Peri-menopause and menopause change us - The Gutsy Gynecologist, Dr. Tabatha Barber.

Name: Peri-menopause and menopause change us - The Gutsy Gynecologist, Dr. Tabatha Barber.
Uploaded: 2023-01-13T23:29:21+00:00
Duration: 45 s
Channel: Natalie Jill
Description: A short transcript excerpt from a YouTube video (Natalie Jill channel) where Dr. Tabatha Barber discusses how peri-menopause and menopause substantially…

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A short transcript excerpt from a YouTube video (Natalie Jill channel) where Dr. Tabatha Barber discusses how peri-menopause and menopause substantially change women’s lives. The speaker notes that in 1900 the average female lifespan was 49 years versus about 83 years now, meaning many women live decades in a post-reproductive hormonal state; she emphasizes hormones’ centrality to identity and gives a vivid personal anecdote about relationship and mood changes during menopause.

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We are living almost half as long as we, you know, in our reproductive state, in this menopausal state. So in the year 1900, the average lifespan for a woman was 49. We died. We didn't have to go through living in a menopausal state. Now, average age is 83. So you have at least 30 good years, let's hope where you have to live without your hormones. And I'm sorry, but your hormones really define who you are. Ask anyone who's gone through menopause. And this was so shockingly clear to me the day that I just laid on the couch and wouldn't talk to my husband. I wanted to give up my business, my friends, my husband. I didn't want to be married. Like, he disgusted me. He goes, what is wrong with you?