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If your nights and days blur into one, let this carefully balanced blend of calming herbs soothe your soul. With natural, organic botanicals that have been used for millennia to support sleep, it really is a hug in a mug. Looking at diet and lifestyle - exercising early in the day to try to boost energy, heading to bed earlier, and making sure you have lots of B vitamins in your diet can all try to help. A burning mouth is a lesser known but awful side effect of menopause. Avoid spicy food and try to get creamy, cooling foods and drinks to help. Reducing caffeine and alcohol is recommended to ease hot flushes - as high alcohol and caffeine consumption has been shown to worsen hot flushes. You can drink iced drinks too, and cool food, wearing loose, cotton clothing.
Your body may surprise you with an irregular heartbeat and palpitations alongside anxiety and heightened stress. Low estrogen levels cause skin to thin a little and reduce blood circulation to nerve endings in your extremities - it is uncomfortable but has no larger significance. It can be hard to lose weight in your 40s and 50s due to the change in hormone balance. Diet and exercise are key, but also be kind to yourself - your weight doesn't dictate your worth. The nature of labour and birth is unpredictable, and is such a fluid experience whereby it can take a variety of paths. There are lots of depending factors that may influence this, such as the progress of labour and how your baby copes with the process. If there is expectation there, and this is not fulfilled then there may be disappointment and the feeling of failure – I have seen this so much in my career as a midwife looking after women in the postnatal period. It’ll have you revitalised, refreshed and ready to get up and glow whether you’re pregnant, or a hard working mum.
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Around 7 in 10 women experiencing the perimenopause or menopause say irritability is their main emotional symptom, especially during the earlier phases of the change. Combined with lower levels oestrogen increasing the stress hormone cortisol, and fight-or-flight adrenaline, it’s no wonder that it impacts on the digestive system. Hot flushes at night time can cause night sweats, making this symptom the 2nd most reported issue in menopause. Following on from the above, menopausal changes to our bodies can lead to a low mood. Researchers have also found that women entering the menopause can be more prone to seeing increases in levels of a brain protein — Monoamine Oxidase A — which is linked to depression.
The main things you need to think about when curating your birth preferences are where you would like to have your baby, who you would like to be with you during labour and birth (choose wisely!), what positions you would like to use and what pain relief you would like to use. Fenugreek, fennel, aniseed, and even oats, are all galactagogues, which have all been used historically to support breastfeeding. No one 100% knows why, but lab studies link an active component - diosgenin, to help breastfeeding. Your hypothalamus is same thing that tells your body that it’s overheating when it’s not, and then can suddenly signal to you that your body is freezing. These cold flashes may start in perimenopause and continue through the menopause. Hot flushes are caused by hormone levels restricting our bodies's ability to regulate temperature. Being sweaty and red when you don't want to be, is a huge issue for many women though, particularly at work. An old colleague of mine says preparing for labour and birth is like going on holiday – you might think you know what attractions you want to visit, where you want to eat, but until you are there you will never know and things may change. If you remind yourself of this you can’t go far wrong.
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Your whole body, including your mouth, gets drier as your oestrogen levels drop. Bacteria love breeding in this parched environment, which can result in tooth decay and bleeding or receding gums
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