My Menopause Diet Plan
After college I got body conscious. My clothes stopped fitting and I couldn’t afford to replace my wardrobe. Then I had kids and perimenopause symptoms hit including menopause belly. How could I cope?
Parenting During Menopause (part 1)
How foolish could I have been to think I was ready to be a mother? I had my first-born at 29, but had no fucking clue what was next. Fast forward 7 years and two more kids, and perimenopause hit to make things even more complicated.
Perimenopause and The Beginning of My Awakening (Part 2)
I’ll never forget the morning I learned I was pregnant with our unplanned #3 (or the pregnancy of my menopause manifesto). It was early – 6 a.m.-ish. My 6 and 3 year old were making noise somewhere in the house while my husband and I, zombies that we were, begrudgingly made breakfast. I was grumpy, which wasn’t unusual. Everything felt like a symptom of menopause and besides, I’d become used to being woken by the kids, night sweats, or a trip to the toilet.