A few months ago I started feeling really on edge. Like I couldn’t cope. My toddler was pushing all my buttons and I felt like I used to be able to stay pretty calm about it (obviously not all the time but mostly). But I was starting to feel like I was going to explode…
I watched Davina McCall: Sex, Myths and the Menopause #davinamenopause yesterday. I’d watched it a few months ago and meant to post about it but life got it the way. So, after the bill in parliament yesterday (in England) where HRT prescriptions were made much cheaper (they are already free in Scotland, Wales and N…
Today I went to a Menopause Workshop at work. (The exciting life I lead heh). But I’d heard good things about it, and I think sometimes I’ve brushed over my menopause, as the main focus since that diagnosis has been to get pregnant, and then of course, my wonderful little girl once she arrived. And…
We’ve started trying to get all the tests done that we need to have to be able to go ahead with the second round of treatment recently but it’s getting a bit stressful! You need to have a mammogram, a smear and all the sexual health screenings, plus a few others tests (for both myself…
I had dinner with the girls tonight. A real treat to be out, but I felt a bit disingenuous talking about my pregnancy and the birth etc. and not telling the truth about the early menopause diagnosis and egg donation. I am so very grateful for our daughter and have talked here about how I…
I know it is no one’s fault (or mine if anyone’s as we decided not to tell people we’d gone through egg donation) but today I’m finding it hard to come to terms with the fact my daughter isn’t from my egg. I know it’s just a thing people say when they meet your baby…
I feel down today about everything. We've been getting all the tests that we need done, and yesterday I had an Aquascan. This is a procedure where they insert a catheter into your uterus and then fill your uterus up with saline solution. This gives a better 3D view of the uterus to check for…
Apart from it obviously coming way too soon, I think for the most part I've been lucky with the symptoms/side effects of menopause. Like I've said before, a few years ago I had terrible night sweats, and a few weeks before my diagnosis, I did start having major hot flushes but when I've read about…
I had my second counselling session today. When I went back to see the GP at work after the diagnosis, she recommended it, and I've always been open to counselling for whatever reason. After the initial diagnosis, and accompanying devastation, I feel like I came round to accepting what had happened and the idea of…
I've been away for a few days with my sister and best friend as a bit of a hen do before I get married next month. I have had THE best time, just talking and going to the beach, visiting different towns, shopping, eating and drinking delicious food and wine. It’s been a real tonic.…
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