Christiana

Let's go.

Let's go.

You know what, the more kids you have, the harder the pregnancies become. Because if you got pregnant now and you had to run it after you're older. Well, now I'm 58, that'd be hard for that reason.

You know what, the more kids you have, the harder the pregnancies become. Because if you got pregnant now and you had to run it after you're older. Well, now I'm 58, that'd be hard for that reason.

Because I'd go like... Helen of Troy, basically.

Because I'd go like... Helen of Troy, basically.

So Hallie, I'm so curious because this is something me and my friends talk about a lot that we know like all of our mothers went through menopause, but they've never discussed it with us, right? Like they've never said anything to, is this like an African mother thing? No, just all of the, all my girlfriends, black, white, we're always like, you know, we're like, when are, you know, perimenopause?

So Hallie, I'm so curious because this is something me and my friends talk about a lot that we know like all of our mothers went through menopause, but they've never discussed it with us, right? Like they've never said anything to, is this like an African mother thing? No, just all of the, all my girlfriends, black, white, we're always like, you know, we're like, when are, you know, perimenopause?

We have lots of questions because we're like, a lot of us are going into perimenopause now, right?

We have lots of questions because we're like, a lot of us are going into perimenopause now, right?

Perimenopause is a period before menopause, which is chaotic and very difficult for women. And you have like memory loss and anxiety and you-

Perimenopause is a period before menopause, which is chaotic and very difficult for women. And you have like memory loss and anxiety and you-

But like most women don't actually know what perimenopause is, right? And it's bad. debilitating. And me and my friends of all backgrounds, we talk about the fact that our mothers and grandmothers and great grandmothers must have gone through this. They haven't given us this guidebook. Do they even have the language for what they went through?

But like most women don't actually know what perimenopause is, right? And it's bad. debilitating. And me and my friends of all backgrounds, we talk about the fact that our mothers and grandmothers and great grandmothers must have gone through this. They haven't given us this guidebook. Do they even have the language for what they went through?

And I'm curious how you came to it and were like, I'm going to use this as transformation because from my perspective and from our friends, it's just something that's shrouded in shame. Like it's a conversation we still haven't even had with our own mothers. And you're like out here really publicly claiming it.

And I'm curious how you came to it and were like, I'm going to use this as transformation because from my perspective and from our friends, it's just something that's shrouded in shame. Like it's a conversation we still haven't even had with our own mothers. And you're like out here really publicly claiming it.

Because not everyone's heard it, and it's important to them.

Because not everyone's heard it, and it's important to them.

And you've given birth without drugs, by the way.

And you've given birth without drugs, by the way.