{"id":1043,"date":"2015-06-28T18:18:23","date_gmt":"2015-06-28T18:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegroupforwomen.com\/?p=1043"},"modified":"2022-03-31T23:32:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T23:32:26","slug":"what-to-expect-during-menopause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegroupforwomen.com\/what-to-expect-during-menopause\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Expect During Menopause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The average age women experience menopause is around 51 years of age.\u00a0 At this point, the ovaries begin to make less estrogen.\u00a0 In fact, one of the most common signals of approaching menopause is a chance in your menstrual cycle.\u00a0 A lighter or heavier flow than normal may appear and even skipping one or more periods can occur.\u00a0 At some point in this process, the ovaries stop producing estrogen and the menstrual period concludes.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1044\" src=\"https:\/\/thegroupforwomen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/images-3.jpg\" alt=\"images (3)\" width=\"341\" height=\"227\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Menopause brings about a different experience for each woman; some are heavily affected, while others notice little to no change.\u00a0 The most common symptom of menopause experienced are hot flushes, or \u201chot flashes\u201d.\u00a0 Nearly 75% of women in menopause will experience these sudden feelings of heat.\u00a0 During one of these occurrences, the skin may redden and a sweat may break out, lasting from a few seconds to a few minutes.\u00a0 While hot flushes are uncomfortable and a bit of a nuisance, they are not harmful.<\/p>\n<p>Other issues which may occur during menopause include trouble sleeping and emotional changes.\u00a0 A lack of sleep may be caused by occasional hot flushes or simply because there is a lack of REM sleep which allows the body to feel rested.\u00a0 Emotional changes can take place because of this additional stress and a change in hormonal levels can increase feelings of nervousness, irritability and overall tiredness.\u00a0 Some women may also develop less of a sex drive around and after menopause as hormone levels decrease.<\/p>\n<p>Along with a lowered sex drive, a lack of estrogen can cause the vagina to dry and as the lining becomes thinner.\u00a0 This can cause increased pain during intercourse and higher chances of infection.\u00a0 To combat many of these issues, maintaining routine healthcare is essential.\u00a0 You should continue to visit your doctor once a year and have regular exams and tests performed.<\/p>\n<p>As you go through these changes during menopause, remember, these are all natural events.\u00a0 Although physical changes occur during this process, there is nothing that should prevent you from continuing to enjoy your life.\u00a0 Be sure to speak to your physician about maintaining good nutrition, getting enough essential vitamins and calcium, as well as sticking with an appropriate exercise plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The average age women experience menopause is around 51 years of age.\u00a0 At this point, the ovaries begin to make less estrogen.\u00a0 In fact, one of the most common signals of approaching menopause is a chance in your menstrual cycle.\u00a0 A lighter or heavier flow than normal may appear and even skipping one or more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8,9,10,11,12],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegroupforwomen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegroupforwomen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegroupforwomen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegroupforwomen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegroupforwomen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1043"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thegroupforwomen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2516,"href":"https:\/\/thegroupforwomen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043\/revisions\/2516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegroupforwomen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegroupforwomen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegroupforwomen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}