I saw my niece today. My mom drove my nephews and me and my brother over to my sisters house. I sat in the middle seat between my nephews in their booster seats but I didn't feel cramped and they just watched stuff on their phones. My 8 year old nephew was instantly in love with the baby. He wanted to hold her nonstop and he was just gushing over her. He looked at my sisters stomach and said "are you having another baby?" My 6 year old nephew looked at the baby a bit but didn't want to hold her and went on the recliner and watched anime on his phone the whole time we were there. I didn't know if he was jealous or just overwhelmed. Both my sister and brother in law are just so happy.

I have classic signs of high hematrcirt. Fatigue, itchy skin, dizziness. The itchiness is the worst. My blood test is in 2 weeks from Monday. But I'm not irritated in real life. Today is the one year anniversary of my hystrectomy and my mental health has improved so much since having the surgery. My mom agrees I have greatly improved. I don't think I've actually yelled at anyone or gotten seriously angry since I've had the surgery. I've for sure calmed down irl. It sucks that hystrectomys aren't offered to cis women for mental health reasons because they truly can make a huge difference if your mental health issues are mostly hormonal related.