The new Red Tent

[kama'aina mama]

Right then. I'm on the pillow. Who else?

[Valérie.Qc]

I'm here too!

AF came home early this month :( only 23 days... I was kind of surprise when she showed up yesterday :rolleyes:

[Mothernature]

AF didn't come for me this month and I was a little surprised too. I hope you all enjoy the chocolate.

(exit)

[Nicke]

Ahhhh, found this just in time.
AF has decided that she is going to play games this month (on one day off the next, on again :rolleyes: ), but she is here none the less.:(

[merpk]

:wave

Bye, folks. Just gonna take my leave ...
Guess I'm really to kinda get used to this routine again ...

Except, of course, for the 8 lbs :eek I've put on in the last 2 weeks. :(

[Moon]

Man, ever since Sophie was born and I got my period back, it's been an emotional rollercoaster. I NEVER had this much trouble before. Last weekend I burst into tears watching new dp put a sweater on the baby and wipe her nose, and I cried for very nearly ten minutes. At the end I said, "I have no idea why I did that" and he said, "You're going to get your period on Tuesday, sweetheart." I was really taken aback.....one, because *I* don't get nuts when I get my period (except, now I DO :rolleyes: ) and two, hullo, when did YOU start keeping track of my uterus? (except, he's attentive to everything else so I don't know why this would be different) and lo and behold, Tuesday morning I woke up and ..... yuck.

It's a weird feeling, for me, to have him paying attention to that, and it's weirder still to be a weepy wreck before, during and after.


That does it. He needs to reverse his vasectomy.

[kama'aina mama]

Originally posted by Moon



That does it. He needs to reverse his vasectomy.

:LOL Man, are you ever NOT allowed to make big decisions in your state!

I talked to one of my dear girlfriends last night who just had her worst ever period. She called in sick. She suspects it is because she neglected to take vitamins last month which she generally does. Now, interestingly enough I don't usually take supplements but I have my husband on a mega-regimine because he has to get the Anthrax vax next week. So I have been reminding him, and thus reminding myself. Thus far (12 hours in, knock wood) this period has been totally mellow, in contrast to many of my moon times lately. So, I dunno. Anyone else have anecdotal stuff to add?

[yoga]

I have nothing anecdotal to add.

I didn't have PMS prior to giving birth. I'm a mean spirit sometimes, now. I'm learning to keep it to myself, at least. (well, except when I get on the internet and spew the filth in my heard everywhere:rolleyes: )

I find that how I feel while PMSing directly corelates to how I generally feel during pregnancy: pissed off.

I can't wait to get pregnant, again.

Oh, wait! Yes, I can. :o

[Moon]

Originally posted by kama'aina mama
:LOL Man, are you ever NOT allowed to make big decisions in your state!



This was his reaction ---> :bigeyes :hammer :duh :hammer :nut

[Lil'M]

Just peeking in...I think I feel some big PMS coming on. Just got way too emotional in another thread. Not like me at all.
AF must be coming soon!

[mingber]

Hi - I just found this thread and had to laugh. It's a wonderful thread!!! Prior to kids, I was HORRIBLE each month - pain, cravings, cranky, moody, irregular. After child #1, it all changed. It was wonderful - so to speak. No pain, no problems. After #2, I'm irregular (stress related), cranky, bitchy, but no pain. Maybe the doctor was right - after having kids, the endometriosis would go away. YEAH!!
I actually had a birds & bees discussion with DD 2 weeks ago (she was asking questions and found a tampon in the diaper bag). She said - GROSS, I don't ever want to grow up. I laughed and told her if that had happened to me then she wouldn't be here today-so good things can come of it. She then changed her mind and said maybe it won't start until she was ready to get married - I told her to keep dreaming. HAHA.

[Moon]

I remember reading an old copy of Erma Bombeck's "The Grass is always Greener over the Septic Tank" . In it, she talked about "Celebrating another No Baby Month". It always struck me as funny, until I started WANTING babies.

