For Menopause.
For Menopause.
For Menopause.
In your late 30’s, your egg supply begins to decline in number and quality. As a result your hormone production changes significantly.
Gradually your period becomes more irregular, and eventually you will go through “menopause”, where your body transitions away from regular periods and your menstrual cycle ends.
The transition:
The transitional process can take between 2 – 8 years before reaching menopause. But like anything, your experience may differ to others around you, so stay in tune with your body (and talk to your GP if you need).
Throughout this process, your ovaries are producing too much or too little oestrogen and/or progesterone. Your progesterone is likely to fluctuate more than ever, leading to erratic and heavy bleeding.
What products can help?
Cottons Pre-Menopause Pads can help manage your irregular cycle as they were designed for the erratic and heavy periods menopause brings. Featuring a 100% cotton cover sheet, they are chemical free, hypo-allergenic and ultra-absorbent.
For the next year, your oestrogen continues to drop. While it’s said to reduce your risk for certain cancers, there are other potential health concerns to be aware of:
- Bone loss: increasing your risk of osteoporosis.
- Skin changes: low estrogen leads to low collagen- the building block of skin and collective tissue. It’s normal for your skin to get thinner, drier and more wrinkled after menopause. The vaginal lining and the lower urinary tract also thins and weakens.
- Tooth and gum changes: collective tissue is affected which will in turn increase your risk of tooth loss and gum disease.
- Heart disease: post menopause, the risk of women getting heart disease increases, so please consider your heart when making lifestyle and treatment decisions.
Later stages:
In the later stages, your estrogen drops, and once it has reached a certain point, your period will stop all together. When this happens, you have officially reached menopause.
With this decrease in oestrogen, the tissues that line the vagina and urethra become drier, thinner and less elastic.
This decrease in lubrication can lead to burning/itching, an increase risk of urinary tract infections, and it can weaken the bladder control muscles- leading to bladder incontinence.
In your late 30’s, your egg supply begins to decline in number and quality. As a result your hormone production changes significantly.
Gradually your period becomes more irregular, and eventually you will go through “menopause”, where your body transitions away from regular periods and your menstrual cycle ends.
The transition:
The transitional process can take between 2 – 8 years before reaching menopause. But like anything, your experience may differ to others around you, so stay in tune with your body (and talk to your GP if you need).
Throughout this process, your ovaries are producing too much or too little oestrogen and/or progesterone. Your progesterone is likely to fluctuate more than ever, leading to erratic and heavy bleeding.
What products can help?
Cottons Pre-Menopause Pads can help manage your irregular cycle as they were designed for the erratic and heavy periods menopause brings. Featuring a 100% cotton cover sheet, they are chemical free, hypo-allergenic and ultra-absorbent.
For the next year, your oestrogen continues to drop. While it’s said to reduce your risk for certain cancers, there are other potential health concerns to be aware of:
- Bone loss: increasing your risk of osteoporosis.
- Skin changes: low estrogen leads to low collagen- the building block of skin and collective tissue. It’s normal for your skin to get thinner, drier and more wrinkled after menopause. The vaginal lining and the lower urinary tract also thins and weakens.
- Tooth and gum changes: collective tissue is affected which will in turn increase your risk of tooth loss and gum disease.
- Heart disease: post menopause, the risk of women getting heart disease increases, so please consider your heart when making lifestyle and treatment decisions.
Later stages:
In the later stages, your estrogen drops, and once it has reached a certain point, your period will stop all together. When this happens, you have officially reached menopause.
With this decrease in oestrogen, the tissues that line the vagina and urethra become drier, thinner and less elastic.
This decrease in lubrication can lead to burning/itching, an increase risk of urinary tract infections, and it can weaken the bladder control muscles- leading to bladder incontinence.
In your late 30’s, your egg supply begins to decline in number and quality. As a result your hormone production changes significantly.
Gradually your period becomes more irregular, and eventually you will go through “menopause”, where your body transitions away from regular periods and your menstrual cycle ends.
The transition:
The transitional process can take between 2 – 8 years before reaching menopause. But like anything, your experience may differ to others around you, so stay in tune with your body (and talk to your GP if you need).
Throughout this process, your ovaries are producing too much or too little oestrogen and/or progesterone. Your progesterone is likely to fluctuate more than ever, leading to erratic and heavy bleeding.
What products can help?
Cottons Pre-Menopause Pads can help manage your irregular cycle as they were designed for the erratic and heavy periods menopause brings. Featuring a 100% cotton cover sheet, they are chemical free, hypo-allergenic and ultra-absorbent.
For the next year, your oestrogen continues to drop. While it’s said to reduce your risk for certain cancers, there are other potential health concerns to be aware of:
- Bone loss: increasing your risk of osteoporosis.
- Skin changes: low estrogen leads to low collagen- the building block of skin and collective tissue. It’s normal for your skin to get thinner, drier and more wrinkled after menopause. The vaginal lining and the lower urinary tract also thins and weakens.
- Tooth and gum changes: collective tissue is affected which will in turn increase your risk of tooth loss and gum disease.
- Heart disease: post menopause, the risk of women getting heart disease increases, so please consider your heart when making lifestyle and treatment decisions.
Later stages:
In the later stages, your estrogen drops, and once it has reached a certain point, your period will stop all together. When this happens, you have officially reached menopause.
With this decrease in oestrogen, the tissues that line the vagina and urethra become drier, thinner and less elastic.
This decrease in lubrication can lead to burning/itching, an increase risk of urinary tract infections, and it can weaken the bladder control muscles- leading to bladder incontinence.