If you have read this blog over the last couple of years, you’ll know that I have had severe hormonal issues after the birth’s of my children. One of the ways I handled it was blogging about, because I often times felt like I was the only one dealing with these types of issues. What I didn’t know was that there many other women out there with the same issues. Most women can relate to the monthly annoyances that come with our menstruation cycles — from battling cramps and bloating to the bouts of unexpected mood swings. Though many of us experience similar symptoms, some women face a bigger challenge: periods so heavy they interfere with everyday activities. A recent surveyed group of more than 500 Moms with common heavy monthly bleeding symptoms brought about some interesting results:

1. Heavy monthly bleeding symptoms impact daily routines. The vast majority (92%) agreed that the condition frustrates them, and more than two-thirds (68%) feel that their periods control them.*
2. Women don’t always know where to turn for help with heavy monthly bleeding symptoms. More than 75% of women don’t know help is available for their heavy periods. Less than half have spoken to their OB/GYN about their symptoms.
3. Information and persistence may empower women to seek the right help. Of those who were satisfied with their treatment, 38% went to two or more visits with a health care professional before they found an option they liked.

For any woman who suffers from heavy bleeding, learning the symptoms of an abnormal period and discovering available treatments can change your life.  That is where HealthyWomen.org steps in.  HealthyWomen.org is the nation’s leading independent health information source for women.  They have put together a series of online resources about heavy monthly bleeding.   The resource section includes a survey to determine if your symptoms align with heavy monthly bleeding, key questions to ask, and available treatment options to discuss with your physician.

As I’ve learned myself, talking about your health issues is the first step in getting them fixed.  It’s also a great way to get support and have others help you.

I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour campaign by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Ferring Pharmaceuticals and received a promotional item to facilitate my review.

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I’ve got another crazy weekend planned! You may have all read about the craziness of last weekend and helping my mom paint, plant new plants, and rearrange her living room. We were busy, busy, busy last weekend! (Oh, I forgot to add that going to my moms from my house is a 4 hour drive too!). We took our kids to Bay Beach last weekend too! (For those who don’t know, Bay Beach is an amusement park in Green Bay. Rides cost 1 ticket to get on (each ticket is 25 cents!). There are some two ticket rides too. The new roller coaster they put in, The Zippin Pippin, is $1.00. (We wen’t on it — it’s worth a $1!).

This weekend is shaping up to be busy — just not quite as busy. Tonight, I have to go to a dinner with Bill for work. These things are always nice and well, boring. I’m hoping to get some more of my own yard work done this weekend.  I want to put a border around my front pine trees, and then add the rocks that are around the side of my house under the tree.  It isn’t like we can grow anything under those trees anyway.  However, something I’ve noticed that has happened with all of the yard work I’ve been doing — I want to be more active.  Now, I’m not saying that I am going to run out and get myself a Recumbent exercise bike or a gym quality bikes or even a Keiser indoor bike (though I could if I wanted to). Instead, it just makes me want to get out and exercise.  For me, that is a great thing since I don’t normally have any motivation to do so.  If it doesn’t rain, I’m going to paint my front porch too.  The only problem is that I can’t figure out what color to paint it!  Also, if it doesn’t rain, we are going to take the kids to be Morton Arboretum.  They have an awesome kids section there and I got a great GroupOn for it a couple of months ago.

As you can see, we have a crazy weekend scheduled.  What does your weekend look like?

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I’ve got the good kind of bugs in my house — HexBugs! Madison and I had a party over the weekend for her friends for HexBugs.  I’ll be honest — I think the adults like them just as much as the kids.  We played a ton of cool games and even had a relay race with the bugs and flyswatters:

Here is what the kids thought of them:

Here is the table we had the kids battling their bugs on!

I’ve talked to a lot of the moms since our party and all the kids loved them! One even slept with them the night after the party! My husband enjoys these just as much as my kids too!

I can see HexBugs being the gift to get this Christmas. Everybody loved them here!

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I have seriously been neglecting this blog more than I wanted to.  The last two weeks have been crazy, and there is just so much stuff I have to get done every day.  It is enough to drive me crazy some days.  That being said, I realized I have yet to write about my Pampers experience.  So, the first thing I need to do is wave hi to all the fabulous bloggers I got to meet:  Amanda (A Moms Review), Amanda (Oh, Amanda!), Christine (Boston Mamas), Erica (Yummy Mummy Club), Elizabeth (Table 4 Five), Elizabeth (Busy Mom), Heather (Lil Sugar), Isabel (Alpha Mom), Kailani (An Island Life), Karen (Thrifty Mommy), Mindy (The Mommy Blog), Romi (True Mom Confessions), and Stacy (The DeBroff DeBrief).  This group of mom bloggers was fantastic!  We all had a blast, and you all will definitely be hearing more about my trip.

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My friend Elizabeth and I talk quite a bit on Messenger — almost daily — so it wasn’t weird for me to be talking to her this afternoon.  However, she decide to come visit my kids and me today!  The cool part of this is that Elizabeth lives 4 hours from me!  Elizabeth and her 2 year old are at my house right now for a visit.  The three kids (my two and her one) are playing great together, and everyone is getting along great!  Us moms were able to talk, play on our computers, get some blogging done, and generally have a good time.  It’s going to be sad when they have to leave, but I am so glad they came to visit!

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