So my monthly ladyfriend visited today. That’s code for “I got my peeeeeriod!!”

Since my last cycle began, it has been 33 days. I think the one before that was around that long, too, maybe 36 days. This is my third cycle since I returned to fertility, post-partum. Before that, I went 22 months without a period. It was glorious. But I’m glad it’s back.

Before I got pregnant, my cycle was 28 days, on the dot, like clockwork. In fact I could almost predict it down to a four-hour window. Two years ago this month, on the day I expected to start, nightfall came and when it hadn’t come I began to seriously suspect I was pregnant (I was).

I think this regularity was attributable to being on the pill for over five years. Before that, I believe my cycle was longer, something like 31 days. Maybe I am going back to something like that? I like being able to predict it, though.

I will never go back on the pill though. It dulled my spirit and seriously diminished my sex drive. I know this because when I stopped taking it, I felt like a whole new person.