perimenopause

Mom & Dad

Don't let menopause cause a divorce!

Women often find themselves divorced at the same time they're going through perimenopause and menopause. Why? Well, while there is...

Parenting Advice & Columns

Dueling hormones: When puberty and menopause collide

Now, more than ever, so many households are experiencing puberty and perimenopause and menopause (I call it PM&M for short) at the...

Women's Health

Managing perimenopause: Orthopedic issues

Your joints may be achier, your muscles tighter, you may just feel a little more rickety. If you've been particularly active most of...

Women's Health

Managing menopause: Skin and hair issues

The hormonal shifts of adolescence are well-known - if not legendary and somewhat feared. Hormones affect a child in every possible...

Women's Health

Managing menopause: The disappearing waistline

No matter how much you work out, no matter how many abdominal crunches you do, it gets harder to keep that tiny waistline as you get...

Women's Health

Managing menopause: Menstrual cycle changes

Do you remember the first couple years after you started menstruating? In those years, your cycle may have been a little irregular...

Women's Health

Managing menopause: Hot flashes

You might have seen the bumper sticker, "It's not a hot flash; it's a power surge!" And while you might have laughed at that in your...

Parenting Advice & Columns

Monday Mom challenge: Get support through perimenopause

If your childbearing years are over, it may have been a year or more since you last saw your OB/GYN. For a while now, you've had...