Someone on here wrote up a bunch of nick names for getting your period, and my favourite one was "Arts and Crafts time in Panty Land". :LOL

[Bella Babe]

lol, you gals are a hoot. I am at almost 10 months postpartum and AF still hasn't come to visit. I almost miss her... Almost.
I only had 3 periods between the two kids so I haven't had a reg period in almost 3 years, I feel like I need to clean out so to speak!
Did any of you ladies know it was coming before it did after you had babies? I feel like it could come any day and I will be out in white pants with no undies or pads or anything!!!:eek

[mingber]

Bella Babe - I remember from after DD was born I got it when she was 10 1/2 months so I knew after DS that I needed to be prepared. I started keeping an extra pair of underware and 1 pad and 1 tampon in the diaper bag at all times, just in case. With DS I didn't get it till he was just about 14 months. That was a much longer time after than with the first one. I had no idea it was coming either time. Good luck.

[Moon]

Man are you guys ever lucky.....BOTH times I got my period back at month 3 pp... Maeve was completely breastfed, I had to supplement Sophie but she was still nursing 90% at three months.

:(

[Xenogenesis]

Hey, Hilary. Are you absolutely sure you Need to be here. If you check the I'm Pregnant Forum sure enough you'll see many womyn didn't skip a beat yet turned up positive on a pregnancy test.

:LOL

Just Teasing....

[kama'aina mama]

Oy! That's not nice! :D

[Xenogenesis]

Originally posted by kama'aina mama
Oy! That's not nice! :D Yeah you're right kama'aina mama. Of course if it comes to pass.....

Okay I meant to be ----> :mischief

:mischief

[ChildoftheMoon]

Hi Hilary, I will join you. This is day number two for me, want some tea and chocolate? Going out for the day, ugh. Be back tonight! :)

[Mothernature]

Preggos here so I won't be joining you for quite some time. I've only had one cycle in 3 years and here I go again. I can't say that I miss it either, but I do feel for those of you who suffer. At least the company is good.

[ChildoftheMoon]

Thank you Mothernature:)

[Gemini]

I'm here with ya Brandi and Hilary...

Man, did it come out of nowhere this month! I usually always have some warning but not this time! :angry

Well, I have some chocolate bars and peanut butter to dip into...anybody?? :D

Tea does sound good...

[ChildoftheMoon]

I filled up on so many goodies I passed out last night, so tired. Yes day two is the worst for me too. To top it off, we went on a day trip, luckily It included a lot of sitting. It just also included an hour drive each day in a non-airconditioned car in 100 degree heat. I am so thankful to be home again in my cool house! I just have to say bless my poor dh, I get so grumpy when AF shows, It is like I leap before I look and he is so good at being tender, in fact he knew she was coming before I did. Of course I was more focused on being pregnant and AF NOT showing. All well, I really appreciate the company. Today my offering is chocolate covered peanuts and chai tea. I also have seseme sticks for those of you with a salt need. I am going out to get a little air this morning..........
Welcome LizaJanesMom :) Hilary, for your sake I hope you are out of here soon!
:hippie

[Gemini]

I haven't been very good about keeping track on a calender lately, and so I don't have any concept of when they'll come (I *just* went to my calender and "x"ed this one!). My period came back when my dd was just 4 1/2 months. But then I didn't get one for another 3 months or so, but they're coming about 35 to 40 days or so now, this one being sooner. Which is good, seems more regular now. I'm still nursing. So I guess since it's been so sparatic this time post partum, I'm not sure when it'll come. :confused: I also didn't have any of the usual symptoms like super crabbiness (only mild crabiness :LOL) or slight cramping before like I sometimes have. So, that's why it felt "out-of-the-blue" this time.

I *hate* those loooong periods! My post partum period after this baby I bled like a stuck pig for 4 1/2 days (I'm talkin' HEAVY!)! I was getting concerned! But right when I started wondering about it, it lightened up.

The chocolate you found sounds interesting! I wouldn't mind trying it (IRL that is!)! What's the brand name??

Oh..and wow...you were REGULAR Hilary! I was always irregular before having babies, having about only 7 or 8 a year, but now after 4 pregnancies my body is about every 35 days-ish now, which I do like much better.

I'm on the look out for some Green & Blacks chocolate. My Whole Foods didn't have it!! I'll go look at our local co-op now...

[Gemini]

(:wave Brandi! we posted at the same time!)

