The prospect of growing old isn't a very happy one for anybody, and women seem to view aging with more alarm than men. Remember when you were 12 and just couldn't wait to be 16 -- or even better, 18? Just about at the same time in your life when you began eagerly anticipating adulthood, you were also going through puberty. Your mother took you aside and explained about the birds and bees, and also about the inevitable menstrual cycle that would began very soon.
YUCK! You thought! I don't need that! But you did, and you survived the whole process. And you did find out that it was a lot better to be an adult than it was to be a child overall. Well, menopause is simply puberty in reverse.
During puberty, your body was preparing to begin the childbearing years. During menopause, your body begins to end the childbearing years. It is just a basic and rather simple biological process -- not PLEASANT, but simple. Puberty wasn't pleasant, either. Our bodies don't LIKE change. But like it or not, our bodies do change with age.
There isn't any way that you can be really prepared for menopause except by educating yourself (and your spouse) about what to expect. Understanding what is happening does take some of the mystery as well as the pain out of the situation. You might even want to start discussing menopause treatment as early as age 35.
It's a good idea to look ahead to what you can expect once the process of menopause is complete (and YES, it will end). Keep these facts that the Jubilee report uncovered in mind:
1. 76% of post menopausal women said that their health was better.
2. 75% said that they were having more fun out of life
3. 93% reported that they had more independence and more choices about work as well as leisure activities.
So you see, it really isn't all that bad. You have a better, healthier and happier life to look forward to the end of menopause symptoms.
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