question for the ladies

[tsukikage]

Strange question, but... What do menstrual cramps feel like? Because I definitely do get something before and at the beginning of my period, but it's not quite like what I remember cramps from swimming or whatever feeling like. I really do imagine cramps as feeling a bit like a charlie horse, which definitely isn't what I'm feeling. It's more like the squishy bowel feeling when I drink to much tea.