Bear with me. I'm PMSing (should start Thursday), and tonight the mild cramps started. My time of the month, like it is for many other women, is filled with dread as my gas and cramps multiply tenfold amplifying my urge to go to the bathroom usually producing strange results. When thinking back to my "pre-IBS" pre-Pill days, I remember being able to spend the whole day in the bathroom having bm's. The Pill has helped, and my menstrual cramps are pretty bearable. It's the cramping associated with gas and bm's that is the clincher. I just wanted to vent here because I knew you guys would understand. Ashley