Why is my tummy bulging? I look like I'm pregnant!
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Comments (21)I'm so glad my garden could bring enjoyment to you. The pics certainly are a welcome contrast to the thin layer of snow I can see outside my computer window right now! Carla, hey, if you are ever wandering by southeast Kansas, make sure you give me a call and I will give you a personal tour of my garden. The neat edges--I get them the hard way. The garden was deep-dug several years ago to get rid of weeds. Then heavy mulch spread. Then periodically I get on my hands and knees and pull back the grass (including bermuda grass--ugh!) that want to spread into the garden. Then I run for the lawnmower, set it on low, and quickly mow around all the edges. Have to do that 2 or 3 times a season if I want to keep it half-way neat. SuzyQ--your plans sound great. I predict a beautiful garden in your future! And Ray and lesmc, same prediction for you two. My gardens have been maturing and slowly expanding for 25 years now. Time, patience, and care (and getting rid of your mistakes--LOL) are crucial ingredients in any garden. Redsox and Kate--I'm glad to hear the stepping stones work for you. I put a lot of hard work into doing that. When I moved here centuries ago, there was a big pile of rather large (and heavy!) sandstones. Couldn't figure out what to do with them or how to get rid of them. So I decided sandstone paths were the only solution. Some of those suckers are heavier than I can lift--as my son and nice neighbor who moved some of them for me will testify. I hope other people will post pics of their gardens. I would enjoy looking at them also. Kate...See MoreNo cycle in 4 months. I'm 42..why?
Comments (59)I’m 44 and missed 4 periods to the day. Slept horribly last night pressure between my legs was so bad I’d put a pillow between them like I did when I was pregnant. I’ve also had the round ligament pain as well lately like I did in pregnancy. Instead of the change it should be called the confusion! Before this current cycle I was having phantom periods where the symptoms would show but no period. So much of what we go through mimics pregnancy and other female related problems add that to most doctors even those who have gone through this not being much help. My current Dr. at a minimum is perimenopausal if not post, she’s at least 10 years older than me but I’ve learned more in online forums than in any Dr’s office. I started having symptoms at 39 skipping periods once a year and hot flashes until these last two years. The insomnia began, I started with longer periods they went from 6 days to sometimes 9, 11 or 14. Lots of clotting and heavy bleeding. I had started wearing depends and all black to help buy time when I would bleed through my clothing. I also have 3 fibroids that are of course getting larger because my hormones are so out of whack. I learned though that the clotting at this stage is the uterine lining shedding off in preparation for of course no periods. I’m severely anemic my iron is so low right now my Dr. wants me to have an iron transfusion. I refuse to take drugs to “regulate” my cycle when I feel like it’s only prologing what has to happen anyway which is for my body to transition into no periods. 2017 my weight went down finally and the bleeding went back to normal whatever that is now but I started having vaginal dryness making sex pretty uncomfortable without lube more often than not. My drive isn’t what it used to be either. It was always high no matter what until last year now I have to remind myself about it. Regular sex does help with my symptoms as well as crushed ice with hot flashes but I originally started on it because of my low iron but it also helps to keep my body cooler so I’m never without it. This year I’m battling my weight again gained 10 pounds in 3 months some of that is the holidays I try to check before and after and this year I was at 5 pounds but I still gained another 5 while my cycle was MIA. Hoping since my periods are stretching I am near tge end of the tunnel. I’m just greatful my kids are grown and out of the house, my mood swings are horrible and don’t mix well with moody teens....See MoreTummy Bulge and more!
Comments (1)Feelin -- thank you, thank you. I think too many of us beat ourselves up because we don't look 20 years old anymore. Just the other day I finally said, I'm going to wear this t-shirt that hugs my hips because I like it, darn, and to heck with trying to look like I'm not 65! Who am I kidding!? So, I have a little pot belly. It doesn't make me a bad person, and now I have another reason to not hate my curves. Thanks for the education....See MorePregnant 'man' (I use that term very loosely) is pregnant again..
Comments (43)I caught part of last night's 20/20 program, only because the tuner was on ABC and when we finished watching a couple of programs that we'd recorded earlier in the week, 20/20 was on. So, I only saw maybe 20 minutes of the show. But, from what I saw, it didn't appear that either of the two have a job. So, it appears to me that although Barbara Walters made a point of saying that 20/20 was not paying the couple for their appearance on the program, they are seeking out publicity for the money....See Morejazs
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