PMS: The empty womb cries out.

Funny things are happening at my house now that I have two daughters of reproductive age.

For one thing, the truism that women who live in close proximity to one another will get "in sync" resulting in days of bathroom crush is found to be true.

And secondly, the proof that "the empty womb cries out" becomes very evident. PMS probably should be called "pregnancy missed syndrome".

A generation of women is very, very cranky as we deny our wombs the gift of having children.

Realizing that it is after ovulation, when the body hormonally "realizes" that it isn't pregnant and trips the "prepare to start again" switch, that my girls have these huge, nonsensical meltdowns is very sobering.

Yes, it's "just hormones". But it isn't without reason. At a deep place, a woman wants to be a woman and bring forth life from the womb.