MeNoPause
MeNoPause
During the pre-menopause stage of life, a woman is having her regular menstrual cycle, is in her prime childbearing years, and has no noticeable symptoms of menopause. Technically, a woman is in the pre-menopause stage at any point before entering perimenopause.
Perimenopause is a transitional stage between pre-menopause and menopause. This stage typically begins in a woman’s 40s and lasts for several years. During this time, the results of hormonal shifts will become noticeable as the ovaries slowly stop working. As estrogen production slows and fewer eggs are released, common perimenopause symptoms such shorter and increasingly irregular periods, aching joints or muscles, decreased sex drive, vaginal dryness occurs often.
Menopause can affect women ranging from their 30s to their 60s. To be considered in menopause, a woman must not have had a menstrual cycle for 12 consecutive months. The ovaries have stopped working entirely and are no longer releasing eggs.
For menopausal women, hot flashes are the most common complaint. Women may also notice decreased breast fullness, thinner hair, increased growth of facial hair, or urinary incontinence as the pelvic floor becomes more relaxed.
Once a woman has surpassed a full year without a menstrual cycle, she is considered to be postmenopausal. She will remain in this stage for the rest of her life. Fortunately, during this time, the symptoms that marked the perimenopause and menopause years begin to subside, leaving most women more physically comfortable.
Vesta’s Words
Wikipedia States: “Menopause, also known as the climacteric, is the time when menstrual periods permanently stops…”At the physiological level, Menopause happens because of the decrease in the (Ovaries) production of the hormones OESTROGEN & PROGESTERONE.
Menopause is the opposite of “MENARCHE”, the time when a girl’s periods start. As a fervent practitioner of Ashtanga Yoga, I was very worried on how long it would take before I would be able to fully recover my practice.
