ITS THAT TIME OF THE MONTH AGAIN. LOH 155

Being a woman isn’t such an easy task to handle, at every given stage of our lives we go through different changes both physically and mentally, our monthly visitor isn’t such a strange visitor but sometimes it often acts as one, because sometimes it often gives us signs that its on is way but some other times it doesn’t.

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I may not be speaking generally but personally for me, its what I experience, some times I get to experience bloated tummy, indigestion, severe breast pains, nausea, and stooling… writing on this particular topic gave me a flash back about what I experienced some months back when i had my menstruation, that particular day, I went to work so I started feeling hungry, I had to look for food to buy, I bought the food and ate it all, but after some hours, I started feeling really uncomfortable, I could feel it that the food was not about to digest anytime soon.

I had to take an excuse from work to go to my mum’s side so that I could comfortably use the rest room, I got home and dashed into toilet, after some minutes I was done but still my tummy got bloated the more, the next thing I found my self doing was vomiting, I had vomited everything that was in my stomach, my elder sister became scared because I was just vomiting continuously,the more I threw the more my tummy got bloated, she had to rush to the pharmacy to buy drugs, I took the drugs then I became calm after some time, but unknowingly to me that my menstruation was just around the corner, later on I started having slight pains in my lower abdomen, and the next I saw later that evening was my monthly visitor!

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I TAKE CARE OF MY PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH BY;

• Firstly I’m mostly faced by pains, indigestion and bloated tummy, so I mostly watch what I eat, where I buy the food from, some times I get pain killers to suppress the pains.

• when it comes to my mental health during these times, I sometimes get aggressive and easily angered due to the pains, so I mostly keep to myself, I try as much as possible to be nice to others, and be calm.

• I normally get pads on time, I get the one of 30 in a pack, it consists of pads and panty liners, I used the pads on my heavy flow days, then I use the liners and the finishing days.

• I also try to change my pads regularly so as to avoid stains

• Although I get mad cravings for sweet foods, like carbonated drinks, chocolates and even cakes, i try my best to avoid such food, but some I still fall victim to eating them.

• I mostly drink hot or warm water as it helps to melt clotted blood, and I also apply heat balm at night as it helps to relax the muscles that contribute to cramps.

THIS IS MY ENTRY TO THE LOH COMMUNITY CONTEST #155
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