Summer and stress? Yes indeed, you did read that right. Most of us love summer, the longer days, the balmy nights. But if you’re in your menopausal years, the summer can be super challenging. Especially for women down under. There are the obvious temperature increases which will not be kind to ‘women on fire’. But […]
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When we’re talking about menopause, a key point is that gut health (aka digestive health) and emotions go hand in hand. Yep, an unhappy gut can mean you feel down, anxious or depressed. Who knew, right? Most of us think our emotions are ruled by our brains. But the gut isn’t called the “second brain”
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Summer + hot flushes. Somehow just using the words ‘hot flushes’ and ‘summer’ in the same sentence is enough to set off my own internal heatwave! And the temperature’s rising. So if you were suffering from hot flushes already chances are you’ll be feeling under siege right now. Five things you can do that may
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I was sitting having a coffee while I waited for my car to get serviced recently so I opened a book that’s been on my bedside table waiting to be read. It’s called ‘The Wisdom of Menopause’ by Christiane Northrup, M.D. Two pages into the introduction, The Journey Begins, I’m wondering why it’s taken me
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Did You Know? Tomatoes May Reduce Meno Signs. Yes, it’s true. Science says so, therefore it must be true right? Lycopene You’ve probably heard that tomatoes contain a substance called lycopene – a potent phytochemical which a new study shows may be a meno girls best friend – along with a few other goodies that
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When we published 3 Signs That Point To You Being In Perimenopause, so many people read it we realised you’re starved of information. We get it. We totally do, and I definitely do, because that’s where I was. These days, since working with MenoMe®, my knowledge of the meno years has grown exponentially 😀. I’m
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Let’s talk. I’m serious, this is a call out to all of you wonderful meno women. It’s time to open up and start talking about menopause. The Studies Back It Up Studies show that if you talk about it, you’re likely to fare better in your menopause years.* Menopause is not a stage of life to
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Hey ladies, it’s Peter Lehrke here. I’m the biochemist behind MenoMe, and I’m here today to help guide you in understanding 40+. I’ll tell you why I was convinced to bring it to Australia and New Zealand. I read all the studies, listened to all the information and gave it to my wife to try 😀and I
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Jayne Kiely is no stranger to our television screens. She began her presenting career on A Question of Sport before moving on to Mountain Dew On the Edge, Weddings and Mitre 10 Dream Home. What’s more, the former track and field athlete and champion long jumper’s other claim to fame was representing New Zealand at
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One of our goals at MenoMe® is to encourage women to talk more about menopause. And by talking I don’t mean the usual jokes or a quick mention about hot flushes. I mean really talk about how menopause signs affect you on a day to day basis – at home, work, and socially. The truth is,
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When talking about the gift of menopause among friends and family I have heard some women say “I never went through menopause”. This is like saying “I never went through puberty”. What they actually mean is that they didn’t experience some of the more common signs of menopause. Symptoms such as hot flushes and night
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Menopause plays havoc with your sleep. Like you didn’t already know, right? Most menopausal women have known menopause and sleep can have a fractious relationship for a while. And if you’re aged 35 to say 45 or 50, and not yet in post-menopause, you may not have noticed your sleep quality has declined. Indeed, this
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Menopausal weight gain? Of all the menopause signs, the weight gain is the one I find the most distressing and the most pervasive. And it’s all about my expanding waistline. I hate that it’s now almost as hard to bend over and paint my toenails as it was when I was pregnant. Additionally, I hate
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One of the common issues of growing older is weight gain. And for women, this weight gain is accelerated during menopause as the balance of hormones shifts. Studies have shown that on average women gain between 6 and 7.5kg of weight between the age of 35 and 55 years. What’s more, many women feel like
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One of my favourite ways to relax is to curl up on the weekend with a magazine. And last weekend it led me to argue a statement about menopause and herbal remedies. My reading matter of choice was an issue of the Australian Women’s Weekly. Within the pages I discovered an article entitled “Let’s talk
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Pregnancy at work I’ve gone through both pregnancy and menopause at work and I can’t help but reflect on the differences between the two experiences. Apart from the fleeting shadow of terror that passes across your boss’s face when you break the news – signalling their mind has already leapt to the challenges of maternity
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Reframing menopause. It can be difficult to view menopause as a positive time when it’s such a negative sounding word. Somehow, the “pause” part suggests an end to something great. So perhaps our solutions for reframing menopause begins with the word itself. Indeed, should we be interpreting it as “me? NO pause” instead? Because, in
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This is the time when menstruation is well and truly over, the ovaries have stopped producing high levels of sex hormones and for many ladies, perimenopause symptoms subside.
Estrogen has protective qualities and the diminished levels mean organs such as your brain, heart and bones become more vulnerable. It’s also a key lubricant so your lips may become drier, your joints less supple and your vagina might be drier. In addition, your thyroid, digestion, insulin, cortisol and weight may alter.
At this juncture, a woman might experience an increase in the signs of reduced estrogen but she should have a decrease of perimenopause symptoms. That said, some women will experience symptoms like hot flushes for years or even the rest of their lives.
Peri = ‘near’
Most females begin to experience the symptoms of perimenopause in their mid-forties. Your progesterone levels decline from your mid-30s but it’s generally from around 40 that the rest of your sex hormones begin to follow suit.
Perimenopause is a different experience for every woman and some women may barely notice it. The first indicators are usually changes to the monthly cycle. This means that for some ladies, this can be accompanied by things like sore breasts, mood swings, weight gain around the belly, and fatigue as time goes on.
For those with symptoms it can be a challenging time physically, mentally and emotionally.
Importantly, perimenopause lasts – on average – four to 10 years. The transition is usually a gradual process and many women enter perimenopause without realising.
