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Product Description
The symptoms associated with menopause can begin fifteen years prior to the onset of menopause. During that early stage, called perimenopause, many women experience bewildering symptoms such as hot flashes, mood swings, irregular menstrual cycles, sleeping disorders, and what some describe as "PMS all month." Perimenopause has often been ignored in the past, and even the medical community is just becoming aware of its widespread presence in pre-menopausal women. Given that fact, it is wise to learn as much as possible about this process.

In a jargon-free, reader-friendly style, Perimenopause—Peparing for the Change discusses:

• What perimenopause is, when it occurs, how to diagnose it, and what it means
• Symptoms and solutions and natural versus medicated treatments
• Wellness: stress relief, weight control, excercise, diet, and nutrition
• Finding the right doctor and what to expect during an office visit
• Fertility and infertility
• Psychology, sexuality and perimenopause
• Talking with other women: support groups and how to tell if you need them
• The pros and cons of hormone replacement therapy (HRT)

In order to be proactive in your health care you need to educate yourself. Menopause may have once changed women. But, when informed, women can change menopause.

About the Authors

Nancy Teaff, M.D., is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. As a female infertility specialist, she saw a need for more information on menopause.

Kim Wright Wiley is the best-selling author of Walt Disney World with Kids. She is a contributing editor to Working Mother magazine and writes regularly for Family Fun, Parents and Parenting magazines.

Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...

1 out of 5 stars

Say "no" to perimenopause January 13, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

Perimenopause is a marketing construct, intended to sell drugs, books and other products by instilling self-doubt and insecurity. Resist the effort to pathologize everything about women's bodies.

4 out of 5 stars

Very Helpful January 24, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

As I approach Perimenopause, I've been reading as many books as I can on the subject so I know what's going to happen and what I can do to relieve the symptoms. This book has been a great help. It explains what will happen and why it is happening. There's a handy list of symptoms of Perimenopause and solutions to these symptoms. There's a list of what routine checkups a woman should have at certain ages. Hormone Replacement Therapy is discussed as well as natural remedies for those who don't want to go the HRT route. The book also has chapters on the four major diseases women face as they age and how they can help prevent the diseases through weight control, diet, and exercise. Fertility and Infertility is discussed at length as is sexuality and Menopause. There's a chapter on how to find the right doctor and a very helpful chapter with examples of what some women went through during Menopause.

This was a very informative book. I can't say I'm looking forward to Perimenopause, but at least now I know what's going to happen. There were many charts that I found helpful, especially the ones showing the risk factors for Breast Cancer, Alzheimer's, Heart Disease and Osteoporosis. Scary stuff but good to know. The list of symptoms of Perimenopause was also helpful.

The one qualm I have about this book is that it was written in 1999 and discusses HRT as being more risk free than recent studies have shown. The authors have already revised the book once and I'm hoping they put out a third edition discussing the study results.

5 out of 5 stars

Clear, concise, helpful June 14, 2000
10 out of 12 found this review helpful

While this book helped me self-diagnose my earliest menopausal symptoms, I think the authors deserve a real thumbs up for the information on how to find the best doctor - and how to talk to this doctor once you find him or her. Talking to my gyno about the change proved VERY frustrating - but this book made me feel like I wasn't alone and gave tips on how to get referred to a specialist in hormonal issues. What a difference! Thanks Drs Teaff and Wiley!

5 out of 5 stars

Really easy to read, yet full of info January 23, 2000
8 out of 9 found this review helpful

This book has helped me a lot - especially the part on how to tell the difference between PMS and perimenopause. The chapter on how to find the right doctor was also right on the money. I am in my mid-forties and trying to conceive. Dr. Teaff and Wiley have more information on middle age fertility and how to keep it going than any of the other dozens of books I've read on the topic.

5 out of 5 stars

Helpful, practical advice January 20, 2000
8 out of 9 found this review helpful

This book is lying on my bedside table. I found the authors addressed the symptoms of perimenopause in an easy-to-read, and easy-to-relate to manner. They presented information about hormone therapy but didn't insist that it was the only way to go. I never got the sense they were trying to sell their readers on a particular treatment or point of view, just to rather lay out all the options.