Chocolate and period cramps...not so sweet 😩

Dark chocolate

It was a normal school day. I took breakfast, hot chocolate and bread, and prepared to go to class as usual. I left my room and headed to class. It was a math’s class, probability and statistics II, to be exact. If you know this unit you know how crucial it is to pay attention or else, it will end in premium tears .My period had just started.  It was all going well until cramps knocked the door. It was mild at first. I would tolerate the pain until the end of the class. Unanticipatedly, the pain became so severe, that I couldn’t write or even hear what the lecturer was saying. Heeee! I started feeling nauseated and dizzy. I thought I was going to faint. I told myself (nikajiambia) to relax, and lie on the desk. It didn’t help!

There’s that thing in movies they use when they are electrocuting someone, the knob they use to increase the current with. It felt like someone had that thing and was accelerating the pain as time went by. It was terrible.

I gathered my courage and stepped out, hoping I wouldn’t faint. The nearest door out of the class was in front. I imagined how it would become a scene if I fainted on my way out. The lecturer would never forget me. The girl who fainted in class.

I managed to step out of the lecture room and went to the ladies. One thing I love about our school is that most washrooms are always clean. Luckily there was no one else for the entire time I was there. I was feeling weak and I felt the nausea wasn’t making it better. I puked.  Honestly. I thought I would die.

After that I felt better, looked for an empty class to lie down on the bench and waited for the class to end.

I normally didn’t get such severe cramps. I figured it was something I had eaten. Then it hit me! I had taken chocolate (cocoa) in the morning.

 Does chocolate cause period cramps? Yes, my dears, it does.

But, a few weeks ago a friend of mine told me that dark chocolate helps relieve period pain. So I did a kasmall research. Dark chocolate is high in potassium which helps in muscle function, good for cramps.

Girls, it’s normal to have chocolate cravings during your period but, make sure you eat chocolate with 70% cocoa in it. Otherwise it will be hell for you.

Guys if you want to surprise her when it’s that time of the month with a care package, be sure of the chocolate in it otherwise you will kiiiillll her! I am not sure it happens to everyone though, just be careful.

 

-Wairimu Njoroge

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