Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information: Menopause, Midlife, and More

S1 Ep36: How to Know You Are in Menopause If You Never Get Periods


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Google, “when does menopause start" and you will learn that you are post menopause when you haven't had a period in 12 months. But the 12 months without a period definition is totally MEANINGLESS for the millions of women who DON'T GET PERIODS. 
In this episode, Dr. Streicher discusses:
  • Scenarios in which women don’t get periods
    • Hysterectomy
    • Progestin Intrauterine Device 
    • Endometrial Ablation 
    • Hormonal contraception such as birth control pills 
    • How to know when to START TREATMENT for menopause symptoms such as hot flashes and vaginal dryness
    • When to REMOVE an IUD
    • When to STOP birth control pills  
    • For more information on this topic: 
      Episode 1: Is It Menopause or Some Other Pause?
      Episode 3: What's Up Down There? Genital Dryness & Misbehaving Bladders 
      Episode 5: Vaginal Estrogen- Rings, Creams, and Other Things 
       Episode 23: Welcome to Peri-menopause

      •  Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
      • Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat

      • Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and the 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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        Books by Lauren Streicher, MD

         Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain

        Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat

        Sex Rx- Hormones , Health, and Your Best Sex Ever

        The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy

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