The Perimenopause Husband
Ten Things Nobody Told Me About Perimenopause (A Husband's List)
Ten things. Nobody told me any of them. I learned every one of them in our house, the slow way. Five about what perimenopause is, then five about what it does to a house.
First, what it is. It's real, it's not a phase. It can start earlier than you think and run longer than you think. Menopause is one day, perimenopause is the years before it, and that's where the storms are. The hormones. And it turns up whenever it wants, and she has no idea when.
Then what it does to a house. She can go through all five weather patterns in one day. A storm at breakfast is not a verdict on the afternoon. Most of it isn't about you. Some of it is. You don't need to be a doctor. And everything rests on the honest conversations.
If I'd heard those ten on day one, I'd have saved us a couple of years.
Two of the big hormones in perimenopause are oestrogen and progesterone. They rise and fall with no warning, and over time they drop. If anything worries either of you, see a doctor or a specialist in this field, and go with her if she wants you there.
Two of the tools are in the episode. One for the first time she tells you something's not right, one for the mornings that start rough.
Chapters
- 0:00 Intro
- 0:43 One To Five, What It Is
- 2:53 Believe Her The First Time
- 3:45 Six To Ten, What It Does To A House
- 5:49 Check The Forecast Again At Lunch
- 6:18 Outro
Start With the Weather
The Weather Report is the two-page guide to reading these days: five weather patterns, what each one looks like from your side of the house, and the one thing to do in each. Free, on your phone in thirty seconds.