…and why you should care too! It began when I partnered with the local hospital in my hometown to evaluate local women’s health services, looking for any gaps where additional services were needed. In the process, it became clear that our community needed and could support a healthcare practice devoted to the special needs and [...]
Archive for January, 2010
How I Came to Care about Menopausal Sex
Posted in Under the Covers, tagged menopause, sex on January 28, 2010 | 3 Comments »
A Sex Shop for Us
Posted in Under the Covers, tagged lubricant, menopause, sex shop, sexual health, vibrator, women on January 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Menopause brings a drop in circulating estrogen. And a drop in circulating estrogen often (but not always!) brings a drop in sexual response. So at midlife, for many of us, sexual satisfaction takes more — more time, more moisture, more sensation. I like to use the reading glasses analogy. When you reach 40, suddenly it’s [...]
Let’s Get Aroused.
Posted in The Good Stuff, tagged menopause, sex after menopause, sexual arousal, sexual desire, sexual stimulation on January 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Hi everybody. My name is Julie. I’m a writer here at MiddlesexMD. My credentials for writing about sex at midlife are… Well… I have reached midlife. And I enjoy sex. Still. Despite almost 30 years of togetherness with the same guy. Despite aches and pains, stress and too little time, and all the physical surprises [...]
Why We Love Rosemary
Posted in The Good Stuff, tagged basson's model, female sexual desire, female sexual response, female sexuality, menopause, rosemary basson on January 13, 2010 | 6 Comments »
The science of human sexuality is young. For most of the last century, we assumed that men and women approach sex in roughly the same way. I know: Crazy. But as I said, the science is young. Older models (Masters & Johnson, Kaplan) theorized that sex for people happens in a few neat, linear stages, [...]
Bouquet-Worthy
Posted in Under the Covers, tagged hsdd, hypoactive sexual desire disorder, menopause, midlife, sexual health, women on January 11, 2010 | 6 Comments »
A big bouquet of roses waited for me at the front desk of my clinic. It wasn’t my anniversary or my birthday. And doctors just don’t get a lot of flowers. When I saw who sent them, I smiled that special “good sex” smile, even though the sex I was smiling about wasn’t my own. [...]
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