By the time a woman reaches her late 30s, her ovaries shift towards what I like to call a “career change.” Production of two key female hormones, progesterone and estrogen, begins to decline, and with this arrives a host of symptoms. At this point in a woman’s life, she may consider the symptoms of PMS, such as bloating and breast tenderness, part and parcel of being female. Perimenopause, however, can bring on a litany of other complaints that may feel foreign, including heart palpitations, brittle nails, sleep disturbances, memory problems, and achy joints.  Read on…

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