[ChildoftheMoon]

:wave Hope you are getting more regular! Mine are just now showing a more regular pattern. I am nursing my 21 month old around the clock, but things seem to be straightening out. This is my 6th pp cycle and third one that is around my normal 28 days, so hoping they stay that way! With dd1 AF came back at 4 months and stayed steady and regular, dd1 started sleeping through the night then and went 12 hours without nursing every night! Dd2 is much more of a nurser and held AF at bay until 16 months pp. I get SOOOOO crabby, I don't always connect it with AF :rolleyes: , but dh always knows! When I am pregnant I am serene:flower Thankfully no cramps today. I was crampy for the 8 days leading up to AF this time around, so I am almost blissful today.
Talk to you all later:D

[mingber]

Hi everyone. I've posted before in this thread, but not for a while and now I need to post. I was about 1 week late this month. I did a pregnancy test and it came back negative (YEAH!) and of course I woke up the next am with my visitor. My DH knew I wasn't preg., why does he always know when I don't? I guess he is more intune to my body than I am. I am too busy with work and the kids to pay any attention to me! I just get stressed over everything.
I was craving chocolate so bad. DH's birthday was last week and I bought a double chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and I have probably eaten most of it by myself. YUGH! :eek Now of course I feel fat and bloated from it! I did do it over several days though, I guess that was ok then. I have been crampy now for 2 days, just not too bad.
I have a question... why is it when I am pregnant or have my friend visiting, I always have erotic, sexual dreams about other men (not my DH)????? Sometimes I know these men and sometimes they are imaginary.... Any ideas????? DH knows nothing about this.

[Gemini]

Zoiks!! :eek Can't help ya there! I don't have any such thing happen! *chuckles*

[barbara]

Good morning ladies! I haven't been here in a couple of months, but woke up this morning to a visit from Aunt Flo. UGH!

At 46 it's good to know I'm still a girl, but I really do hate having to deal with this mess. I think I'll be perfectly happy when these days are over. Oh how I miss the days of nursing babies and no Aunt Flo!!!

I'm such an ungratful hostess. :p

[ChildoftheMoon]

Good Morning Barbara! I am on my way out of the tent. (Leaving chocolate and tea for those that want it)
:love

[barbara]

Thanks Brandi for the chocolate and tea!

It helped! :love

Now, anyone for some nice red wine tonight? :wink

[Gemini]

Well, I'm finally done, until next time...

Barbara, enjoy your wine!

[merpk]

Red wine? Who said red wine? I love red wine.

Always a pleasure to join you ladies ... well, okay, maybe not a pleasure, but in my hormonal misery always less miserable when I share it ... :eyes

So where's that wine? Man, do I need it. Had a hissy fit at DH tonight. Worse than a hissy fit. I threw the tablecloth at him, repeatedly. There was nothing on it, I was trying to get it off the table. YOu know, the vinyl kind with flannel on the back. Most unlike me. But sometimes he just ... I always think about that moment in the first "Die Hard" movie, when one of the terrorists is in a rage, and Bonnie Bedelia's character says, referring to Bruce Willis' character, "It must be because of John. No one else can make you that angry." Or something like that. A paraphrase.

Well, my DH can make me that angry. And I'm really not a tempermental person. Really not. But particularly annoying is how he always insists that any emotional reaction I have to anything is merely a product of hormones, not out of any legitimate emotional reaction. Man, does that piss me off. And tonight he didn't even say that. And this time would've been right.

:af

:eyes

Well, now, doncha hate it how some folks barrel in on a nice, relaxing evening and just start b*tchin' about things?

I'll stop now. Pass that bottle ...

[Gemini]

Hears the rant of merpk from afar...comes running with some red wine and fresh straw, pulls the flap back tosses it all in (wine didn't break she hopes), turns around and hightails it outta there...

:bolt

[mingber]

Red wine doesn't cut it for me. I need something stronger - like lets say....VODKA! or if I am drinking wine (becuase it's Shabbat) pass the bottle and I'll drink straight from it.

Last month, a friend came over late at night after work. My DH came home from work at 10:30pm found us sitting on the kitchen floor with a bottle of wine and an empty plate of brownies in front of us and my DD was lying on the couch still awake (I thought she was asleep). He looked at me and laughed..said ok... is it that time of month AGAIN...! I turned and said - NOT mine.. HAHA, but I was more wasted than my friend. I just had to share this story.

