Depressing topic, I know, but I still wanted to share my thoughts on this unwelcome side effect of pregnancy. I've never suffered that much from hormonal changes related to my menstrual cycle before I had my children and I didn't notice any particular change after my first child was born, but when I think of it, my period had just returned when I got pregnant with baby number two. But now when I have had my period for more than six months I have noticed a very unpleasant pattern. On the days close to ovulation I get really moody and almost aggressive, I tend to react on almost everything and I am not a very funny person to be around. It's the same feeling of deep frustration and anger that you can get when lacking way too much sleep or when your blood sugar is really low. Me and my husband argue a lot during these days and my patience with the kids is close to nothing. But is doesn't end there, when my it's time for my period I get super low, almost depressed, having feelings that I have absolutely nothing meaningful in my life and I think really dark thoughts. I have no energy and if I would have the possibility, I would sleep all day. When I could link these dark days in my life to my menstrual cycle I understood that this must be PMS : ( and I read that it is pretty common that PMS gets worse with childbirth. I am still trying to figure out what to do about it and I refuse feeling like this for so many days each month. There has to be something you could do about it. The only thing I have tried now is birth control pills but I don't know if they will help... I would love to hear about someone else's experiences regarding PMS after childbirth. Did it get worse? And what did you do about it? Feel free to comment!!
I chose this old pic of me and my firstborn to illustrate the craziness of PMS
//Nicole Hellgren
