10/01/2020
Can you imagine that I hadn’t heard of this word until about 10 days ago when I googled the length of my increased cycle and it popped up! Why doesn’t anyone tell us these things?
I don’t understand why being female is cloaked in so much freaking mystery?!?!
Periods! Childbirth! Menopause! And apparently, - all naturally occurring physical phenomena that’s been going on for time immemorial! And we DON’T talk about it!! Why why why?!?!?!
I am officially starting a for all the women I know to come together and just talk and share about all the things we go through and just brush aside. It’s time we learnt from each other and made life easier for ourselves. Let’s give ourselves a break, shall we?
DM to plan a session, virtual or coffee - we’ll make it happen.
Midlife - means any age where you feel you need clarity
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Peri-menopause is the time in mid-life, usually between 39-45 when a woman’s hormones start to fluctuate more dramatically causing her not to ovulate monthly anymore. There are many s*x hormones the major players here are estrogen and progesterone.
Most women don’t know the term peri-menopause as its relatively new—1990’s.
Doctors aren’t usually very helpful either with educating women on the changes happening and how to shift habits and perspective.
I hear a lot of women get very excited to not have a period anymore.
Our periods do a lot for us. I find women aren’t informed about all the advantages we have BECAUSE of our periods. I want to name a few:
-marker for health (monthly)
-more liking to prevent osteoporosis, cancer and heart disease
-helps women get more in touch with their body and its ebbs and flows
Understanding your body, how it works and what all your hormone levels REALLY are is part of women becoming the CEO of their own health. It's not a time in a woman’s life to take the answer, “I know what your hormones are doing, testing will not tell me anything” If your doctor says this to you, I would consider looking for a doctor who listens to you and has answers that satisfy your questions.
Because testing and understanding how hormones metabolize i
