The Plum: Beth
Submitted by: Me, Beth:)
Whiting, IN
This one still makes me cringe (but also makes me laugh). So I had my kids later in life which means they were still little when I started perimenopause. For me perimenopause meant super heavy periods- that came without warning. So I am at the YMCA with my sons. One is old enough to change out of his wet swimsuit on his own in the changing room next to me, my other son is only 2 and a half so I brought him into the changing room with me to get us both out of our wet stuff and into dry clothes for the ride home. Well isn't this *the moment* my uterus decides to DUMP her contents. It looked like a crime scene in that changing room within 15 seconds. Of course my two-year-old has no idea what's going on and is screaming "why you bleeding from you bum-bum?" over and over and over in the CO-ED changing room. I used a towel to clean up then used a diaper to catch the rest and rode home. That was a few years ago and my son hasn't indicated he needs therapy yet, fingers crossed he's forgotten about the whole thing. I have not.
