The baby woke up at 6am this morning and I was *not* ready to get up - but DH and I have been doing alternate mornings and yesterday was his turn so I had to get up today (though of course yesterday when it was HIS day she slept till 7am so I was getting up anyway). The worst thing about her waking early is that she's a pain to be with - really grumpy and sometimes she even hits me, which I don't handle well when I'm tired myself (she's only 17 months). This morning I just could NOT handle it and ended up shouting at her and DS (sigh).
But then I realised I'd just ovulated, and I was actually feeling bloated and crampy too. I've been noticing lately that all my menstrual symptoms have been getting a lot stronger since P was born (or maybe since turning 35) - I never used to notice them much at all but now I know exactly when I'm fertile, and when I ovulate, and when AF is coming... I've always heard of PMS, but does anyone know if you can get hormone effected moods around ovulation time?
Anyway I'm noting all this stuff in my diary now, to see if there's a pattern. I have a 0-5 scale for rating each day, where 0 is totally fine and 5 is a major outburst. Mostly I seem to give myself 1.5-3. I guess this morning was about a 4. I'm going to have to do this for a few months before I can really see if there's a pattern though.
Carol