[merpk]

:LOL

Vodka. Rocks. Cute little glass. :throb

I hear you, mingber. Loud and clear. But first ... must ... finish ... wine ...

:af

[Kylix]

I'm here now too!!

I'm so frustrated! I love my gladrags to death but I'd like some variety. I still can't wear a tampon or a keeper for that matter (I'd LOVE a keeper...they seem so simple and eco-friendly all in one) but I tense up. I think it's psychological. It seems like a foreign object that shouldn't be in there. It reminds me of one of the monologues from Vagina Monologues...LOL

I was crampy and paranoid today. I had a bad day at work. I felt like everyone was out to get me. It's nice to get some space now and go into the weekend feeling like I can get some rest.

I didnt' have any Midol or Ibuprofen for cramps so I took some sleep inducing cough medecine to knock me out so I wouldn't feel my cramps...is that bad or what??

Kylix

[Valérie.Qc]

Hey! Meet my daughter, Gabrielle! :love She's having her menarche and experiencing some discomfort so I'm going to prepare some Rasberry Leaf tea :D

She's really proud! She's wearing RED from head to toes (we dyed her hair Fire Red last week :LOL ) and the little woodbeads bracelet we bought as a family signal to help the men in the house keeping track of our cycle :p (poor DH and poor DS, they'll have to deal with two of us from now :bouncy )

[CanOBeans]

Originally posted by Valérie.Qc
Hey! Meet my daughter, Gabrielle! :love She's having her menarche and experiencing some discomfort so I'm going to prepare some Rasberry Leaf tea :D

She's really proud! She's wearing RED from head to toes (we dyed her hair Fire Red last week :LOL ) and the little woodbeads bracelet we bought as a family signal to help the men in the house keeping track of our cycle :p (poor DH and poor DS, they'll have to deal with two of us from now :bouncy )

Wow, welcome to womanhood, Gabrielle. What a wonderful way to celebrate the first of many monthly renewals of your womb! :hearts


My period could not have come at a worse time this month. Sigh. I experienced my first (hopefully last) kidney stone last Thursday -- got to try out the French health care system, complete with MRI, yippee -- and spent the last four days completely out of it from the various drugs they gave me, plus PMS, plus 90 degree heat with no A/C and no breezes...ugh. Feeling human again today, finally, if a bit hot.

All this talk of chocolate sounds great. I'll be back with some dark chocolate with almonds in it. :yum

[Trishy]

Is it really time for me to have AF again? I stood up to a big gush this morning in one of my favorite pairs of panties. It's a very emotional time at my house anyway and now I have AF and my hormones :crying

[kama'aina mama]

Welcome Gabrielle!

Valerie, how wonderful you are to celebrate this milestone with her. I look forward to doing the same with my dear daughter one day. I hope she doesn't think I'm a freak! We are actually making jewelry of painted wooden beads this week. I should make my self a menses bracelet!

[Kylix]

Ooh, Valerie...how cool that you are celebrating this wonderful milestone with your dd!!! She is truly blessed to have you here for her at this time in her life. :)

I think I'm on my way out today ladies....

Good luck to everyone coming in!

Kylix

[Kylix]

Oh yeah, and I almost forgot something important!

WELCOME Gabrielle! :balloons :banana

Kylix

[ChildoftheMoon]

Anyone else in the Tent right now? I am back again, day two. My last cycle was only 23 days:rolleyes: I need a drink......any wine left? Feeling heavy and yucky today. It has been over 110 degrees the past few days! I want/need some brownies but don't dare turn on my oven. Maybe I will make them in the middle of the night tonight:p .

:love

[ChildoftheMoon]

Hello ladies. Back with fresh brownies and green tea. I need a nap..............:zzz

[barbara]

Oh yum green tea and brownies!

Aunt flo hasn't arrived yet but I'm expecting her any day now. She has sent her crampy hench men ahead of her to harrass me! :(

I'm off to look for a bottle of red wine...

[mingber]

I have a bizzaar question... has anyone ever been affected by someone elses pregnancy??? Kinda like osmosis or kinetic energy. My best friend and I have this really funny connection. When I was pregnant with each child, she gained an additional 5 pounds and was extra bloted the entire time. Now, she is pregnant and I have cramps, bloating, and am craving ice cream and hungry all the time. I am fighting it, becuase I just lost 15 pounds and don't want to gain it back.
Is this normal???? I know it happens between husbands and wives, but what about best friends. We even live 500 miles away from each other.

