Anyone shouts at you for not having the right level of optimism, you sic me on 'em, and I'll bite their legs off, I will.
It will take a while for your hormones to sort themselves out. This period won't last forever. You may have fibroids: go back to your GP and ask if they had considered that, and if so, what would they recommend? (I had a lumpectomy about ten years ago, which was scary as nobody knew at the time if the lump was benign or not, but it did wonders. No more three-week periods. Oh, yes, I had Child afterwards. I should also add that every type of Pill I had tried made the fibroids MUCH worse.)
If it's at all possible, try to treat the symptoms a few hours at a time: I can't tolerate ginger tea for tummy pains but small amounts of candied ginger, I can. It may be simple stress (even positive stress, like moving house and changing some major life plans such as who you are actually living with, is stressful). Talk to Himself. He won't be surprised, I'm sure, if you tell him it's wonderful and yet scary at the same time. Chocolate is good: I prefer plain for period pains. Toll House cookies are even better, and making them is a good way to place your attention elsewhere, even if you end up with no baked cookie dough because raw Toll House dough is so wonderful.
Being in pain and utterly worn out sounds like a perfectly rational cause for tears, and conversely, crying a totally rational response to those conditions. We're not in the middle of the Blitz, and stiff upper lips are not called for at this time...
but I'm not trying to criticise you for wanting a stiff upper lip, either.
Congratulations on going through with it!
It will take a while for your hormones to sort themselves out. This period won't last forever. You may have fibroids: go back to your GP and ask if they had considered that, and if so, what would they recommend? (I had a lumpectomy about ten years ago, which was scary as nobody knew at the time if the lump was benign or not, but it did wonders. No more three-week periods. Oh, yes, I had Child afterwards. I should also add that every type of Pill I had tried made the fibroids MUCH worse.)
If it's at all possible, try to treat the symptoms a few hours at a time: I can't tolerate ginger tea for tummy pains but small amounts of candied ginger, I can. It may be simple stress (even positive stress, like moving house and changing some major life plans such as who you are actually living with, is stressful). Talk to Himself. He won't be surprised, I'm sure, if you tell him it's wonderful and yet scary at the same time. Chocolate is good: I prefer plain for period pains. Toll House cookies are even better, and making them is a good way to place your attention elsewhere, even if you end up with no baked cookie dough because raw Toll House dough is so wonderful.
Being in pain and utterly worn out sounds like a perfectly rational cause for tears, and conversely, crying a totally rational response to those conditions. We're not in the middle of the Blitz, and stiff upper lips are not called for at this time...
but I'm not trying to criticise you for wanting a stiff upper lip, either.
Want a cookie recipe?