Women are often bombarded with so much information on hot flash, night sweat, vaginal dryness and the like but some vital information often escapes the whole cascade of it. When does menopause really begin? Peri-menopause is the proper term for the transition that occurs when the woman is incoming menopause. Yes, the symptoms such as difficulty in sleep, sudden rapid heart rate, and urinary incontinence begin to appear.

Some women in their thirties already experience this introduction. It is often marked by either the increase or decrease in their period frequency and duration. Fluctuation in the hormonal levels begin to deviate from the normal; either amplified or diminished. It is basically the way of the body to tell itself that it is about to embark in another major phase, everything seems to point in both extremes. 75-85 percent of the population is reported if not sense the presence of the hot flashes during this stage. Therefore, this signs and symptoms do not necessarily mean that they occur only when one becomes menopause.

When one still has a period, one can still get pregnant. No matter what the changes in normal 28 day cycles or what ever it may imply in it’s unsteadiness. Symptoms experiences during this phase prior to menopause steadily increase for the next 2 consecutive years since the beginning and ends until the time one year after the ovaries will cease to produce eggs or the complete absence of menses. Hot flashes are most likely to increase in incidence as the estrogen levels begin to drop. It may last in a usual average of four years. Some may have shorter lasting for a month to the extent of an unbelievable 10 years.