Dr. Jessica Shepherd

Paying attention to decreasing your processed foods, your sugar, because your body just doesn't respond to it as readily as it did in 20s and 30s, which I would not advocate for people just because they're 20 and 30 to eat these types of foods, but then also exercise and weight training to be able to build that muscle up so it can utilize the glucose better so that your body's just not sitting with the glucose.

Paying attention to decreasing your processed foods, your sugar, because your body just doesn't respond to it as readily as it did in 20s and 30s, which I would not advocate for people just because they're 20 and 30 to eat these types of foods, but then also exercise and weight training to be able to build that muscle up so it can utilize the glucose better so that your body's just not sitting with the glucose.

It's not necessarily that they're entering it earlier. It's that we do have a significant change of hormones in pregnancy. And what we do see is after pregnancy, so in the postpartum phase, you're going to have that shift again, trying to get back to homeostasis. What you have taught us, Dr. Shepard, you got to give your body grace. Give your body grace.

It's not necessarily that they're entering it earlier. It's that we do have a significant change of hormones in pregnancy. And what we do see is after pregnancy, so in the postpartum phase, you're going to have that shift again, trying to get back to homeostasis. What you have taught us, Dr. Shepard, you got to give your body grace. Give your body grace.

It's not necessarily that they're entering it earlier. It's that we do have a significant change of hormones in pregnancy. And what we do see is after pregnancy, so in the postpartum phase, you're going to have that shift again, trying to get back to homeostasis. What you have taught us, Dr. Shepard, you got to give your body grace. Give your body grace.

nine months to a year it could take till you feel like yourself again so if you think that's nine months postpartum nine months typically for a pregnancy that's almost like a year and a half time frame and so in that year and a half is where you start to see that now they're entering into the natural kind of fluctuation on the decline towards menopause and so it does seem a little jarring or quick but really the body was already on its way gotcha

nine months to a year it could take till you feel like yourself again so if you think that's nine months postpartum nine months typically for a pregnancy that's almost like a year and a half time frame and so in that year and a half is where you start to see that now they're entering into the natural kind of fluctuation on the decline towards menopause and so it does seem a little jarring or quick but really the body was already on its way gotcha

nine months to a year it could take till you feel like yourself again so if you think that's nine months postpartum nine months typically for a pregnancy that's almost like a year and a half time frame and so in that year and a half is where you start to see that now they're entering into the natural kind of fluctuation on the decline towards menopause and so it does seem a little jarring or quick but really the body was already on its way gotcha

And now we've kind of distracted our body or ourselves from what was happening because we were pregnant. And then after, your body's like, well, I was still going in this direction. I'm going to continue to go in that direction.

And now we've kind of distracted our body or ourselves from what was happening because we were pregnant. And then after, your body's like, well, I was still going in this direction. I'm going to continue to go in that direction.

And now we've kind of distracted our body or ourselves from what was happening because we were pregnant. And then after, your body's like, well, I was still going in this direction. I'm going to continue to go in that direction.

Well, that would be me. I'm perimenopausal, proud of it. But perimenopause has been more of a confusing term, I think, in what we've seen in this menopause surge, because menopause is very clinical in its definition. But perimenopause is confusing because it can last anywhere from three years, seven years, 10 years, because everyone's different in that decline and fluctuation.

Well, that would be me. I'm perimenopausal, proud of it. But perimenopause has been more of a confusing term, I think, in what we've seen in this menopause surge, because menopause is very clinical in its definition. But perimenopause is confusing because it can last anywhere from three years, seven years, 10 years, because everyone's different in that decline and fluctuation.

Well, that would be me. I'm perimenopausal, proud of it. But perimenopause has been more of a confusing term, I think, in what we've seen in this menopause surge, because menopause is very clinical in its definition. But perimenopause is confusing because it can last anywhere from three years, seven years, 10 years, because everyone's different in that decline and fluctuation.

But it's truly when our hormones, estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone are starting to go down and shift down and you start to have these symptoms here or there. Some people may not have symptoms. I mean, wouldn't that start when you're 35?

But it's truly when our hormones, estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone are starting to go down and shift down and you start to have these symptoms here or there. Some people may not have symptoms. I mean, wouldn't that start when you're 35?

But it's truly when our hormones, estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone are starting to go down and shift down and you start to have these symptoms here or there. Some people may not have symptoms. I mean, wouldn't that start when you're 35?

Some people, I have had patients, and I would definitely say, sometimes I'm like, wow, you are pretty young, but I'm never going to take that experience away from them, that they may start to experience symptoms of perimenopause. So...

Some people, I have had patients, and I would definitely say, sometimes I'm like, wow, you are pretty young, but I'm never going to take that experience away from them, that they may start to experience symptoms of perimenopause. So...

Some people, I have had patients, and I would definitely say, sometimes I'm like, wow, you are pretty young, but I'm never going to take that experience away from them, that they may start to experience symptoms of perimenopause. So...