Menopause – a natural rest.   

Our lives can be divided into three sections, Childhood, adulthood and latter life.  Youth is a transitional stage and there is another transitional stage, menopause. It is usually associated with women, however male menopause is now recognized where male hormone gradually decline with aging.  It does seem inappropriate to apply the word to men because menopause means the permanent cessation of menstruation.  I will be concentrating on menopause as applied to the time in a women’s life when her menstrual cycle ceases usually, but not necessarily between 48 and 52 yrs of age. The resultant infertility is given in kindness as the birth of a baby at can be filled with problems, not only in the delivery of the child, but the extra burden of caring a raising another child after the family has grown up and she is supposed to enjoy a restful final stage of her life relieved of those burdens. Unfortunately most women experience distressing symptoms.