Warning: this may be TMI! BUT I don't know who else to share it with! So... this morning at church I feel a little strange, I hop into the bathroom and lo and behold, I'm spotting! I grab the tampon that's been in my purse for about a year and a half since my last period.

It's really dark and very very light. Normally, I'm very heavy... so I'm thinking this is just day one. I am just so excited! I've been so heavy and haven't had a "natural" period since 2001ish. I went off birth control about a year and a half ago.

I'm just so excited! I came back from the bathroom at church and wanted to tell someone, but figured that was definately an inappropriate topic for church. lol.

I guess I'm just so thrilled because being banded was the first step to getting pregnant... getting my period is definately the second step. Now to lose all the weight and begin the baby factory! :thumbup:

I told my husband, but I don't think he really understood the thrill. He actually said "Man, that takes out 25% of the year for sex." Men....

Congratulations! MEN! That is all they think about. The weight loss is really helping. Keep up the good work!

That is awesome news. Congrats.

No, I don't think men can ever really understand what periods mean to women psychologically. I was on a weekend trip once and all the women got together and did the usual bonding talk - when I got my first bra, when I got my first period, etc. I said I really enjoy having my period. They didn't get that either, then I explained that having PCOS means I get maybe 3 a year if I'm lucky. When I do get them, yeah its painful and I feel icky, but it reminds me that I am a woman and have a unique ability - to create new life. I feel that periods really are a blessing - in a perverse way lol.