When a woman goes through menopause whether it be natural or surgical, her estrogen drops 40-60% because we still produce it by way of body fat, plus it is stored in the bowel and then gets recycled back into the blood stream. Our progesterone, on the other hand, drops to near zero and we no longer produce it anywhere else in our body like we do the estrogen. We may still produce a very tiny amount by way of the adrenal glands, but by the time we enter menopause, our adrenals are so exhausted that they are no longer producing much progesterone, if any at all.
When our estrogen level is higher than our progesterone level, we start seeing a lot of ugly symptoms such as sudden weight gain, especially around the hips, tummy & thighs, loss of libido, loss of hair, loss of sleep, depression, moodiness, high blood pressure, heart palpitations, restless leg syndrome, itchy crawly skin, vaginal dryness, hot flashes, night sweats, bowel problems, yeast infections, headaches, high cholesterol, insulin resistance and the list goes on. Estrogen causes water retention and weight gain. Also the more weight we have, the more estrogen we are going to produce. It’s a vicious cycle that never ends until we get our progesterone level up and balanced with the estrogen.
There are some women who are fortunate and don’t gain the extra weight. These women may need to supplement with natural estrogen, but most of the time, we have found that progesterone was all they needed. The reason for this is because progesterone is a precursor to estrogen, so if the estrogen level is too low, the progesterone will in most
cases go in and wake up the estrogen receptor sites and they start producing estrogen again and get the level up to where it needs to be.
Drs. make the mistake of putting women on more estrogen when their level is already HIGHER than the progesterone. They’ll either put them on horse urine (Premarin) or estradiol which is the hormone responsible
for stimulating breast cancer cells. The key thing that we want to do, is get our progesterone balanced with the estrogen, by supplementing with a good natural progesterone cream in order to bring back hormonal balance.
Once we supplement with a good natural progesterone cream and get our progesterone level balanced with the estrogen, these symptoms start going away. We start seeing the weight come off, the depression goes away
and so on and so forth. I lost a total of 32 pounds during the first year that I got started on a good natural progesterone cream. I went from a size 18 to a size 10 in less than a year. I also had every symptom listed above and they have all gone away as well, and I started this new journey 4 years ago and am still going strong.
Once you understand what is actually going on in your body and why, then you have a better understanding of what you need to do to reverse these symptoms. Drs. make us believe that all we need is estrogen and that is NOT true! Adding estrogen to a woman who is already estrogen dominant, will only increase her problems.
I know what you ladies are going through, because I’ve been there, done that and bought the t-shirt! But I am now symptom free and am trying to help others who are now going through what I’ve been through.
I hope I’ve been some help here.
Blessings,
Rhonda
