As a woman, there are many life changing moments in our lives. From when we get our first period to pregnancy and child birth to eventually menopause we are always experiencing changes in our bodies and reproductive system.
Many people fear the end of our reproductive system: menopause. Understanding this change of life can help you better cope with it and live with the changes your body will experience because of it.
What It Is
Quite simply, menopause is the end of your body’s ability to produce children. There comes a point in time when your body is unable to grow a child, and this change of life is nature’s way of putting a halt to the child bearing years. While some people believe that nature can be averted by in vitro fertilization and other fertility methods so that a post menopausal woman can get pregnant and reproduce, it is an extremely controversial topic.
Many doctors will only consider in vitro fertilization on a post menopausal woman if she experienced early menopause due to something like cancer, hormonal changes, or other non-natural occurring reasons for losing the ability to produce eggs at an earlier than normal age.
What You Can Do
Many woman fear menopause because of the horror stories related to it. Most women will, in fact, experience some of the most common symptoms related to menopause. The change of life drastically changes the hormones in your body, so it is true that symptoms like hot flashes and moodiness are common when you cease getting your menstrual cycle.
The hormones in our bodies regulate everything, so when they start fluctuating and changing, it only makes sense that our bodies would react differently. In addition, symptoms like vaginal dryness, sweating profusely, and even hair loss are also common. If you feel that you cannot handle any of these symptoms, please talk to your doctor about what you can do to help.
Do Your Research
However, before you talk to your doctor about what to do to stop or alleviate your menopause symptoms, make sure that you do your own research. Whereas hormone replacement therapy was the norm up until just a few years ago, more and more doctors are speaking up as research comes out connecting these hormone therapies with even more adverse affects such as cancer.
Make sure you know what you are talking about when you go into your doctor’s office so that you can be an advocate for yourself. While you do not need to go through menopause without any help, sometimes it might just be better to let nature take its course!
