"I've got my period," "I'm on my menses..." These common expressions sound boring as compared to the zillions of expressions people use in their daily lives to refer to menstruation, like "I'm having my very own personal St. Valentine's Day Massacre!". Here are some more... Enjoy!

We call pads or tampons 'welcome mats.' We call cramps 'muscular turbulance.' When I got pregnant, I told her 'Aunt Flo sent someone else her place.' (January 2004)

"After dealing periods over a quarter of a century, my favorite euphemism menstruation is 'the crimson curse,'" writes the contributor. (May 2002)

I'm the Texas massacre!

"I'm 16 and have had my period three years and that time, whenever one of my friends ask me how I am while I am my period, I reply, "Yeah, I'm fine, I'm just BLEEDING death!" writes the contributor (February 2002)

"My daughter and I say ' my moon' when we have ours. When I was young, my own mother and I called our periods 'Ethel.' I was a big 'I Love Lucy' fan then (meaning: "por aquel entonces") and I guess that is where that came (phrasal verb indicating origin). [Ethel played the show.]" (January 2007)