Hormones?

[LovesFrance]

OH, BOY, have I been noticing hormonal changes in the last year or so. YOWZA! It happened as soon as I turned 40. The stuff that affects my physical activities these days seems to be EXTREME fatigue that I get the week before and first day or so of my period. I never felt this zapped of energy in the past. What my doctor has told me in the past was that as we age, our body gets in a little panic to use up all the eggs, so sometimes we release two. (This is why the chance of twins increases for women in their early 40s.) This increases the amount of progesterone (from TWO corpus luteum cysts instead of one) and increases the PMS. I'm still finding exercise to be helpful with cramps, but I do have to slack off due to fatigue.