Also, AF is coming next week. YUGGGGHH!!

[barbara]

I have had similar feelings during both of my dd pregnancies.

I still haven't found that wine.... :confused: .....

[ChildoftheMoon]

Sorry no wine here either, though I could use some! I don't drink much, dd nurses a lot still at 22 months. I do have some more green tea though, and some home made sour dough bread.

My girls are so grumpy today, they are driving me batty! :nut :run

[barbara]

the tea is yummy and I have some hummus to dip your delicious sour dough bread in.

[mingber]

I came home from work yesterday and DH then walked in the door. I immediately started yelling at him about something and he turned and looked at me and said "is this PMS?, do you need some wine?" I said it might be, it's not due till next Monday, but I could use the wine. While pouring me a glass, he said that Monday is still 5 days away. I laughed and said, "anything is possible."
What a considerate thing for him to do. I had to share that with everyone.

[ChildoftheMoon]

What a sweet dh. It is nice to have a dh that is sensitive to your ever changing emotions! Hope you make it through the next 5 days!

I am almost on my way out myself. Day 5 for me. I may be here tomorrow too, but that is not likely. (fingers crossed:D )

I will leave behind the bread and coffee this time! I need it this morning! I was up in the middle of the night watching the lightening and letting the thunder rumble through my body. I always have loved summer storms, but last night I was scared. It is too dry here for so much dry electric activity. It felt like it was 95 last night after the sun went down. No word of any fires yet.......Not near me anyway. Sorry :OT

until next time:love

[jessikate]

Stepping into the tent for the first time since last May. Dammit, my baby's only 5 months old and nurses around the clock!

I suppose this would explain the achiness, tiredness, and the blood on the sheet.

Okay, who's got the chocolate?

[Elphaba]

is there room for me here? it's been 37 days since the last time i saw any evidence that i even have a uterus. i went to bed thinking, huh, it's been 37 days. i wonder if i'm going to have one. and voila, blood pajamas and sheets. :cuss
it's just so bizarre, this whole nursing/cycle thing. i've only had 5 periods since jan. 2001. and i think only one of those was ovulatory. i guess that's a good thing, right? rest for the weary and all. but it's strange having no clue how long a cycle is going to be.
i had a hershey bar for breakfast. pitiful.

[kama'aina mama]

Sooooooo.... we went to see "Finding Nemo". Thankfully dear Aunt Flo waited in the bathroom to meet me after the movie. Sadly she snuck up on me so I had nothing with me. I'm at a mall. The bathroom in the theater has no vending machines but I know the ones out in the mall do. Neither DH nor myself has a quarter. I try 5 different stores. "We don't make change." I pick female clerks and explain my problem. "We don't make change." I was so hot under the collar I was tempted to say fine. I'll just sit here on your carpet and bleed like a stuck pick pig! UGH! Finally score change, go to the bathroom... damn machine is busted. Can't get either a pad or a tampon. Change out the wad of TP in my pants and go tell DH... sorry, but it's time to go home.

I have stocked up... I have a bottle of Rhone and a nice Zinfadel. I think there is still some nice chocolate with almonds in the fridge and failing that a Hershey bar. (Forgive me Pie.. I didn't buy it!)

I am just a mess, period aside... I have had vertigo for a week, now my throat is raw feeling and I've got a sniff and body aches. If I could only just go to bed for a week... or hide in a real Red Tent. sigh

[Valérie.Qc]

Hi,

AF arrived friday but, despite bad cramps friday night and a crazy sight in my Keeper saturday morning (a really sad way to find you've been pregnant even after the morning after pill :( ), I don't have any of my usual moodyness and can almost forget about it! No chocolate craving, no yelling... only tears on saturday.

I've translate your messages to Gabrielle and she's really happy to be part of this tribe. :love

Here's some fresh made chocolate cupcakes! I might come back later... wine would be good but not at this time, I'll keep my coffee for now! :D

[leavesarebrown]

Oh I love it and for once am sad I'm nursing and NOT having periods. See ya'll in a half a year or so when she returns!

