Lauralyn, it isn't the that the PMS gets worse with every child, it's more that the more kids you have the less likely you are to be able to stand the noise and hassle when you're PMS'y anyway!!! I never used to have any problems with PMS at all until after my second child, and the main symptoms are the irritability. My only solution is to keep away from the kids as much as possible!

for cramps though my SIL says that the EPO has helped quite a lot, and she notices when she forgets to take it.

it seems to me that PMS magnifies whatever you're prone to anyway, since I'm definitely the irritable, bad-tempered type, and that's what goes out of control for a few days. I don't get the weepy side, but then I've never been a weepy kind of person. Not so sure about the physical side-effects.

Roll on early menopause I reckon!

Kerri.