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| | Naomi Watts on perimenopause: 'There was no one to talk to, there was no information' | | Added 794 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I bought a couple of the menopause greeting cards Naomi Watts designed and sent them to my girlfriends. They were really well received; I highly recommend it. And remember the cards raise money for the Alliance for Period Supplies. In addition to the cards, Naomi has founded a line of face, hair, body, vaginal, and supplement products for menopausal women called Stripes. To back up the products, the Stripes website has an expert advice page with ?Menoguides? offering topics from sex to moods to how to talk to your doctors. It?s fantastic and a real testament to Naomi?s commitment to making menopause a part of the national discussion. One of the unique parts of Naomi?s personal experience is that she was essentially going through perimenopause as she was having her kids. She started peri early, at 36, and that was right when she was trying to start her family with Liev Schreiber. But as she?s told us before, no one had ever talked to her about perimenopause so she felt ?very alone.? Which is why she?s so determined to make sure other women don?t have to navigate this part of life on their own.
Naomi Watts has shared more of her experiences with perimenopause and menopause ? and is encouraging other women to do the same.
At The New Pause Symposium in New York City on Friday, presented by The Swell and Stripes, Watts said that her personal experiences inspired her to create Stripes, a skincare brand for women in midlife.
I found myself at 36 and perimenopausal, a word I didnt even know about, and at the precipice of trying to start a family. So I went into complete panic, felt very lonely, very much less-than or like some kind of failure and what was I going to do? There was no one to talk to, there was no information, basically on my visit to the doctor, who said, Well youre not getting pregnant your bloodwork is indicating that youre close to menopause so I was freaking out.
Watts acknowledged that there are more resources for women in perimenopause and menopause than there were 18 years ago, but much more more education and awareness are still needed.
I went through anxiety, shame, confusion, panic and managed to fall pregnant naturally after two years of trying and getting my system right with different alternatives, since I wasnt a candidate for IVF, she said. After the second child, I went through massive night sweats, hot flashes and I thought this is terrible, and I would try to test out the community of my friends and I was sort of met with nervous laughs and shrugging it off, and I thought Oh wow no one else is there, I better keep silent, and thats how it was.
Watts also asked her mother, who told her she had been 45 when she started perimenopause. And thats all I knew, she said. There was no detail around it. There was no handholding from doctors. The doctors said okay, Heres a patch or a gel or a spray.
I just knew that this is a road that no one else should have to walk through alone again without a community, because without proper care taken you are going to turn in on yourself.
[From People]
I?ve said it before but let me reiterate my admiration for what Naomi is doing. I respect that she?s backing up her product with advice and support. It feels like she?s building a whole community for women. Unlike Naomi, my mother never went through any kind of menopause. She got periods forever until she was diagnosed with uterine cancer and had a full hysterectomy to eliminate it. So we didn?t have any notes to compare. I entered peri at 48. Granted I was unfamiliar with peri until I was knocking at its door, but I had friends who had entered it, so I was not alone, like Naomi was. And I certainly wasn?t considering kids. That must have been lonely as I?m sure everyone both in and out of the medical community wrote off her chances. It?s amazing to be able to bring these things up now. Honestly, talking about menopause and being over 50 with you all in these posts, I?m starting to really feel myself. Community matters. This is how we change opinion. And Naomi gets that.
And check out her products. They aren?t cheap, but they do answer quite a few calls. There?s a cooling mist for hot flashes. The lubes look really good as do the supplements, one that focus on vaginal health and the other on managing hot flashes and brain fog. Plus all the skin and hair care.
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| | Kelly Ripa on Kathie Lee Gifford: 'people who read the book have a very different take' | | Added 794 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Kelly Ripa has written a memoir called Live Wire: Long Winded Short Stories. The blurb for the book reads, ?A sharp, funny, and honest collection of real-life stories from Kelly, showing the many dimensions and crackling wit of the beloved daytime talk show host.? One of those stories is about her time on Live with Kelly, from her hiring and working alongside with Regis Philbin to becoming the only name in the title. Except for the Michael Strahan, whom she left out of the book. Kelly gave an interview in which she talked about the section that dealt with Regis saying that ?it wasn?t a cakewalk.? When Regis? former co-host, Kathie Lee Gifford, read those headlines about Kellys interview, she expressed concern and vowed not to read the book because of them. Now Kelly is weighing in on Kathie?s comments, saying that if she did read the book, she?d probably feel differently.
Kelly Ripa spoke up on former Live host Kathie Lee Giffords declaration about refusing to read her new book, Live Wire, due to her take on Regis Philbin.
Appearing on the podcast Not Skinny But Not Fat, the mom-of-three shared her take on the matter, calling it a conundrum right off the bat.
I didnt see the interview, so I tend to not go into deep dives on things I cant comment on, she continued, talking about correcting the record and controlling the narrative.
I knew writing the book was going to open me up to all sorts of criticism, but people who read the book have a very different take on those chapters, because they read the book.
She concluded: My ultimate comment is?thank you! Its really hard to sell a book, adding that any person who would pick up the book would have a different take.
[From Hello!]
Eventually I?m commenting on vapor here. Kelly?s comments above are based on something she read that Kathie said, which are based on something Kathie read about something Kelly said about something she?d written in her book. Kelly?s got a point until one of us reads the actual chapter, it?s theory. I don?t think Kathie needed to weigh in on Kelly?s comments about her working relationship with Regis. First of all, Kathie doesn?t know what Kelly said because she?d only read headlines and secondly, people have different relationships with people. Just because Kathie and Regis adored each other doesn?t mean he and Kelly did. But I suggested from the start that Kelly should prepare herself for Kathie and possibly Joy Philbin having something to say about this. Even if I didn?t agree with Kathie, I wasn?t surprised to see her speaking up.
But, as Kelly said, it?s really hard to sell a book and Kathie announcing that she?s not buying a copy probably sold a whole bunch for Kelly. Not sure Kathie thought that through when she entered the conversation.
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