[mingber]

Hi everyone, AF arrived (Monday am) full force as usual. PMS was worse than the actual event though. I was horrible this month, cravings, achy, exhausted, sleepy, mood swings, eating everything in sight, and now....nothing, just bloated and tired. My DD even commented, "mommy - your belly is bigger..is there a baby in there???" I said no, but nice thought. I'm just bloated and then I had to explain what that meant (swollen from not feeling well).
I think tonight after the kids are asleep (early I hope), I will have a glass of wine and pass out in bed.

[merpk]

:af

:wave

All right. Who's got the Phish Food?

:)

[Gemini]

I got AF a week and a half ago, had company for a week, so no chance to enter the Red Tent, but had to post this weird thing that happened, and I wanted to see if any of you have experienced this!

I had a dream I got my period and sure enough I woke up and had it!! :eek I've never done this before!

Anyone else??

[barbara]

I've had that dream a couple of times in the last year. Man, it's wierd when that happens; kind of woo-woo. :eek

Anybody care to join me in glass of wine? (actually I'm drinking water and just pretending it's wine because I don't have any wine, but I could sure use it tonight. :crying )

[amma]

Red tenting it too... All I have is one very small screwdriver in a can, I love red wine but o-well at least I got somethin. I'll have to try the water to wine trick after I'm finished with this can...oh gulp...I'm done, time to try the new trick purposed by barbra. :drink cheers our ladyships

[jackson's mama]

Oh joy. My return to the red tent after more than a year. I'm 4 months post partum, exclusively breastfeeding, and here I am. Or, more exactly, here *she* is.

I had a dream that I was telling someone I was pregnant, and awoke to find AF had arrived. Kinda' weird, but an interesting dream to usher in my return to fertility.

As this is my first time in the MDC Red Tent, I come bearing gifts...

homemade chocolate chip cookies for the sweets lovers
chips and salsa (I love salty foods when AF is here)
margaritas for everyone :)

[barbara]

oooohhh, thanks for the margarita, chips and salsa! I'll save one of those homemade cookies for later. Now how about some good jokes? Anyone?

[Valérie.Qc]

AF is home... 27 days cycle but 5-6 days of spotting :rolleyes: I think I will try Vitex, hope they will have it at the local health store ("oh, sorry! I just sold the last bottle this morning..." is something I hear to many times :rolleyes: )

I feel crappy :crying This is not a good week for me (wait, it's not just this week... it's the entire month :eek ) Had trouble with a crown, dentist find that there was some infection last thursday, cleaned it and put peroxyde; I had to call back on monday 'cause de pain wasn't going, I'm on antibiotics for 10 days; ds had high fever yesterday and I felt really nervous and ate way too much sugar :o (really good for my weight-loss... and could trigger yeast infection :( )

:crying

So I can't have wine nor chocolate :crying

I heading in a corner and will hide under a blanket... (I have to run errands with the kids... blah... and ds still have low grade fever... re-blah I wish this tent was for real!!!

[liz-hippymom]

aww, valerie! :grouphug

is anyone else in here right now? im on CD3 myself.
i sooo wish this tent was for real, i need a break! especially yesterday (damm day2)...
im totally digging into the phis food!

[mingber]

I'm here with you and now on day 3. I was eating like a PIG for 3 days prior and now my appetite has decreased again. My mother even had the gall to ask if I was pregnant becuase of what I was eating. I told her NO-it's just PMS...Thank you for asking though!!! I was PISSED!
I'm better now though. No weird cravings like usual. It actually came 3 days early too.

[merpk]

Hmmmm. Waiting at the tent flaps is getting boring ...

Say, where is everybody this month? Ya' mean I gotta provide my own fudge? Man. :cuss

Good thing it hasn't happened yet, gotta run out & get it ... double fudge ... :LOL

Of course, it may not happen, too ... :eek







The suspense is killing me. And the hormones are making me nuts.


Ooh, good, nuts with fudge. :D

[Gemini]

Ooh, good, nuts with fudge.
:LOL

I just am ending Aunt Flo here...didn't come to the Red Tent though...I've been dealing with a pinched nerve in my leg and I'm ready to cut it off, so sitting on a bunch of hay didn't sound too apealing this month. :rolleyes: The chocolate does though, I can leave some of my Green & Black's organic milk chocolate I bought at Whole Foods! :D Don't have any fudge though...

