10 Jun
48 and I genuinely cannot predict my own body anymore. Last month, 19 days. The month before, 34. This month started with absolutely no warning while I was in the middle of a parent's evening. Dark trousers, thank god, but still. I sat there talking about my son's maths progress while quietly dying inside. The actual flow is different too. Not just heavier, it's like the first two days are a completely different level to anything I had in my thirties. I've started keeping a note on my phone, not because anyone told me to, just because I kept turning up at the GP going "erm, well, it's been heavy" and that's it, that's all I had. Felt like an idiot. So now I'm writing down when it starts, how heavy (I use a 1 to 5 scale, very scientific), and when it stops. That's it. Basic. Also been trying to eat more iron-rich stuff because I'm shattered and I read somewhere that heavy periods can tank your levels. Mostly lentil soup and the odd handful of spinach chucked into whatever I'm already making. Nothing heroic. Got a GP appointment in three weeks and I want to actually go in with something useful this time. Has anyone else put together a bleeding diary before a GP visit? Did it actually help them take you more seriously? x