I’ve been having this recurring worry so many times recently:
What if I get my period during the CFE? Or if the CFE falls in the middle of my period?
Because that would suck.
My periods are pretty easygoing compared to many people I know, but it’s still a shitty feeling. And there’s constant anxiety around leakage.
During the CFE my butt is going to be planted in that chair for 4–5 hours a day, three days in a row, so it’s not a great situation. Going to the bathroom and changing out a pad would probably take away, what, five minutes from my writing time? My performance could definitely be hampered by being on my period.
It must be even worse for people who have really bad period symptoms, like what if someone has debilitating cramps? And they can’t do anything about that because the CFE is written across the country on those same three days and there are no accommodations for writing it earlier or later. You are basically screwed until the May sitting which is more than half a year away!
Man, that’s such a horrible fate.
Thank God that I don’t have really bad periods to begin with. Even if I were on my period, I think I’d still survive.
Fingers crossed it doesn’t happen though. Hope I haven’t jinxed myself with this post.