Mine has been creeping up on me outta nowhere the last couple of months, it's been weird. I used to being a complete crabby b*tch for a few days before, and I haven't been! That's a good thing I guess for everyone involved. :)

[jackson's mama]

I'm back in here.

AF is wreaking havoc with my milk supply :(. We nearly had to supplement with formula the other day. :crying I've been taking Fenugreek, but its only helping a little. I just ordered some domperidone, because even if we get through this month there's still NEXT month... and the month after...

Then, to top it off, Jackson got so frustrated with not getting any milk that he went on a nursing strike and will only nurse at night or while we're laying down :bang

Its been a rough week.

[Valérie.Qc]

I'm here...:( and not feeling good.

AF showed up in the middle of the night... I woke up feeling like I was about to trow up :sick really strong nausea :gross and then found out AF was there...

I'm still have nausea :confused: , bad cramping... blah... (and this is after 7 days of spotting :( I REALLY need that VITEX :o )

No chocolate or wine for me, thank you! :crap I'll have some soup... soup is always comforting when feeling sick:thumb

I think our homeschooling's day will be, hummmm, light :o I guess my kids won't be too upset about it :p

[Justice2]

No red tent here yet....boy I gotta tell ya though she is a weird one...on the 29th of every month. Doesn't matter how many days in between or how strong she comes on. I can always count on the 29th being a day of pain and misery....the week before....I could eat my house and all of it's contents...and the neighbor's house...and my mama's house...you get the picture! Since I started relactation it's been weird too I may have this pinkish "stuff" like a week before, but it's barely enough to hit the tp and then with only one trip to the restroom and then nothing for a week and then bam.....(on the 29th, of course) here she comes...without fail!

[mingber]

Hi, I'm waiting for my visitor. Surprisingly, I haven't been PMSing this month. I think it's too many other things on my mind. I'll write back when needed.

[candiland]

Hi, everyone :wave
I just got my first :af since December of 1998. No, I don't need to edit. I haven't had my period in almost 5 years.
This entire past week I've been unusually calm and very creative. I wrote two good articles in two nights I want to submit to some magazines. I've also had a few great inuitive flashes... then, on Saturday, I sat down and said, "I wonder if I have my period?" And sure enough - there it was!:eek
It is soooo foreign to me. I found myself going, "What do I do with this?" I've kind of been walking around in a daze. Also, when I'm first on my pd. I don't want to eat very much. Usually, I eat like a hog.
Can I please have a margarita with extra extra tequila? I think I need it.:)

[seren]

This is my first trip here. Also, my first AF in 15 months. I am 6 months PP. I cramped for a week and then this morning there it was. I am so crabby! Poor dh, he's not used to this anymore. I was totally shocked to get it. About 2 months ago ds went back to nursing every three hours and hasn't quit, so I wasn't expecting it. I read a post a few back about a low milk supply. I didn't know that would happen. Is that why ds seems like he's not eating a lot. I thought it was just him, but I guess it could be me. I better go drink some Mother's Milk Tea. Any suggestiolns for alleviating pain. Chocolate just ain't cuttin' it and I don't drink. THanks!

[QueeTheBean]

I've never been in here before. Hi!

CD1

I, too, wish this was real--I sure need a little vacation. Toddler is very very very nursey lately--on and off--on and off. I should just walk around topless! It is like having a newborn again.

Sigh. Someone pass the wine bottle.:eek

[QueeTheBean]

uh--just realized that sounded bad! I wouldn't really drink & nurse at the same time!

[candiland]

I'm sure there are some p.m.s. tea blends in the local health food store or something. I just lay around and get crabby and lazy and that's how I deal with my crampies. :rolleyes:
djschrader - I drink and nurse at the same time. Okay, not a lot of alcohol or anything, but I don't mind having a little wine or beer or something. Esp. right now. I totally agree with your idea that maybe you should just walk around topless. Go out, get your mail, wave to your neighbors....:eek Wouldn't that be a sight?:D But you would have one very happy toddler!
I swear, I wondered why my boobs were so sensitive this week. I thought it was because DS was chomping on them when he was nursing. Poor thing.... it was good ol' AF the whole time!

