<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471734966771375427</id><updated>2011-04-21T14:08:35.585-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mommy-Pause</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mommypause.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3471734966771375427/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mommypause.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Mommypause</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07909386107286563129</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471734966771375427.post-6905897244096513176</id><published>2007-09-14T10:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-01-26T12:30:25.243-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Motherhood vs. Menopause</title><content type='html'>Why am I so tired?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A. The baby woke up 3 times last night.&lt;br /&gt;B. My new HRT protocol isn't working.&lt;br /&gt;C. Both A and B.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For me, motherhood and menopause are one and the same.&lt;br /&gt;That is to say in a nutshell, that I now live permanently in the state of Tired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Technically, menopause came first - at age 31 with the diagnosis of Premature Ovarian Failure (POF). Next came the blessing of mommy-hood through the whirlwind rollercoaster of two domestic infant adoptions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The toddler just woke the baby up and now the dog is barking.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3471734966771375427-6905897244096513176?l=mommypause.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mommypause.blogspot.com/feeds/6905897244096513176/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3471734966771375427&amp;postID=6905897244096513176&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3471734966771375427/posts/default/6905897244096513176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3471734966771375427/posts/default/6905897244096513176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mommypause.blogspot.com/2007/09/motherhood-vs-menopause.html' title='Motherhood vs. Menopause'/><author><name>Mommypause</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07909386107286563129</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
