It’s Time To Break The Shroud Of Secrecy on Women’s Health

As women, we are masters at dispensing wisdom and knowledge.  This is how we learn, how we connect and how we grow. We share the best way to preserve herbs, tricks for feeding the picky one, and how to stop the gray.  It’s just too bad that we stop short, depriving others and ourselves of the most critical and at times life-saving threads of information. When it comes to female health, we tend to let silence fall over the room like a cozy teal-colored wool blanket, because we think we’ve got this. We can handle this one. After all, haven’t we been tough enough already? Because, hasn’t motherhood been about this one thing? About getting strong enough to take whatever life throws at us with silent matriarchal strength? To transform ourselves from the reactive young girl, into a proactive woman who sails through life with quiet, inner strength?

 

Our transition started small; the back pains that come with pregnancy, the morning sickness, the anxiety over blood results – all of it was just preparing us for labor. And then, labor, the be-all-end-all-mountain, we soon learned, was just another milestone. Bigger pains, bigger trials, and bigger worries were already on their way. And, then we just stopped talking. After childbirth, we seem to enter a dark tunnel of isolation where we tell no one what is happening in our bodies. Yet, this is such a dynamic, powerful time in our bodies. Staying silent is medically dangerous, and it makes the process of aging far more isolating than it should be. When we don’t share that our periods are becoming increasingly heavier, we risk treatment that could prevent anemia, dysmenorrhea, or toxic shock syndrome, while simultaneously shutting down any attempt to find treatment for a condition we may not even know exists. The topic should be focused on helping women figure out how much bleeding is normal so that they can get help before it’s too late. Too much of women’s health is shrouded in secrecy, and this never moves us forward. It takes us backward. Women are experts at imparting wisdom, and we can only do this if we start to open up and talk. You can find plenty of information from friends, blogs, and books about what to do about pre-term labor, dry skin, and fighting belly fat. Let’s break down the silence on all women’s health issues. What about vaginal dryness? It is a far more serious and painful problem that can affect a woman at any age – new moms, cancer/chemotherapy patients, and menopausal women.  If we stay silent, how would you know to tell a friend that a simple solution exists at the drug store?

Replens™ Long-Lasting Vaginal Moisturizer is estrogen-free and fragrance-free, and helps to replenish vaginal moisture while supplementing the body’s natural lubrication. Even better – it lasts up to three days. Replens™ is the clinically tested, doctor recommended brand of long-lasting vaginal moisturizer. As with dry skin that you experience on your face and hands, regular moisturizing treatment with Replens™ Long-Lasting Vaginal Moisturizer may be necessary to prevent dryness from recurring. Replens™ Long-Lasting vaginal moisturizer is different from most other lotions or lubricants because it contains a patented bio-adhesive ingredient that allows it to attach to dry vaginal cells and deliver continuous moisture for days. Click here to learn more.  

This is a sponsored post by Replens™. I received compensation for this review but the opinions are 100% my own.

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