🌼Was I always this hungry before my period?🤤

—A story about being confused by a "natural PMS" after a long time—

Since I started fertility treatment, I have spent a lot of time
in cycles where I adjust my menstruation to induce a period🌱

When I am adjusting my menstruation, I do have some premenstrual symptoms, but I have felt:
・My irritability is slightly milder
・I don't get abnormally hungry
・My mental state is relatively stable
I've had those kinds of feelings🤔

For some reason, it was better than my usual PMS or during my period...✨

▶︎ This time, I decided to wait for my period naturally

After finishing my 5th egg retrieval, and with the year-end and New Year holidays overlapping, I decided not to adjust my menstruation immediately this time, and instead,

I decided to let my period come naturally for once
before heading into my 6th egg retrieval.

And now, I am definitely in the premenstrual phase😱

I'm feeling it for the first time in a while.
“Oh, so this is what natural PMS is like...!”I thought.

▶︎ Anyway, I'm starving!!😂

I'm honestly, surprisingly hungry🤤

Even after eating a proper dinner, I can still eat more with a face that says,
“...I could totally go for another dinner, you know?”
Haha.

I try to resist, but I end up going to the convenience store → but there's nothing that catches my eye → so I end up going home without buying anything → oh wait, I'm still hungry, I should buy something → I try to go again → but then I decide never mind →
I have days where I do these mysterious things😂

Conversely, there are days when I think,
“Forget it for today!” and I just buy a lot and eat a lot.

And on days when I'm really, dangerously hungry before my period, what I've been doing lately is
adding one extra dish to my usual dinner.

Lately, I've been steaming Amazon protein gyoza in a bamboo steamer and eating them lol🥟
Trying to be at least a little healthy!🙏

“It's protein, so this is good for my body, right?”
“Actually, I need this, right?”
There are nights when I get extremely lenient with myself. Lol

▶︎ Is it just me?

PMS symptoms really vary from person to person, but it's been a long time since I've felt this
“bottomless hunger”so clearly.

I'm surprised once again at my own body, realizing how different it is
with a natural cycle...🫢

For those of you also undergoing fertility treatment,
how is it for you before your period when it comes naturally?

・How do you deal with your appetite?
・Are you the type to eat without worrying?
・Are you the type to try and control it?

I'd love to know!💛

▶︎ Time to listen to my body

The state of being regulated by hormones versus
natural hormonal fluctuations.

It's not about which is good or bad, but
I'm truly realizing just how differentit feels right now!

Once this cycle ends,
I'll move on toward my 6th egg retrieval,
but for now, I think I'll properly embrace
this "natural pre-period phase for the first time in a while" too😂

For now, I am
being saved by protein gyoza🥟