09/10/2025
Let’s rethink how we define menopause.
It’s often described as “the cessation of your period for 12 months.”
While true, that definition barely scratches the surface.
Menopause isn’t a single moment, it’s a transition. A gradual winding down of your reproductive lifespan.
We’re born with a fixed number of eggs. From puberty, we release one each month until, eventually, there are no more left. And when the eggs are gone, the hormones they produce (oestrogen and progesterone) decline too.
That hormonal shift is what drives the symptoms we feel in the short term, and it’s also what contributes to the long-term changes in our bones, heart, metabolism and beyond.
Understanding menopause as a process, not just a date on the calendar, helps women make sense of what’s happening in their bodies, and why support through this transition truly matters.
References:
• Oestrogen and Progesterone levels throughout a woman’s lifetime. Graph by Precision Analytical Inc.
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