You may experience bloating during perimenopause and menopause. It may be the result of fluctuating hormones during this period of your life. The middle-aged spread and weight gain stems from a variety of factors, including the fact that older women are simply less physically active. There's also a slowdown in metabolism, which may indicate your thyroid is off balance. And then there is … [Read more...]
One of the biggest symptoms during menopause is dryness, which can affect the skin, eyes, mouth, vagina and more! So, let's dive into why dryness is such a common symptom during the menopause and how it affects many areas of the body. But first, let's look at the vagina. Because of hormonal changes, the vagina lining becomes thinner and drier and the vaginal secretions diminish. The vagina … [Read more...]
Menopause can feel like an emotional rollercoaster for many women. Much like the mood swings and irritability of PMS (pre-menstrual syndrome), mood changes during menopause are caused by fluctuating production of the hormone estrogen. Menopausal mood changes and irritability, aggression, depression, fatigue, and other feelings are not uncommon. Again, this can happen with PMS, but if you … [Read more...]
Many women experience sleep problems during perimenopause. This is most common during the period of time before menopause when hormone levels and menstrual periods become irregular, but can also carry on even after menopause into post menopause. Disrupted sleep is a problem that is very troublesome for women and can leave sleep deprived women fatigued and tired ALL the time. Not to mention … [Read more...]
Hot flashes are a very common symptom of perimenopause and menopause. It often feels like a sudden flare of heat running through your body, combined with extensive sweating and flushed skin. One of the biggest menopause symptoms are hot flashes. A major hot flash can induce upper body flushing. Your skin gets hot and red, and it is accompanied by sweating. A hot flash tends to come on rapidly … [Read more...]
Menopause is when you no longer have a menstrual period and your reproductive years are over. But by definition, they wait until you haven't had a period for an entire year to make sure that you've really had your last one, and then once you reach that point, you hit menopause. So technically, menopause is the one day after one year of no periods pairing. The menopause is the transitional … [Read more...]
Have you heard of the seven dwarfs of menopause? The joke is that the seven dwarfs are not grumpy, dopey, doc, happy, bashful, sneezy and sleepy. Instead in menopause, they're itchy, bitchy, sleepy, sweaty, bloated, forgetful and all dried up. And they have some aggravating cousins as well. Frigid and leaky. Just imagine how our beloved Snow White would be as a benefactor of all these annoying … [Read more...]
And you thought crowning was painful…. The facts about vaginal dryness after childbirth In prenatal classes, you learn about contractions, pushing, crowning…and then that life-changing moment of birth! You are also taught the how to’s of breastfeeding and diaper changing. However, no one ever talks about what happens to your vagina after birth. In addition to the tremendous physical … [Read more...]
Feeling swollen and bloated? Welcome to your ageing lymphatic system in menopause! Lymphedema is swelling in the arms or legs due to a disruption of lymph fluid flow through the lymphatic system. This disruption causes fluid to accumulate under the skin. The most common cause of lymphedema is the removal of lymph nodes. It can also be caused by an obstruction that blocks lymph fluid … [Read more...]
Don’t we all love to swim? After all, there’s no other exercise that’s fun and helps you stay in shape all year round like swimming! But have you ever experienced anything weird in your vagina after a dip in the pool, such as itching or dryness? If you’re wondering whether swimming is bad for your vagina, the answer, unfortunately, is yes. The main reason swimming is bad for your vagina is … [Read more...]
