Years before estrogen production completely shuts down, hormone levels start to fluctuate wildly during that special time of life known as perimenopause. Perimenopausal hormonal fluctuations result in the same symptoms that many women experience when they are in full menopause, hot flashes, vaginal dryness, and insomnia. But there is a bonus symptom that post-menopausal women don’t experience - irregular and unpredictable bleeding. 

In this episode, I discuss:

For more information on this topic: 

Episode 23:  Welcome to Peri-menopause

Episode 40 Don’t Go with This Flow- Post Menopause Bleeding

Episode 56 Too Young For Menopause? with Dr. Hannah Short

Episode 57 Uterine Cancer: Reducing Your Risk

Episode 80 When Progesterone is a Problem 



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Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society. 



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