Shirley Weir is on a mission to empower women to navigate perimenopause-to-menopause-to-postmenopause with confidence and ease. She is fierce women's health advocate, the expert behind MenopauseChicks.com, she hosts a private online community with over 50K members on Facebook, she's a speaker...
Dr. Anna Cabeca, DO, OBGYN, FACOG, has served 10,000+ women in her private practice— and millions more through her books, online videos, and articles - for 20+ years.
A partial list of credentials includes:
Triple board certified and a Fellow of Gynecology and Obstetrics,...
The best description of the vagina in menopause is that it can go from a pleated skirt to a pencil skirt. I have heard this from Michelle Lyons of Celebrate Muliebrity and Julia Di Paolo, Reg. PT of PhysioExcellence
Our Vagina
We have folds in the walls of the vagina called Rugae that can thin as...
I have been thinking about it for a couple of years and decided to go for it. I love chatting with people about all things pelvic health. Conversations between two lips, so to speak.
We officially started our first episode on Jan 17th, telling my story, and we record a new episode weekly. The...
Genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) is also known as vulvovaginal atrophy or atrophic vaginitis. It is caused by a decrease in estrogen production.
This condition is progressive and may affect many aspects of a woman's physical, emotional, and sexual health.
As women face...
Our bodies have a decline in estrogen as we approach menopause which can influence tissues in and around our vagina, the bladder, and our pelvis.
Before we discuss estrogen, let's look at the definition of Perimenopause and Menopause
Technically, menopause is ONE DAY marking the one day that is...
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There are hot flashes and memory issues. Your sleep quality declines and your mood… who KNOWS what that’s gonna do….and then there’s your s-e-x life!
Let’s be blunt: Menopause kinda sucks.
If you are over 40 and were born with a uterus. This is...
Menopause often brings changes in a woman’s pelvic floor function.
The pelvic floor muscles can be weak, overstretched, slow to work, too tight or torn just like the other muscles of your body.
When the pelvic floor weakens it can lead to pelvic organ prolapse, where one or more organs...
Pelvic health is a balance between effort and ease.
We need to lengthen and strengthen. I often lengthen first to get rid of the tension that may interfere with the ability of the muscles to contract fully and move through their full range of motion but it is also nice to lengthen and...
Yes, those unforeseeable years of menopause! It is a natural part of our life cycle and better to embrace it with grace than try to run away from it…because it happens to all of us
Accepting menopause as another stage in our growth, help us to be better prepared for the symptoms. Night...
