S’mores anyone?!?!?!
Hello Tired Troopers,
Let’s get into hot flashes! Ah, yes, the lovely feeling of being on fire and there’s nothing you can do about it… what fun! Growing up my poor mom always ran hot, but then when she went through perimenopause she discovered hot flashes. It. Was. Awful! She would get hot flashes allllllllll the time and there wasn’t anything to do but wait it out. Well, flash forward to after I gave birth to my twins and I started having hot flashes!!! Whaaaaa?! All I had to go off of was my mom’s pregnancy experience and she never got hot flashes until perimenopause. Well, surprise! It can happen!
Hot flashes SUCK! You’re hot, yes, but it kind of feels like hot sweats and then cold sweats (like the kind you can get when you’re sick). First it’s hotter than balls, and you sweat… A lot! Then, when it passes, you freeze because your body returns to a normal temperature, but you’re soaked because of all the sweat. So, you end up freezing!
I can’t tell you how many times now that I have woken up drenched in sweat! Like soaked! It’s just so uncomfortable! I was told these would subside after I stopped breastfeeding, but that was 3 months ago and I am still getting hot flashes on the reg! Ugh!!!
One time my sweat rolled down the small of my back in bed, which woke me up and I flipped because I thought it was a huge spider! Argh!
I actually ask my husband all the time, “Is it hot in here, or is it just me again?!” 99.999999999% of the time he confirms that yep, it’s just another hot flash…! Bleh!
I actually got sick once about 6 months ago and I didn’t realize I was getting sick because it just felt like I was having my normal hot flashes… nope! Hot flashes are THE WORST.
I sure hope these stop soon… but it would be my luck that these post-partum induced hot flashes stop right as my perimenopause ones start! Ugh, I sincerely hope I get a break in-between!!! I’ve actually started carrying around a big folding fan! Thank you Drag Queens for making these fans “fashionable” again… I owe you one!!! 🤗 Clackity, CLACK! …If you know, you know 😏 😉 😎
