If you’ve been reading my blog over the last three years, you will know that I had hormonal issues after the birth of both my children.  With Madison, I was put on birth control to stop what I like to call The Neverending Period (sing with me  to the tune of The Neverending Song — this is the period that never ends, it goes on and on my friends, some hormones started flowing it . . . . I’ll end it there LOL).  I thought I was in the clear.

Then I had Will.  That’s when Part II of The Neverending Period started.  I was back into 8 week periods or more!  The problem with this time around was that nothing and I mean nothing would stop it.  We tried I think a total of 9 different birth controls and none of them worked. We tried estrogen.  We tried no birth control.  Nothing would stop it.  I was crabby.  I was emotional.  And it sucked.  I ended up with a hysteroscopy and D&C.  It was painful.  The recovery was worse than when I miscarried.  What did they find?  Absolutely nothing.  No reason for why I was having the problems I was.

I’m writing this post to give you all an update, because I am getting hits on my old posts from women who have this same problem looking for answers.  What has happened in the last year?  Well, after the D&C, I had the lightest period I’ve ever had in my entire life.  Since that period last September, I’ve not had one since.  Can you believe it?  I’m still on Seasonque.  Every 3 months I take a pregnancy test to make sure I’m not pregnant, and I’m enjoying life.

If you are a woman dealing with this (or something like this), this is life at the end of the tunnel.  There really is!  Get your doctors involved right away and don’t give up!

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*** Warning — womenly things discussed in this post. Not for the quesy ***

I have been debating writing this post for over a month now. Since I have not been able to find a lot of information that I can actually understand regarding what happens to a woman’s body after having a baby, I thought I would write about my personal experience. The debate comes from that fact that I am not 100% sure I have my problem fixed yet. Mr. Fab‘s wife really made me feel like I should talk about this. She works for an OBGYN’s office and told me that this is one of the most common reasons women call. I am not alone yet I had no idea I wasn’t alone in my problem.

What is the problem? Well, everyone should know that having a baby completely messes up your hormones. While you are pregnant, you are a hormonal mess. After your pregnant, you still are a hormonal mess. I’ll be honest, I didn’t feel back to myself till Madison was about 18 months old. Let me tell you what happened after having Madison and then after having Will. I’ll let you know what I have tried so far. If you also have gone through this, let me know. I would love to do a follow up post on ideas for new moms of things to try. Most of all, they need to know they aren’t alone.

I don’t think I ever suffered from Post partnum depression. That being said, there shouldn’t be a stigma still attached to those three words. However, when you have people like Tom Cruise coming out and stating that you should just take a couple a vitamins to cure this, you know you are fighting a losing battle against society. That is where a lot of my hesitation came about writing this post. I have a hormonal issue that I can’t help, but I know somebody out there is going to tell me its all in my head.

After having Madison, I chose to go the route of not being on any birth control (I was also nursing). This allowed my hormones free reign on my body and that they did. Even though I was nursing, my menstrual cycle started up again about 3 weeks after giving birth to her. My first menstrual cycle last about a month. This should have been my first tip off that something was out of wack. However, first baby and you really don’t know what your body is doing. What started as a month menstrual cycle quickly turned into a huge mess for my life. It slowly turned into me getting my cycle every two weeks and lasting a week. By the time it was at its worst, I was having my menstrual cycle for three weeks out of the month, having a week break, and then three weeks of fun again. At this point, I went to the doctor. In hindsight, I should have went way sooner. I had to be put back onto birth control. My mood swings were also so out of control revolving around my cycle that I was put on PMDD medication. I ended up only staying on it for a couple months due to the cost. It did help though.

I thought this was an over and done with situation. When I went off my birth control to get pregnant again, my hormonal issues had cleared up. Our first try at getting pregnant ended in a miscarriage. However, last October, I got pregnant again and had a son in June. Little did I know, this was all going to start again. Again, even though I was nursing and on the minipill, I got my menstrual cycle back 3 weeks after having Will. I then proceeded to have it every two weeks. I saw the writing on the wall right away this time. I contacted my doctor, and we started trying to fix this before it got out of control again. We started with the minipill and then tried Ortho Tri Cyclen Low. That was the worse thing for me. Not only did it not stop my menstrual cycle from happening every two weeks, it made me more moody than I already was. I wanted to be anywhere than here — Outer Banks, space, Mars. Anything was better than here. I have to thank Kat and Elizabeth for getting me through that. I told them what was going on and how desperate I was feeling. I knew what was causing it, but that sure does not make you feel better. I got into contact with my doctor and now I am on Yaz. It seems to be doing the trick for now. I have been on it almost a month. My monthly cycle is not occurring every two weeks. The only time I felt the hormonal mood swings was the day I forgot to take my pill. Other than that, it has been good.

What did I learn that I think needs to be passed on? If you are having these issues or post partnum depression symptoms, please see your doctor. That is what they are there for (plus until we get this figured out, my doctor is giving me free samples, so it isn’t costing me $30 each time we make a change). A hormonal imbalance is not going to correct itself without a little help. Don’t wait till it is out of control. Also, instead of dealing with it on your own, make sure your support system knows what is going on. If you can’t tell your support system, let a few trusted friends know what is happening. The main thing to remember is that you are not alone.

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This post is going to be complaining about womanly things that with be referred to as Flo (you know, the waitress from the game Diner Dash). I just wanted to warn the faint of heart before I begin.

Do you know what having a baby does to your hormones? If not, let me explain. It completely throws them out of wack. Why do I say that? Well, after having Madison, for about 5 months, Flo would visit three weeks out of the month. Then I would have a week without her and then she would come and visit again. This wonderful occurrence started after what I have happening now. Currently, Flo visits every two weeks. I am on birth control, so this should NOT be happening. However, until we find the one that works for me, we play this wonderful game. I get PMS, so anyone who has regular contact with me should get some term life insurance. Seriously. After having Madison, they actually put me on PMD medication, since I was so moody.  I hoping to avoid that right now.

On the other end of womanly things, I bought some new bras, since after having Will, the girls changed in size.  Here’s the scary/weird part of the story.  Bill was checking out what I bought when I went shopping and asked what size they were.  I said they were a DD cup, and he goes no they look more D cup.  I checked, and he was right.  Why does my husband know cup sizes by just looking at them?  LOL

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