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Juggling being a mum with Endometriosis

 


Being a man with endometriosis is hard work especially when you’re in a lot of pain and you have a child that is demanding attention and needing loved and cared for but it’s not impossible. 

Painkillers that work for you or having a pain management routine that helps you is beneficial in many ways whether you’re a parent or not but when you have a child that really needs attention and you’re in a lot of pain it can be a lot of hard work and it can actually cause you’re a lot more pain. 

You can experience feelings of being a failure or a bad parent because of not being able to do as much with your child, my daughter loves going to the park and I don’t have a backyard at the house I live at when I’m writing this back in January but when I’m having a really bad day I find it hard to be able to walk to the park to take her so I feel like a bad parent.

I have found ways to manage and you will too if you become a parent you are a parent but it’s not without feelings of failure or having days we can’t do much and have to spend the day in bed with your child with everything next to you. 

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