Your Menopause Masterclass Pt 2: How to Lose Belly Fat, Sleep Better & Stop Suffering Now! Dr. Mary Claire Haver

Jamie Kern Lima· Host0:00

You've asked for it. Actually, you pretty much demanded it. So back by popular demand, one of the top menopause doctors in the world, Dr. Mary Claire Haver, is here in this part two menopause masterclass episode, where we're tackling your changing hormones and hormone replacement therapy. We are going there with everything you want and need to know. And whether today you're listening for yourself or because someone that you love shared this episode with you, I wanna welcome you to the Jamie Kern Lima Show podcast family. Can you explain our key hormones- Mm-hmm ... um, and which ones change, and, and what that means for us?

Mary Claire Haver· Guest0:40

In perimenopause, that whole system goes chaos. And then in post-menopause, estrogen, progesterone flat-line to almost undetectable levels.

Jamie Kern Lima· Host0:49

With the average age of menopause defined by, you know, the day you stop menstruating, 46 to 55, and seven to 10 years before that- Mm-hmm ... we enter perimenopause and our hormones start going haywire. One of the biggest, biggest brand-new pieces of information for so many people that you say nine out of 10 doctors don't even get this right. So many women have symptoms when their hormones are off that might look like mental health things, anxiety. It could be, you know, a, a- Bloating, weight gain ... bloating, sleep disturbance, weight gain, heart issue. And then we go and we get that thing treated, but we never get our, our tests done to go, "Well, wait a minute. Is