menopause

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What is menopause?

Menopause is the transition period in a woman's life when her ovaries stop producing eggs, her body produces less estrogen and progesterone, and menstruation becomes less frequent, eventually stopping altogether.

Alternative Names:

Perimenopause; Postmenopause

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Posts on menopause (1948)

I have been infected with herpes for over 25 years and it was never really a problem. In t...
Contemplating a hysto. at the same time Dr. does Da Vinci laprascopic to remove one ovary t...
Hello,I'm 31, and have 2 kids. Both were high risk pregnancies, so I had a tubal ligation ...
I am 27 and I've had 1 period in 7 months, I had one in April 2006, then did not have anoth...
I am 49, in perimenopause, on bioidentical progesterone which has helped some of my "menop...
I have been going through menopause since 2005 when I had my last period. In 2008 I starte...
Do these symptoms of menopause tend to come and go as in a cycle you can chart? I can deal ...
Ok ladies...I need some advice!! I posted an entry on the 27th about my endometriosis pain...
I know that this sounds gross but if any of you out there have had this problem you know ho...
Hi, I am only 28 and have to have a complete hyster i have 2 sons one is 10 and the other ...

Journals about menopause(23)

18 weeks!


by AuroraSage, Nov 22, 2009 12:00AM
This week has flown by in a huge blur! I'm in another province, standing in my best...

Understanding


by ripperroo, Oct 14, 2009 03:32PM
Guess I just need to talk to anyone who feels that they too have periods when they...

Hard to believe......


by mom2mrbaby, Jul 23, 2009 12:00AM
I never thought in a million years that at the age of 37 I would be going through meno...

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