Category - perimenopause

Have you ever wondered how many eggs your ovaries contain ie your ovarian reserve? Or how long they might last?   It’s a fascinating question whose answer began when you were developing inside your mother’s womb.   According to an article in the June 2017 issue of The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, a …

Are you confused about hormones? Are they right for you? When do you start them? Stop them? Which one? How much? What kind? Are bioidentical hormones safer?   If any of that sounds like you, you’re not alone!   Not many medications affect so many people and are so misunderstood. We need an Estrogen Fix. …

How much do you really know about menopause? When does it happen? What things can cause it? Can you get pregnant? If you start taking estrogen, do you have to stay on it forever? Women have a lot of questions and there is a lot of confusion. That’s why i came up with this Test …

Get the pros and cons of each delivery system Adapted from The Estrogen Window Once you understand the estrogen window, you’ll possess a powerful concept that can transform your life for the better, and it is incredibly simple to understand. Once you do, you can begin taking advantage of your estrogen window to reduce your anxiety about …

https://youtu.be/E8uSKMpC_SQ In this Facebook LIVE video, women asked their most pressing questions about perimenopause after first a short intro about 4 Things You Must Know about perimenopause. There’s a lot of great info here that I wanted to share because perimenopause is so confusing. The symptoms are sometimes thought to be a heart problem, a …

As your reproductive years are starting to wind down, your hormones move into transition mode. And that means hormones out of balance. It’s natural and it’s inevitable, and the severity of  your symptoms depends on your overall health and your knowledge of what is going on in your body and so you can do something …

Q: I’ve just started perimenopause, and my mood swings are driving me crazy! I’m happy as a lark one minute…mad at the world the next…and then so sad that I’m weeping over cat-food commercials. How can I stay on a more even keel? A: Mood swings are one of the top complaints from women who …

I asked my friend Ellen Dolgen to contribute a post for my blog.  She’s a great writer and here are her thoughts and wisdom. Enjoy! I’m in the menopause business. No, this was not my major in college. This is my encore career – menopause education is my mission Spurred by my own experience struggling …

Every year about 715,000 Americans have heart attack. In fact, heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States, and for the first time, more women are dying of heart disease than men.   Having a heart attack can have a very major affect on your life …

You know that estrogen plays a role in some breast cancers. You may also know that the sex hormones estrogen and testosterone originally are created in the ovary, testis and adrenal gland by metabolizing cholesterol. You may not know that an intermediate of cholesterol metabolism occurs in a type of blood cell called macrophages. It’s …