{"id":43354,"date":"2023-10-04T22:31:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T22:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/04\/kelly-ripa-found-a-perk-in-menopause-i-love-not-getting-my-period\/"},"modified":"2023-10-04T22:31:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T22:31:05","slug":"kelly-ripa-found-a-perk-in-menopause-i-love-not-getting-my-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/04\/kelly-ripa-found-a-perk-in-menopause-i-love-not-getting-my-period\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Ripa Found a Perk in Menopause: \u2018I Love Not Getting My Period\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Most women hate menopause, but Kelly Ripa<\/strong><\/a> says she discovered one positive aspect of the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love not getting my period,\u201d the Emmy winner, 53, said on the Tuesday, October 3, episode of her podcast, \u201cLet\u2019s Talk Off Camera With Kelly Ripa<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The cohost of Live With Kelly and Mark<\/em><\/a> revealed that she experienced the beginning of menopause while coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. Ripa acknowledged that the end of a woman\u2019s menstrual cycles<\/a> is a topic many people want to avoid.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople still whisper the word menopause,\u201d she said, adding that \u201cthe information is still so hidden.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ripa spoke with her own hormone doctor<\/a>, Dr. Erika Schwartz<\/strong>, on the program to discuss the stigmas and lack of information surrounding menopause.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re still in the Dark Ages,\u201d Dr. Schwartz said. \u201cIt was like a bad secret.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former All My Children<\/em> star says that many of her older friends are in denial about going through menopause and \u201croutinely tell me they still get their periods regularly.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re talking to me, an open book, and still cannot bring themselves to talk about having gone through menopause. It is too scary for them to acknowledge,\u201d the TV personality continued.<\/p>\n

She celebrated her 53rd birthday on October 2, and the Live With Kelly and Mark<\/em><\/a> host \u2014 who has been married to Mark Consuelos<\/strong> <\/a>since 1996 \u2014 wants women in her age bracket to feel more comfortable talking about menopause.<\/p>\n

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Ripa says older women think menopause is \u201cembarrassing<\/a>, and I don\u2019t know why that is, though, in this day and age.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Schwartz offered that women often believe that menopause is a sign of no longer being relevant.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause, in this day and age, there\u2019s still a lot from yesterday\u2019s day and age that has permeated the society and culture,\u201d the doctor said. \u201cAnd we think that being aged beyond menopause, we\u2019re no longer useful.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe moment you\u2019re no longer fertile, you\u2019re not useful,\u201d Dr. Schwartz continued. \u201cI think you\u2019re very useful. That\u2019s when you have the information, the experience. You have so much to bring to the table, that I think every woman should feel great about herself.\u201d<\/p>\n

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