Emmenology (MENOPAUSE & PERIMENOPAUSE) Part 1 with Monica Christmas, Mary Claire Haver and Lara Durgavich

Oh hey, it's that band aid floating in the public pool. Don't worry about it. Ally Ward And I have been promising you this episode for seven years. So don't say that I never gave you anything. It just took a minute because this one is a three parter, technically five guests. Just an embarrassment of riches when it comes to information. And also guests. So eminology it's a study of menstruation. Apparently, and it's related disorders. And this episode we will get to what's natural in other primates.

Symptoms. tests the latest research and this one is also for people assigned male at birth. For partners and kids and co-workers of people experiencing paramenopause and menopause, because if you don't have info about it, Your relationships will one hundred percent be impacted. Also

Don't call yourself an ally or like a feminist or someone who believes in gender affirming care and then skip this one because it's about menopause. So I'm glad we're all here. Also, a note up top, trans men can go through menopause, non-binary people can go through menopause. Not all women have uteruses. Myself included, many times you will hear the words female or women in terms of describing a patient, and just know that refers to. The majority, but not the entirety, of gender identities going through this. And we have an awesome episode with Dr. Daniel Foo, uh called Neuroendocrinology. It talks a lot about hormones and the brain and gender. We'll link that in the show notes too. But before we go further, let's say a quick thank you to patrons of Aologies who are signed up for a dollar or more a month via patreon.com slash ologyes and who submit questions that helps tear the show so much. Next week's part two will be wall the wall your questions. Also, if you do have kids, heads up. We have a spinoff podcast called Smologies.

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