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I used to have debilitating period pain that would quite literally floor me. And I also know what it’s like to contend with extreme premenstrual rage and irritability. Yep, I have had my own issues with my cycle. And that’s what got me started with geeking out on reproductive health over 15 years ago. I know the newspapers tend to say that HRT increases your risk of cancer and they’re often very dramatic in that reporting. But the research studies that they’re referring to were flawed, the actual studies were flawed. And the data that they collected was then analysed incorrectly, and I would say reported irresponsibly. They also used forms of HRT that tend not to be used these days. You can read all about this in the book. Have you ever wondered what perimenopause is and how to know if you're experiencing it? If so, today's episode is for you. So it wants you to move. It wants you out walking around, strutting your stuff, looking for someone to hook up with. Perhaps you’re also more talkative because usually we talk to humans before we mate with them. Although, I mean, it’s been a while since I went out on the town, but I’d say that isn’t always the case.
Much criticism arrived to pseudoscience in some aspects and this I do have to agree with and would urge others to take caution with. However, that for me was not my purpose for reading, so I was less intent on taking everything said as fact. In the book, many of the things said are still genuine helpful treatments that doctors themselves do use (i.g Vitus Agni’s-Castus supplementation being a popular homeopathic remedy and upping fat intake etc) so I’d say the majority follows good word. Your menstrual cycle and the length and experience of each season are highly sensitive to changes in your life. Work stress, poor diet, relationship issues, and illness are just some of the things that can throw your hormones off balance. As a result, your cycles may be too long, too short, or very irregular. I’m my experience, menstruation has always been an immensely personal, usually painful however deeply connecting experience. To have a book that utilizes both the science around menstruation, and this emotional/spiritual aspect of menstruation was refreshing.So, let’s take a moment to stop and think about what the ultimate aim of the cycle is. It’s reproduction, right? The menstrual cycle and our hormones benefit us in all sorts of ways. But I think that we can all agree that the main purpose of the cycle is to end up creating a new human being. Its aim is for you to conceive and reproduce, regardless of whether that’s something we actually want or not. That’s what it’s there to do. But I am very thrilled to have a studio space to escape to and focus on my work because that’s what this phase of my cycle is all about. I really love to just get down to work, focus on what’s important to me, and finish things up before my cycle ends. So today I’ve got some podcast recordings to do and ones where I’m guesting on other people’s. So these are just some of the benefits to the menopause transition. Yes, perimenopause can be hugely confronting and challenging, but there are positives to the process and it is a window of opportunity to look at your health, to look at your life and to make powerful decisions about what you want and need.
Number seven, there’s no benefit to the menopause transition. What do you think, true or false? This is an important one and especially after everything I’ve mentioned so far it can sound like this is all going to be pretty shit, there’s going to be no positives to this. And for sure this one is very much down to opinion. But for me this is false. Do bear in mind that I’m on this side of it, not the other side of it. I’ve had some clients go six months and think that was it. And then their period starts, or even 11 months, really close to that 12 month mark and then have a period. And as we get closer to menopause we do have more anovulatory cycles, meaning ones where you don’t ovulate but there’s enough hormonal activity to instigate a bleeding episode. It’s not technically a period, although you would experience it like a period. But you do have some cycles where you will still be ovulating so contraception is necessary, assuming that’s what you want. Maisie Hill gets rid of myths, sheds some light and allows for an open, honest and much-needed conversation * Mind *Thank GOODNESS for Maisie Hill! Flipping open the lid on a vital conversation. It's about time we claimed the power of our periods!' - Gemma Cairney, broadcaster & co-founder of Boom Shakalaka Productions And it’s the same for me when I talk about being autistic. I don’t like the term ‘diagnosis’. And I’ll get onto that in a future date. I know a lot of you would like to hear more about this. I’ve been receiving a lot of questions about my so called autism diagnosis. This fantastic guide to menstruation is the perfect way to learn more about the human body and how periods impact far more than we realize. Striking the perfect balance between research and accessibility, this book will have you saying, 'Wow, I had no idea!' at least once per chapter. * BookRiot *
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