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| The Secret Pleasures of Menopause | 
 enlarge | Author: Christiane Northrup
Publisher: Hay House
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 7895
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
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Pages: 192
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Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 1401922376
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.175
EAN: 9781401922375
ASIN: 1401922376
Publication Date: October 15, 2008
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The Secret Pleasures of Menopause is a groundbreaking book that is long overdue! Christiane Northrup, M.D., delivers a breakthrough message that will help millions and millions of perimenopausal and menopausal women just like you understand that at menopause . . . life has just begun! It is the beginning of a very exciting and fulfilling time, full of pleasure beyond your wildest dreams! Dr. Northrup believes that it’s time for you to step forward and learn to enjoy the best years of your life! Even though studies show that menopause doesn’t decrease libido, ease of reaching orgasm, or sexual satisfaction, the majority of menopausal women aren’t experiencing the pleasure and sexual satisfaction that is their birthright. It is a long-held misconception that menopause signals “the beginning of the end,” and nothing could be further from the truth. In this fascinating book, Dr. Northrup candidly guides you toward experiencing life after 50 as the most pleasurable time of your life!
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 Prolactin, oxytocin and orgasm October 15, 2008
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I am perplexed by Northrop's book. In chapter 2, she claims that prolactin is "the hormone of bonding" and that it "makes you feel bonded to the person (or people) you're interacting with at the time." My husband and I have been tracking research on the hormones related to mating neurochemistry for years. Researchers agree that oxytocin, not prolactin, is the "bonding hormone."
We think Northrop's right that the pleasurable feelings from connecting with others are very healthful, but oxytocin, not prolactin, is probably the reason. Indeed, prolactin (which rises after orgasm in both men and woman) may be more closely related to unpleasant mood swings. For example, men with high prolactin levels sometimes report low libido, headaches, erectile dysfunction, and anxiety. Women report similar symptoms. In one study, three quarters of women with unexplained high prolactin levels were suffering from depression, anxiety, and hostility.
This brings me to Northrop's indirect suggestion that masturbation is an ideal source of good feelings for women because of the short-term changes it produces in the body (endorphins and nitric oxide). Unfortunately, masturbation doesn't connect us with others. It's a solo performance. And, although sexologists aren't yet acknowledging it, there seem to be very real differences between masturbation and intercourse. The two are not interchangeable. Consider this woman's experience:
"It has been a year since my husband's death and I decided to see if I was still capable of orgasm. (My husband was very sick for several years before his death, so it has been a while.) The very next morning I woke up slightly depressed. Each night I masturbated again, trying to shorten the time to climax. Each morning I woke up a bit more depressed. After a couple of weeks of this I made the connection, and stopped. The depression is now completely gone, but I'm still horny from all that masturbating. (I wasn't at all horny before starting to masturbate.) I think that climaxing with a loved one is very different from climaxing with empty lips and vagina."
Her experience has actually been borne out by research that links women's masturbation with greater depression and relationship dissatisfaction--as well as less physical pleasure. In other words, those who masturbated more, showed more depression and dissatisfaction. It would be nice if orgasm were indeed a cure all, but if it were, heavy porn users would be the happiest people on the planet, and men would have been outliving women for centuries instead of the reverse.
 Again Dr. Northrup brings Women/Men "GREAT" news, about life! September 18, 2008
7 out of 13 found this review helpful
Just last evening my book arrived, UPS! Wondering about the new words of wisdom, I had heard from Dr Northrup, in a parking lot so many months ago. "Dr Northrup, please write a book about relationships, Women and Men, please, we need that book, all of us!" A small book, 168 pages, "BIG" ideas, thoughts, direction, wonderment. Written along with three Men, as a Man (me) brought my thinking into yet another much needed area of my own life! "Menopause," men? Well, if I might, Women please have the Men in your life read this "GREAT" book. Reading through the pages I drifted from a book about "Menopause" into life's learning, yet again! Yes I did learn something about the Women who have been in my life, as I did from "Mother-Daughter Wisdom," Dr Northrup. Through the pages Dr Northrup speaks about her own thoughts, her wonderment about her life, changes she made, for happiness. Will I ever forget the words, "Nitric Oxide,"nope!!!
This book is a win-win, as we say in business, for all Women and all Men, together!
 Don't Get Duped by a Huckster September 25, 2008
7 out of 23 found this review helpful
Dr. Northrup has again tried to dupe women by writing another book full of garbage. Many women suffer through menopause with serious debilitating symptoms and need medical help. They also have many personal and financial problems at this stage of life that causes much stress. They don't need some one telling them how wonderful menopause is if they will only buy my book. Dr Northrup believes in diagnosing disease using psychics, astrolgy, tarrot cards, and angels not hard science. Her website will only give out complete information on a subject in her monthly article if you sign up for a yearly subscription for $48. In these dire economic times, do not waste your money on products by this quack and husckster.
A lightweight October 13, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I'm a Northrup fan because of her classic, The Wisdom of Menopause, which is a truly useful and amazingly thorough book - - and because Northrup has women's best interests at heart. However, this book was a disappointment. it's well written ... but just a "yawn" to quote another reviewer. I bought it on name recognition. If a newcomer to the women's health and wellness scene had written this book, I have my doubts it would have been published. Hay House, I'm disappointed. Having said all of this ... the book is a light and quick (very light, very quick) read, and Northrup does give women permission to feel good. I suppose some women will find that liberating. Having given myself this permission long ago, the book didn't live up to my expectations.
Not Just for Menopausal Women October 7, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
The book is full of self help tips that are actually beneficial to women of all age groups. Honestly, I wish I would have read this book ten years ago. "The Secret Pleasures of Menopause" is rich with advice that helps women embrace their femininity from a mind/body/spirit perspective.
The book is well rounded, full of positive affirmations, provides a vast array of diet and lifestyle tips, and explains how to optimize your body's own production of nitric oxide, a biochemical made infamous by the Viagra industry.
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