323:

Hi. just normal ointment like \"axe oil\" ? Thanks

Think it should work. I apply ru yi yu for myself though. Last time when I was younger (around upper primary but can't remember wat age) n had really bad cramps, my mom gave me 1 panadol n it got better but not sure if it will have other side effects.

[alng]

Pain killers like panadol will work initially. But it is better to teach the girl to learn how to manage the pain than to rely on pain killers totally. Since the commencement of my menses, I never failed to get cramps every month until I gave birth. I started with panadols and it can go up to 8 panadols per day…it was 2 tablets per time X 4 times a day. Then panadols lost its effect and the doctor gave me stronger pain killers. I have tried ponstan, synflex…until I developed allergies to the pain killers years later. I ever had a few real bad cramps that attacked me suddenly. My face turned pain immediately, I went into cold sweats and started to tremble. The pain killers would not work under those circumstances. Someone has to bring me to the clinic for an injection to relieve the pain.


Now, I could only take panadols as pain killer and it is not very effective. Imagine I went through two c-sects with this low dose pain killers. So I am doing pre-menses education to my dd and hope she could get prepared to learn to manage the cramps.

The good side of having such cramps, in accordance to my gynae after years of suffering, is that women with menstrual cramps are very fertile.

[shurley197323]

Thanks for all mummies advice . I had not given her panadol yet,ask her to bear with the pain but not sure how when she go back to school next mth.

[shurley197323]

peapot:

Try giving your gal evening primrose. It is suppose to be good for cramps. Can also be treated as health supplements. So it's like 2 in one.

Hi peapot. Have you let your girl try the evening primrose? I had never try this before, Suitable for adult and children too ?

[MandyMummy]

If her menstrual cramps are very bad, should consult a gynae because later on it may lead to endometriosis, a condition caused by the backflow of menstrual blood. About 10% of women got the disease.