Category: Menopause

The myths flaxseeds, the facts, and how everything adds up One thing I have always enjoyed doing is sharing my experiences and trying to help others go through the same experience with ease. On July 4th last year, I flew to Utah to celebrate Independence Day with my eldest son Finn. While on the plane, Read more…

As women approach menopause, they gradually start to experience several menopausal symptoms. Some popular symptoms include hot flashes, mood swings, weight gain, and reduced metabolism. Women who undergo menopause would inevitably experience weight gain. Most folks associate weight gain and loss with calories and workout routines. However, recent research has proven that a hormone called Read more…

The biological system of a woman is phenomenal. From the onset, every stage is timely, especially during the secondary developmental stages. At birth, the reproductive system of a female is immature until puberty, which happens between the ages of 8 and 16. The early stages of puberty produce very visible signs. Following this stage is Read more…

Do you experience mood swings, hot flashes, or restless nights during menopause? These are common symptoms of anxiety experienced by most midlife women. According to studies, up to 51% of women between the ages of 40 and 55 experience anxiety symptoms. Even though it is a common natural phase in every woman’s life, dealing with Read more…

How often do you wake up at night to urinate? Never or only once? If you’ve reached menopause, that number can be much higher due to nocturia, a condition that makes you wake up repeatedly urinate. What exactly is nocturia? It is a condition in which you wake up in the middle of the night Read more…

Coping with menopause can entail adopting a healthy lifestyle that includes non-hormonal remedies for symptoms such as hot flashes. Everyone goes through menopause uniquely, and you may feel better with some non-hormonal approaches but not others. Some non-hormonal remedies can help with more than one menopausal symptom. This article discusses common non-hormonal approaches for managing Read more…

Due to the symptoms such as hypertension, hot flashes, weight loss/gain e.t.c that are associated with menopause, various treatment options have been made available to help alleviate them. Of these treatment options, hormone replacement therapy has become very popular. The symptoms of menopause are caused by fluctuations in vital hormones like estrogen and progesterone. Estrogen, Read more…

As a woman, your reproductive years refer to the phase of life where you can be pregnant if you have sex. This phase begins when you start menstruating (which marks the beginning of ovulation) to the period of menopause. Once you start menopause, you might experience bodily changes in lifestyle and health. These changes begin Read more…

I remember vividly this time seven years ago when I started experiencing signs of menopause. I was overwhelmed! The symptoms came all too sudden and unexpected, but I was able to manage them until I finally got into my menopause stage. Menopause made me realize the importance of healthy dieting. Before now, I ate junk Read more…

Menopause comes with detrimental symptoms capable of jeopardizing specific aspects of a woman’s life. No need to panic, though; we can handle it…right? You may have experienced or heard of one or two of these symptoms. But do you know all of it? While hot flashes and night sweats remain the most common, menopause still Read more…

Having headaches, especially migraines, is common for women during hormonal fluctuations. A woman’s reproductive hormone (estrogen) is known to be closely related to the event of headaches. Therefore, the female may frequently or rarely experience migraines throughout her reproductive life, depending on individual body makeup. Due to this hormone factor, health statistics show that the Read more…

Many women are at a loss as to what menopause is all about. They do not know what symptoms they may experience, and even if it is clear, they do not know how to handle them. The situation is even worse for their spouses, who are none the wiser. Menopause is usually a challenging period Read more…