In a candid interview with the Sunday Times this weekend, singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette talked about about the âf**king s**tstormâ of hormones sheâs managing, between breastfeeding her seven-month-old baby, Winter, and going through perimenopause.
Morissette arrived for the interview right after nursing her baby, a little late and âblissed out on oxytocin,â according to Sunday Times writer Charlotte Edwardes. When the journalist asked the Canadian singer if she was OK, Morissette responded, âI am out of my mind right now, thatâs the honest answer.â
A lot of projects were in the works for Morissette for the coming months: a new album, a tour, and a Broadway musical of âJagged Little Pillâ, written by Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody. But since the pandemic began, the Ottawa-born artist has instead been hunkering down at home with her three kids and her husband, the rapper Souleye.
The singer is a proponent of attachment parenting and unschooling, so in many ways, she has been taking the new normal in stride. But she said that being in âlacto-menopause,â as she described the hormonal state of simultaneously producing milk and approaching the end of her menstrual cycles, could be brutal.
âIf my hormones are great Iâm ⊠â [thigh slap]. âWhen theyâre not, my head spins around. Iâll say to my family, âIf Mummy doesnât have six minutes alone right now, youâll get Cranky Mummy,ââ Morissette told the Sunday Times.
While six minutes in the bathroom or the hallway is helpful, if the singer needs a moment to get back in balance, truth be told, she could do with a little more.
âI mean, Iâd love six hours, but âŠâ she told her interviewer.
Every parent at home with their kids right now: âWe see you, Alanis!â