Mary Claire Haver

That goes on through a traumatic pregnancy.

Yeah, so I wish that I could tell you, you could confidently walk into your OB-GYN, your family medicine, your internal medicine doctor,

and have a reasonable, logical conversation about your plan of care in perimenopause and menopause.

Yeah.

That is not possible right now.

It is not the fault of the individual doctor.

They may have been excellent in your birth and your pregnancy plan, you know, in every aspect, but because of the six hours, so right now they surveyed residents coming out like three years ago, only 30% felt barely adequately trained to treat menopause.

Like, yeah, it's awful.

So at least they're honest.

Right, right.

So call ahead, look on the Menopause Society website, which is menopause.org and see who has passed the test and is certified there.

It's not perfect.

There's always people out there who aren't great doctors, but who took the test, but it's somewhere to start.

We crowdsourced with my followers

And I've got thousands of testimonials and we organize them by country, city, and state to help people find, they don't pay me, you know, just to go find a provider who might be able to help you.

And right now it's pretty slick.

There's some great telemedicine companies that have been developed, mostly female founded, who saw a gap in care and they saw a need and they developed these telemedicine companies to serve them.

I have women calling me from New York, LA, London, you know, the most well-connected you would think.

Exactly.

Who have the same basic questions and the same worries and the same fears and cannot find help as the woman sitting on the couch in Iowa.