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louiseds
February 27, 2008 - 12:43am
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Perimenopause
Sheppie, I wouldn't really worry about it until it happens. I am waiting for the periods to stop (I am 55 in a couple of weeks) and just hope that it is OK, which it is so far (as long as I recognise some of the odd things that are happening as menopause, and know that they will eventually settle down). I reckon I have been perimenopausal for about 6 years so far. I may yet crack the Guinness Book of Records for the latest menopause in history!
I don't think falling hormone levels are necessarily a problem in themselves. After all menopause is a normal part of being a human female. If the symptoms become unmanagable I guess I might investigate HRT, but would rather not mess around my natural processes if possible.
There is no research evidence at all that prolapses get worse at menopause and beyond. I had this conversation with Christine some time ago. I think it must just be one of those gynaecological urban myths that gynos pass on from generation to generation.
What I know from my own experience is that my prolapses are less trouble now my uterus has descended and re-centralised, to the point where the cervix is just inside the introitus almost all the time. It has just made a bigger plug, so I feel it is less likely to escape! My doctor told me at my last visit that my uterus is quite small, even the day before menstruation, so I figure it may not get any smaller. Plenty of sexual arousal keeps the vagina plumped up regularly. What more could a girl want?
Ask me again in a few years, when I am a real crone, not just an apprentice!
Cheers
Louise
BTW I have had herniated discs in the past and had to learn to engage my core as you describe, for lifting. Have a play with this idea. I can now 'engage the core' with my tummy tucked in or with an expanded belly. I do it the expanded way, which still keeps my pelvic organs well forward of the abyss, and still provides a corset of support, but my organs don't descend the same way as if I tuck my tummy in first, because my pelvis still has that forward tilt and it all seems to be locked down by the sacrum. What do you think?