I don’t get periods any more.
My last one was about 7 years ago. I miss them and I don’t miss them.
When my period finished, it was indeed a very very strange experience. The hormonal upheaval, I can’t even measure on any known scale. I’ll talk about that more later.
I have never been one of those women who decided for definite that I wanted to have children. To be honest, it has never ever been a serious discussion with any partner in my life.
The only reason I miss my period is the lovely flood of hormones that DID happen when I got it, and only because I wish I was armed with the information and knowledge that I have now.
Days 5 to 10 on the up, feel good hormones whizzing round my body, everything feels bright and shiny.
Days 22 to 28, don’t make any big decisions, keep grounded, don’t get into heavy discussions about little things that can feel HUGE when other hormones start taking the lead.
Once again, we have programmes getting made, more books being written, and it’s the individual efforts of people rather than the collective efforts that are increasing the knowledge of how exhausting having a period can be. How your mental health could get crushed when in menopause, if you don’t know what’s happening to you.
Tracking your period health is good. If you are reading this, and still menstruating, don’t just let it come and go, and not pay it any mind. Be aware of where you are in your cycle, it can literally affect everything in your day.
Sorry to use harsh language, but bleeding is big business. From the period products we see advertised, to the company supplying and cleaning sanitary bins from toilet cubicles. It’s a big money maker.
Be mindful of what you are being drawn into.
The supplements you see advertised won’t be the life saver you thought they would be, and you’ll have wasted your money trying. I am in a place where I have literally chased down supplements and workout programmes thinking they will be the answer, only to be upset 3 months later when things don’t work the way I hoped.
If I can save one woman from the amount of ugly crying I have done. Mission accomplished. If you still get your period, watch where your time and money goes. If you are in menopause, again, watch where your time and money goes.
I’ll write more about it later, but I have recently made the investment of working with a nutritionist, and bloody hell, the stuff I am finding out is mindblowing. This is just me, but I found out recently that I have an underactive thyroid. That’s why try as I might, my weight just wasn’t shifting no matter how much time and money and invested in XYZ.
The benefit I now have is that, my mental health has never been better since I hit 50, after about 8 years of mentally feeling I was on my knees, worn out, and couldn’t make a decision to save my life.
I can do hard things.
If you are reading this and it resonates, please reach out on info@elizabethbandeen.co.uk.
I am a Menopause Doula. If I can help you I will, if I can’t, I can signpost you to resources and people that could help out.
Menstruating and menopause shouldn’t feel like the end of the world, maybe advertising could knock it on the head with that concept.
I’m on a mission to help people feel the best version of themselves.
Who’s with me?