Please don't say period

Periods, that little thing that arrives for most women every 28 days, the thing that we all eye roll at and that make us feel lets be honest damn right icky! A few weeks ago I was talking to my sister about as she calls them the dreaded P, (in our house we call it Brenda, I don't know why we just do!)

Anyway we were talking about Brenda and my sister said, aren't they just the worse, I hate them...I stopped her in her tracks, you see, I have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) last year I had one cycle that lasted 90 days, yup 3 months... that's 90 days!!

I read an article the other week that talked about reforming and I just had to share it, the writer spoke about instead of becoming upset when your period arrives, being thankful that your body is doing what it needs to. I know this is so hard when your whole body aches to have a baby in your womb, when you've lost any notion of what you want to do with your life because all you really want is to be at home as a mummy. It's the only job that matters, its the only one that has ever mattered. I know, I've been there, Lord knows I'm still there, the grief and pain with no apparent loss is hard to manage and even harder to explain. BUT, this new reforming has changed my life.

EVERY month when Brenda rocks up, I will often sit right there in the bathroom and cry, not sad tears any more, tears of joy and relief that my body is finally doing what I need it to. Tears that mean I am thanking my body, and, in that moment I promise it I will do all I need to in the next month to make sure Brenda shows up again on time. It's a hard head space to step into when you are always longing (even secretly) for Brenda to not show because it means you may be pregnant. But, I believe it is the best head space I've tried to rest in and I'm telling you it has helped me immensely.

I encourage you to try and do the same, each month, each time you see Brenda on her way

Ruth x

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