COVID Schedule a vaccination appointment or view our vaccine updates , safety measures , patient and visitor policies and latest information. For many older women, talking about sex is still downright awkward. But if you want to enjoy a happy, healthy sex life which has been shown to reduce stress and improve heart health , candid discussions with your partner and doctor are often essential. Here, an expert offers advice to help older women have a fulfilling sex life after menopause — and explains why it's still important to protect yourself during sex. Most of the problems older women have are due to decreased estrogen levels that accompany menopause. A woman reaches menopause when she has gone through 12 consecutive months without any periods.
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When I was 11 years old, my mother silently snuck into my bedroom. Under the cover of midnight, she sat cross-legged at the end of my bed and proceeded to give me The Talk, although it was more of a whisper. Instead of focusing on the anatomy of sex — the biological prophecies by which, some say, our bodies were made to meld into one — my mother chose to emphasize pleasure. She spoke about the importance of passion: pursuing it, asking for it and finding it within yourself.
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