"Menopausal women face multiple symptoms not fully appreciated in the workplace. With education, greater productivity and quality of life are achievable," insists Red Hot Mamas founder and president, Karen Giblin.

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Changes occur in women as they transition from their reproductive years into the final menstrual period that are associated with ovarian aging, menopause and the postmenopausal years. These endocrine changes are progressive and are the result of rapid depletion of ovarian follicles starting in the late 30’s and early 40’s.

Life between the sheets can be a challenge at menopause. Forty three percent of women suffer from sexual dysfunction. Are you one of them? Do you know one of them?

Just a short month ago, my friend and Gynecologist told me that I wouldn’t get my period anymore. It seems that at the age of forty-two, my body has passed through menopause unnoticed in my day-to-day life. Yes, I know that this happens to every woman at some point. The trouble is that it has happened to me. And, like so many other benchmark moments in my life, I didn’t quite get the passage right. And, unlike many of the other life-markers, there is no going back.

After all, it’s not as if I had a hysterectomy and my period left to save the rest of my body from Cancer. It’s not as if I’m 55, and I took the last decade preparing. Instead, it’s just gone, and I didn’t notice its departure. I thought that the increased time between periods over the last two years was related to stress. More time passed, and I forgot that I didn’t get it. And, because sex was infrequent with my single mother status, I didn’t even worry about the P word. So, my period left, and I didn’t get to say good-bye.