Thanks RoRo! I started birth control in July 2010 because the gaps between my period where so bad and the pain was getting worse. I just became sexually active this month, and because of that it has brought more attention to my cycle. I actually found out the other day I can get a check up and pap smear here on campus through my student health care and they can renew my perscritpion for my birth control or perscribe me a different kind. Pain and problems with menstruation seems to run on my mom's side of the family as I found out the other night, so maybe it is a genetic trait with the women in the family.