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If you had to count the number of things you did on any one day this week - how many would there be?
I don’t know about you, but the New Year has brought home its annual seasonal home truths. I’ve eaten too much and not moved enough. The post-Christmas slump is as much a tradition as the mince pies that caused it.
Hormonal headaches. Menstrual migraines. Some women endure these each and every month. Are you one of them? Women are at least 3 times more likely than men to suffer from migraines due to hormonal changes.
Being a mum and being knackered go together. If you’re one, then you’re the other. Right?
Your period has started, and you feel like someone has applied a clamp somewhere deep in your womb. And the clamp is tightening. It hurts. What you really want to do is crawl under a blanket on the sofa and watch trashy TV.
If this is you for a few days every month, you’re not alone. But your period does not need to hurt.
If you had to count the number of things you did on any one day this week - how many would there be?
There is a torrent of advice about nutrition everywhere. Instagram is exploding with photos of food, bloggers are clamouring to tell you about what to eat and what diet will lead to a happier, shinier you.
So, what should we eat?
I wish someone had said two things to me when I became a mum: It feels hard because it IS hard - it doesn’t mean you’re doing it wrong. Be kind to yourself, FIRST, not last. No one did.
You’re going along, PMS-period, PMS-period, all the joy, and then BAM something changes. Your PMS is a little worse. Or a lot worse. You cycle has gotten shorter. Or longer. You’re feeling anxious, but you can’t work out why, and is it me or is it HOT in here?