About the Book What bonded Mona, Meera and Sheila were their evening walks in the park, during which they would talk about their families and work, responsibilities and challenges. With time, they began discussing the hot flashes they were experiencing, the heavy bleeding, the sudden weight gain and other such symptoms. They thought all these were age-related issues and that they couldn't do anything about them.
Enter Dr Rosy, an experienced gynaecologist, who took all of these friends under her wing and helped them understand the reason behind the symptoms they were experiencing-menopause. From physically, psychologically and emotionally taking care of oneself to managing the symptoms, she changed their perception of menopause and helped them to understand it as another phase in their lives-one which they could enjoy uninhibited.
Written by Dr Amrinder Bajaj, an award-winning gynaecologist, Live Your Best Life is a gentle, friendly guide to negotiating menopause and living a fulfilling life, both in body and in mind.
About the Author Dr Amrinder Bajaj is a senior gynaecologist presently affiliated to Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI), Gurgaon. Formerly she was the head of the department of obstetrics and gynaecology at MAX, Patparganj, and a unit head at MAX Super Speciality Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi. She is a gold medallist and has done her post- graduation from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Besides high-risk pregnancy and minimally invasive surgery, she has a special interest in menopause, on which she has given numerous talks to the medical fraternity and the lay public alike.
She is also an award-winning author. She has written a memoir based on her association with the noted Indian author and columnist Khushwant Singh, two wellness books, an autobiographical novel, a novel based on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, a textbook for nurses, a book of poems and a joke book. She has two columns in the magazine Woman's Era and regularly writes editorials, blog posts, travelogues, short stories and poems for magazines and newspapers like the Times of India, Tribune and Indian Express.
Introduction Female sex hormones are the blessing and the bane of a woman's life. A girl matures because the hormones deem it the right time to flood her system and are responsible for her burgeoning breasts and her curvy figure. A woman revels in her femineity, explores her sexuality, carries a baby in her womb, nurses an infant at her breast due to their presence in her body, in the right quantity at the right time. However, there are times when these hormones run amok, leading to menstrual irregularities, fibroids, polyps and even cancer. These issues need to be addressed by the custodians of the female reproductive tract-the gynaecologist. Finally, there comes a time in a woman's life when, the ovaries pack up and she attains what was dreaded all along-menopause. As soon as she enters her forties, she begins to have apprehensions about life without periods-periods that they gave her periodic problems-yet, she is reluctant to let go for periods are associated with youth.
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