First Symptoms of Menopause

It is a fact that all women will travel through this transitional time of life and have symptoms and symptoms of menopause.  Although every woman will experience these signs at differing levels.  While the female body goes through these normal changes in levels of natural hormones one or more of these signs will appear and will vary from female to female.

Once signs of menopause start to occur the periods are usually very erratic and it can take several months or years of this type of cycling to completely cease.  This makes pegging down an actually menopause age difficult.

The years leading up to the last period ever is referred to as premenopause. This describes the menopause age when the levels of reproductive hormones are already becoming lower and more erratic, and the signs of menopause and hormone withdrawal may be present.

The time that follows the point when a woman’s ovaries become inactive is called postmenopause.  This menopause age or stage takes place after a woman’s last period ever and most signs of menopause seem to have subsided.

The time leading up to the last monthly cycle ever is referred to as premenopause. This describes the menopause age when the levels of reproductive hormones have started to decrease and the periods have started to become irregular, and the signs of menopause and hormone withdrawal may have begun.

Postmenopause is described at the time that follows the point when a woman’s ovaries have become inactive.  This menopause age or stage takes place after a woman’s final monthly cycle and most signs of menopause seem to have subsided.

Once a woman has gone one full year with no flow at all, not even any spotting, and she still has her uterus, she can be said to be postmenopausal. When a woman reaches that point, she is one year into postmenopause.  This is the Menopause Age most women look forward to.  A woman who has her ovaries removed will immediately be in “surgical menopause”.

The menopause age and signs of menopause are a natural life change, not a disease state or a disorder. The transition itself can be challenging for a number of women, but for others it may not be as difficult, but all will experience some signs of menopause.