Do you get cramps every cycle?

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I thought everyone did until I heard some people saying they didn't. Just curious as to how common this is
I get excruciating ones every cycle.

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I get terrible cramps on days 1-2.

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I hardly ever get cramps. In fact, over the last year, I've only gotten cramps 2-3 times. Instead of cramps, I get terrible backaches.

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I don't always get cramps and when I do they are pretty mild. I used to never get cramps until I got on birth control and got off it. After getting off I now get the mild cramps.

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I get them every cycle for the first 3 days. They are so bad they wake me up out of a sleep and the pain radiates down into my knees! When I was on BC it did help. I just rotate midol and ibuprofen for the first couple of days.

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I get cramps a week before . Them they seem to go away during my period .

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I get cramps before I start sometime it last for 1-2 days it dont hurt really bad but sometimes it do :/

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I get cramps the first day of my cycle, every cycle. They are pretty mild.

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Mine are mild now that I'm on HBC, without it mine hurt really bad and sometimes I vomited from the cramps, that's why I'm on the BCP

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Every other period I get bad cramps that usually last the entire first day. Otherwise it's just for a few hours after my period starts, and they're just a mild discomfort.

Do you get cramps every cycle?

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