Melissa McCarty, ND

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PMSing through Perimenopause

PMSing through Perimenopause

It feels unfair to be PMSing through perimenopause, it must be one or the other, right? I wrote before about what’s happening with the two major hormones in a normal monthly menstrual cycle. Estrogen is the Queen of the first two weeks (when the period starts to...
Finding Motivation

Finding Motivation

As a physician, I am so interested in the WHY of things. I think it’s important and useful to understand what is happening in your body in general, although we’re focusing on perimenopause specifically. I think about the changes that are happening with a...
Biology of a Cycle, the short-short version

Biology of a Cycle, the short-short version

There are major hormone changes happening in perimenopause. Let me back up. There are major hormone changes happening constantly in a woman’s body from puberty through menopause. Our bodies get into a nice rhythm once periods are regular, sometime in our teens to our...
Silver Linings?

Silver Linings?

I write this at 5am, in our temporarily quiet home while everyone is asleep. I used to get frustrated when I woke up early like this. Now, I relish in the peace and quiet. Before I had kids, I remember talking with a mom-friend who said she recently started getting up...