So you are in your forties, and you are wondering how you will know when your wife is about to enter the menopause. Perhaps you haven’t given it a second thought, well that’s fine, but perhaps you need to think about it a bit.
It’s likely you will have friends whose wives are entering the menopause, but they aren’t talking about it. You can probably remember when you mother went into the menopause, although she would talk about it as the change of life. You need to know what it means , and how it will affect you as a man.
You will probably already be aware that your wife doesn’t seem to have a period as often as before. When you were younger you had a pretty good idea when it was that time of the month but not any more. They have become very irregular and your wife seems concerned about it. You also might have noticed that when it does happen it is prolonged and heavy.
It may well be you don’t understand the significance of all of this. It is after all an indication that the days of being able to have a baby is at an end. Your wife’s hormones are all jangled up, with a serious loss of the female hormone oestrogen, and this will have implications for you, the husband, over the next few years.
The way it will affect your wife could be emotionally, so expect more tears, more temper, pain in her joints. She will complain a lot more than she has ever done, and you may feel she isn’t the same person at all. This is all part of the process.
Your wife may put on weight especially around her tummy. It is sensible not to comment, as she will be more than aware of what is happening. Also be prepared for your wife to worry a whole lot more about seemingly unimportant things. This will seem strange because she wasn’t like this at all before.
You may find your night’s sleep is interrupted by your wife being very restless. Insommnia is a feature of the menopause, as is a degree of forgetfulness. If you rely on your wife remembering everything like family birthdays, then just relaise she may need reminding for the first time.
You might well notice your wife will develop sudden hot flashes. her cheeks will become red, her skin sweaty, and she will want the covers off in bed, or start stripping off jerseys even on a cold day. This is another symptom of the menopause and there sudden flash sweats will occur frequently and without warning
Husbands need to be sympathetic to their wives condition. The menopause is no joke, and we need to be aware of this, and ensure we keep their morale up at all times. Tender loving care is called for in abundance, as the menopause is a very difficult time.
The author has been a cynical husband about his wife’s change of lifeThe he read MenopauseSigns and he suggests you read Hot Flashes Causes