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Related ArticlesCompromising fortiesBy Angelique Jurd Added Mon, Nov 1st 2010, 07:32
There is, I am finding, something very odd about being in my 40’s. Having more or less made peace with my body and having accepted that like it or not I have curves and soft, squishy bits – it all wants to change again. Perimenopause, Part 3 – 40 year old women are NOT going crazy, though sometimes they feel like they are.By Monterrey Wigglesworth Added Mon, Jun 9th 2008, 08:48
Perimenopause is hormonally driven and the symptoms range in severity from annoying to positively distressing. However there are steps women can take to alleviate them. Perimenopause, Part 2 – 40 year old women are NOT going crazy, though sometimes they feel like they are.By Monterrey Wigglesworth Added Mon, Jun 2nd 2008, 12:38
Perimenopause is hormonally driven and the symptoms range in severity from annoying to positively distressing. However there are steps women can take to alleviate them. When Your Parent Moves InBy Leigh Kelly Added Sun, Oct 26th 2008, 17:18
Life is wonderful, until you get that phone call....your parent has had a fall and broken their hip. And if that isn’t bad enough, they have not been able to be rehabilitated to go back home. What do you do? “Don’t worry Mum (or Dad), you can come and live with us until you are well enough to manage on your own. You will be back in your home before you know it.”... The Ultimate DilemmaBy Leigh Kelly Added Mon, Nov 17th 2008, 09:08
So you’re faced with the worst that could happen to your parent? They have to go into care. She has always said, “Don’t ever put me into a rest home, will you dear?” and now you are faced with the inevitable. Five Days Left to be Forty SomethingBy Wende Jowsey Added Fri, Jun 13th 2008, 14:43
Words that start with ‘S’: stoic, serene, skeptical, surprised; these all come to mind as my 50th approaches. It’s such a cliché to obsess about the start of this particular decade and I know it. But damn it, it is different than turning 40. I sense that the box to tick for your age goes from 30-49 and then jumps to 50-65 because I’m crossing a threshold―never again to be seen in quite the same light by people who find out. And they will find out because I’ll tell them. On a good day I’m likely to hear, “Gee, you don’t look fifty,” and that will be sadly but sincerely intended as a compliment. Perimenopause – Women in their 40s are NOT going crazy, though sometimes they feel like they are.By Monterrey Wigglesworth Added Tue, May 13th 2008, 15:18
Perimenopause has been the least understood period of a woman’s life, by both health professionals and women themselves. Perimenopause is the transition between the regular menstrual cycles to no cycles at menopause, and can last up to 10 years. We all know cycles can change even younger than 40, especially those women trying to get pregnant, so being aware of the sometimes stormy time of perimenopause is a MUST for every woman. Peta's PerspectiveBy Peta Mathias Added Mon, Feb 4th 2008, 10:47
According to epidemiologists, a woman who reaches the age of 50 free of cancer and heart disease can expect to live to 92. Experts keep telling us we have to exercise more. Is it just me? Shopping isn’t enough? Sex isn’t enough? Singing in the choir isn’t enough? Ironing isn’t enough? We now know that too much exercise is extremely bad for you. It takes away from more important activities like eating, cooking, drinking and flirting. Managing MenopauseBy Jacquie Dale Added Thu, Mar 6th 2008, 10:08
Many women talk about the problems of menopause. However it’s important to remember that menopause is after one year of no periods; before then any hormonal problems should be treated as PMS. At menopause the ovaries do not suddenly stop; they slow down hormone production and the adrenals take over; then after menopause the adrenals gradually become the major source of sex hormones. Who Says Puberty Only Comes Once?By Wende Jowsey Added Thu, Mar 6th 2008, 09:37
Individuation. It's a big word. It's typically used to describe an even bigger process pertaining to how we define ourselves for ourselves over the course of a lifetime. Psychologists know that it first comes up in spades during the terrible twos. We expect toddlers to want things their way and to make our lives impossible for a while. Then the big push to be your own person comes on like gangbusters at adolescence. Hormones skyrocket, phones get monopolised a whole lot more, we look, smell and feel like we're ready for something BIG. It’s like Bowie said "ch-ch-ch-changin' to face the strain", and it doesn't end―ever. The Sap Still Rises in Springtime - Menopause and Sex!By Wende Jowsey Added Tue, Oct 23rd 2007, 20:16
I know a lot more about what I want (most of the time) than when I was younger, and the expectation for sensuality and flirting to lead to sex, or relationships isn't what I'm about- which is hopefully a relief for my partner. What I am after is vitality and keeping the juices flowing. Meditations on Time and TidesBy Wende Jowsey Added Sat, Oct 13th 2007, 18:25
How do I feel about aging? Really feel about it? You would have to ask me when I’m having a Maxine morning—too much blood left over in my alcohol stream from last night, coupled with PPMS, the special gift of perpetual pre-menstrual syndrome for the peri-menopausal among us. Right now I feel annoyed, not with aging so much as with the way boomers seem to have made it something we just invented Read the article... Reproductive Organ Health and the Modern WomanBy Wende Jowsey Added Tue, Feb 26th 2008, 10:12
My great grandmother lived to be ninety-two years old. She managed to give birth to and raise thirteen children during her lifetime, without the benefit of pap smears, mamograms, or medical interventions of any kind. Sometimes, when I'm off to seek an expert's advice for a warrant of fitness to do with my anatomy as a woman, I wonder if modern women are really better off or just more medicalised than women were in my grandmother's day. The Moments in BetweenBy Wende Jowsey Added Thu, Dec 20th 2007, 11:10
It's a few days before the world celebrates Christmas. I have both my children at home with me and they're both fed, with expressions that shine like early stars in a softly clouded heaven. I look across the water and give thanks; it's a moment when nothing has to happen and hopefully nothing will. Other than our lives continuing to intersect, there's nothing I could wish for. Women in the middle: The best part of the life sandwichBy Wende Jowsey Added Mon, Sep 17th 2007, 19:30
I have a confession to make- I find the term baby boomer inelegant. I always have. Babies we aren't. I turned in my pacifier hours ago. And 'BOOMERS' conjures up images of humans-as-crazed-construction-sites-on-legs, crashing haplessly onto the scene. The women I meet are more eloquently described as 'she whose time of life has come'. The truth is: we rule. Read the article...Womenz : Monday 06th of February 2012 06:26:34AM
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