"Post Menopause Can Be Different For Each Woman"

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There actually does come a time when you are through menopause and you enter your post menopause years.

But, how do you know you have arrived?

Post menopause symbolically begins on the fourteenth new moon after your final menstruation, and, of course this continues for the rest of your life.

If menopause represents the end of a woman's ability to have a child, then post menopause and the effects of post menopause symptoms represent a "new beginning."

In the past, life spans were shorter. A hundred years ago the average age of menopause was 47, but the life expectancy of a woman was only 49.

Now women become menopausal at around the same age, but their life expectancy is around 80, so we can expect to spend 25 to 30 years in post menopause.

So, it is very important to be able to make the kind of informed choices that will help us maximize our enjoyment of these years of "new beginning." Today, because the average woman lives one third of her life in post menopause, this should be a time of adventure, health and vitality.

While the experience of post menopause and the many post menopause symptoms is different for each woman, recent surveys have suggested that many of the stereotypes of midlife and mature women are false.

Rather than suffering depression at the conclusion of child-bearing years or experiencing a disinterest in sex, nowadays many women report feeling liberated, empowered and more in touch with life.

Many women feel free to experience post menopause as a time of self-discovery, confidence and enhanced intimacy with the renewed energy to enjoy it all.

Changes in sexual responsiveness and interest in sex frequently happen to women in their post menopause years. Some women find they are less interested in sex and others find that sex is more enjoyable than ever. Some women find that sex is better post menopause when they no longer have to worry about pregnancy.

Their relationships with their partners can improve when there is more time available and they can rediscover and expand their definition of sensual pleasure. So physical and hormonal changes associated with menopause need not have a negative effect on your capacity for physical and emotional pleasure.

If women find that their vagina is drier during Menopause and in post menopause, then regular intercourse or masturbation seems to decrease vaginal dryness and irritation and using simple lubricants can be helpful.

Learn more about the symptoms experienced by women in post menopause and the affects of menopause on your sex life.