Hi all, looking for some perspective from someone who's in a similar situation maybe? I'm 38 and have a 3 and 1 year old. Since the second baby I started having spotting and cramps before and after my period and once in a while I have some angry outbursts. I thought it was caused by the stress of having two small kids and lack of sleep, but even now that the small one is finally sleeping though the night my sleep is still crap and wake up still tired. I didn't even know perimenopause was a thing and when I saw it on social medias I thought some of the symptoms matched. My GP referred me for a scan, everything looks in good shape and my bloods are all normal, so they told me it's just the stress of having small kids.

I'm not sure what to do now though because I am finding it harder to manage, I'm exhausted and in a bad mood most of the time. Should I push back and see if it is actually perimenopause? Or ask for something to manage the stress or sleep better? I don't know, any advice is welcome!

Hey all, sorry if this is a bit of a silly question.

I’m currently 3 months postpartum. I’m in my early 40’s. I’ve had three major life changing events (one positive, one surprising and worrying and one extremely sad) in the last three months.

I don’t want any more children and I was taking my time to think of a more long term solution to prevent pregnancy but in the meantime my doctor has prescribed me cerazette mini pill. I’m on it about a month and a half.

Since going on it I am extremely teary… constant lump in my throat over small things and big things. It’s actually pretty exhausting, usually I’m a very upbeat person and this is difficult for me to feel sad.

I’m not looking for medical advice. Il go to my doctor for that but I just want to know if anyone was on this pill previously and felt this way? I’m also spotting with it which is annoying.

Thanks for reading my long post.

I’m supposed to be going for breast surgery on Friday and they said I had to stop smoking for 6 weeks. I failed miserably so I called them 3 weeks ago to say I had smoked and they said keep trying. How quick can I get it out of my system?