Dr. Robin Austin

Yeah, thank you so much for having me.

I really appreciate it.

It's an honor to be here.

So, menopause is, you can think of it, it's actually when you think of, I think of it more of the trajectory.

So, menopause transition.

And so, perimetopause, what they're talking about, can really start in your 40s.

I think a lot of women, myself, was not aware that this could happen.

Perimetopause can last 7 to 10 years.

Menopause itself...

is when you've had no period or no menses for at least 12 months.

And so that's kind of diagnosed or quote unquote diagnosed retrospectively after you've not had a period for 12 months.

And so I think there's a continuum of where you might fall in that space.

So I think of perimetopause,

And it can start earlier.

I've talked to women just since I've started some of this work that they were like, I just had a baby.

How could I possibly be in perimetopause?

And we'll talk about that potentially as well.

But I think it's this long trajectory and everybody is very different.

That's the one thing I think about menopause is that it's not a one size fits all.

What I may be experiencing is completely different from somebody else that is experiencing something.