What’s the really really?

Some of the best advice I was given when I had my first child was not the well-intentioned “sleep while the baby is sleeping” or “get used to eating cold food.”

Rather it was advice from my one of my best friends. She told me to make sure to get the hospital bloomers and to keep taking the stool softener pills whether I thought I needed them or not. I listened to what sounded like a horror story getting through her first poop and thought; Yikes! Thanks for being so transparent, but that probably won’t apply to me. A few weeks later, I realized her advice was GOLD and was so thankful I followed her instructions.

I was also gifted a marked up, dogeared and highlighted book all about the transition after coming home with the baby from one of my sisters-in-love. Initially, I didn’t fully appreciate the beat up book alongside all the new, shiny baby gifts I had before bringing my son home but it was the book that I faithfully referenced—and marked up even more—for the first year after having my baby. Also gold!

I don’t have raw, perfectly problem solving advice for the menopause transition and I may never have it since we all have our own path and experience symptoms (or don’t) very differently. But my hope in creating this blog/site is that topics that aren’t always in the forefront, start to become a part of the regular conversation.

I hope to glean more insight and share as I go. There may not be something for everyone but I hope that there’s a little value in what’s shared.