I never write about myself, though my thoughts and feelings are the base of the posts of course!
I feel like writing a bit today about some physical issues I have had over the years. This doesn’t have a lot to do with my boys, but it does affect my parenting in the sense that my mood and attitude suffer. I have PCOS (PolyCystic Ovary Syndrome – results in a variety of symptoms caused by a Hormone Imbalance). This affects me usually with only a little weight gain, moodiness, and the occasional painful ovulation. Since I have been dealing with it for so many years, I didn’t expect it to change. Well, it has! Since the twins were born I may have 2 or 3 very painful days during ovulation where I am almost unable to go about my daily work.
I need to find out how to manage this better, which will mean a trip to the doctor soon and much studying online as I would like to find a natural way to deal with this if I can. But more than anything I hate that it affects my parenting. Many things can affect us from day to day, we may simply wake up in a bad mood, etc. Since this kind of came out of the blue for me and it only lasts a few days each month, I haven’t had time to figure out a game plan for dealing with it and getting on with life.
I know I haven’t really had a point here, except to say that we all have our hurdles and figuring out how to get over them is much of the battle in life!