I enjoyed my periods.

I have not had one in 10 years (thanks to Mirena IUD), and although I definitely appreciate having no mess and no expense associated with the period, I miss menstruating, because:

- I loved the smell of menstrual blood; it was soooo sweet, earthy, and... just too good to describe. When my first baby was born, his whole body smelled of the same scent, so I realized it must have been the scent of my womb (sort of - the scent of life itself, at its source).

Back when I was menstruating, my periods were painless (unless I was sitting down for hours), medium flow, extremely regular (28 days to the hour), medium duration (5 days), with no PMS. So I did not have any serious negatives.

Given how many women complain of PMS, heavy periods, etc. etc., it is surprising to me that birth control options that suppress menstruation are not used much more widely.