[kinsey43]

Blegh. I'm not sure what's going on with my cycle, but I don't like it! I've been having massive PMS-type moments lately, but it's not exactly the right timing for PMS. My cycle is all kerfluey, and it's driving me crazy (DH, too - just an added benefit for him).

I'm nursing Will (6 months old tomorrow!), so that is probably affecting me.


Ughhh. Gotta go take the dog for a walk. She's being crazy, too - I'd blame it on doggy PMS, but she's been spayed.

We're just all blah here.

[seren]

This has been so weird! Tuesday morning AF was here with a vengeance. It was really heavy all Tuesday and all yesterday. It didn't let up a tinny bit. Then I wake up this morning and it's completely gone. Since this is my first PP AF I'm not sure if this is normal. My usual AF is 5-7 days. Oh, well, I'll just be thankful it's gone!

[ChildoftheMoon]

seren-it took my ppaf a while to get the hang of things, I had wacky cycles for the first few months. Hang in there.

kinsey43-:hug

cd1 for me here, and I am not too happy about being here! We are ttc and here I am in the tent again. This is the start of cycle #6 ttc. Blech, anyone have any red wine? I have a couple of dh's beers, but they just don't sound good. I need something salty too, off to forage for chips and salsa...........................

Brandi

[kinsey43]

Brandi - We had chips and salsa last night! Great minds think alike, eh?

Maybe this cycle will be the one for you. As my mom used to tell us kids, "Have fun and be careful!" Except you don't really need to worry about that last part! :D

[ChildoftheMoon]

back with chocolate chip cookies. From salt to chocolate:o Thanks kinsey:D . Had a very heavy first day, not so heavy today, and hardly any cramps. Very unusual. Glad today is over. I have to pack all week, not looking forward to it, just want our move to be over with! I am a moving ace, have moved so many times, but with kids, it is SO different. Two years at this next house and then we can buy a place of our own, and then I don't want to move for a VERY long time!

Brandi:love

[Valérie.Qc]

:af arrived first thing in the morning yesterday.
Went to the mountain and walked a lot - that eased the cramping.

Cramping again today :(

I'm using Wild Yam cream since a few weeks now and only had one day :D of light spotting instead of up to 7 days :eek before AF. :thumb I've read conflicted infos about wild yam cream but it seems to work so I will use it for 3 months as the naturopath suggested.

Chocolate cookies sounds good :yum I'm craving chocolate :o and sour candies :confused:

[Gemini]

I'm in too. This one is weird, I'm usually pretty heavy for a few days, but I haven't been hardly at all! I'm not going to complain though. My mood has been alright too. Can I be on Zoloft for the rest of my life if I don't ever have PMS again?? :down :love

[ChildoftheMoon]

still here. the flow has finally lightened up, not really any cramping this time. :confused: No complaints...............ugh, ate too many cookies:p I need a nap:zzz

[leavesarebrown]

Bright red and FLOWING! Knew she was coming 'cause I've ovulated 3 times since birthing. And I was bitchy--but other things were going on, too. And given the three "passes" I was kinda like "it's about time!" when the flow actually started. I got 1 more month than w/ the first pp. My sister gets over a year each time (she has 6 children)! But I wonder if that's 'cause she's vegetarian and pencil thin (I nurse as much as she does! If not more, 'cause she co-sleeps less). But anyone else have tailbone pain w/ pds? I've wondered about this for a while...

Incidentally, does it bug anyone else that Dinah's claim to fame (in The Red Tent) is the male KNIFE (episiotomy) rather than womanly intuition/other midwifery ability?

[leavesarebrown]

Iyengar yoga has some poses for menstruation. They are listed in the book "How to Use Yoga" as well as (I'm sure) in Yoga: A Gem for Women" though I haven't checked that one specifically. They do help. Especially if I've been practicing consistently (not very often). Pelvic tilts and a nice HOT bath (or hot pad) help me, too.

[leavesarebrown]

oh, and Mayan uterine massage. And this "Moon Cycle Tea" that I found at our local Whole Foods Market (Yogi tea--this line actually TASTE good to me, too--but still stain my teeth). I think this one helped me get pregnant, too. Okay, I'm done now.

[ChildoftheMoon]

:wave til next time:)