Cycles from H*** after baby #3 - tips to help??

[Anonymous]

I had my third almost 7 months ago and got my period back at 2 months PP 😭

Ever since then, my periods have been f***ing awful. Nausea/lack of appetite at times, joint pain, digestive issues, some muscle pain, fainty, just general flu like feelings. I'm also feeling super irritable and at times, feeling rage, which I never had before.

I've had painful periods since age 17 so the pain unfortunately didn't ease up. But I never had all this other garbage until the newest baby arrived.

With three young kids to take care of, it has been very difficult just to survive through the first 3 days of each cycle. All I want to do is stay in bed with a heating pad. But I obviously can't do that and am on my feet 24/7/365 with the kids.

Besides hydration, what are some things I can do to try and make it through each cycle?

It is mentally painful to think that I have to deal with this each month for at least the next 20 years 😫 (I'm late 30s).