**Giveaway Closed, Congratulations Carol T**
We all struggle with different issues as parents and I've certainly got areas where I need to up my game but I am thankful that one thing I don't struggle with is being able to talk to my children openly about all sorts. The girls are now nearly ten and a few weeks back we had the growing up, periods, body developing and (surface level) sex talk and then a couple of weeks ago I was presented with a prime opportunity to talk to them again, this time on the topic of intimate health.
Now don't get me wrong, it isn't like I enjoy
broaching sensitive or potentially embarrassing conversations with them I just
figure that if I tackle them head on and without my face going too red they
will grow up knowing that it is OK and normal to talk openly. I pray this will
stand them in good stead when they have relationships of their own one day,
nothing worse than a wife who beats around the bush and can't be honest with
her husband, right?
So there I was a couple of weeks back, I wasn't feeling that great having developed a cold when we returned from Spain and I was coughing and sneezing
like a good’un. I've also got some women's issues and I'm waiting for my
appointment for a colposcopy, as after nearly ten years of excessive bleeding
it has become too much to live with. Then to top it all off I started to feel
uncomfortable down below, I was itchy, sore and just generally feeling very
tender. I was pretty sure it was thrush but due to my heavy bleeding I couldn't
spot the tell-tale white discharge that normally accompanies it but I knew it
was time to take action.