Women Over 50 Reveal What Sex Is Actually Like For Them After Menopause

<script>!function(n){if(!window.cnx){window.cnx={},window.cnx.cmd=[];var t=n.createElement('iframe');t.display='none',t.onload=function(){var n=t.contentWindow.document,c=n.createElement('script');c.src='//cd.connatix.com/connatix.player.js',c.setAttribute('async','1'),c.setAttribute('type','text/javascript'),n.body.appendChild(c)},n.head.appendChild(t)}}(document);</script><script id="69120d00e4b0b840aac11c07">(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=ff7fdddc-5441-4253-abc4-f12a33fad58b';cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"ff7fdddc-5441-4253-abc4-f12a33fad58b","mediaId":"63321646-9b2e-42d3-803b-bce9d90d89a4"}).render("69120d00e4b0b840aac11c07");});</script><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/topic/menopause" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Menopause</a> can bring about a number of mental, physical and emotional changes – including some shifts in your sex life. </p><p>Clinically speaking, menopause is reached when you’ve gone 12 straight months without a period, marking the end of one’s reproductive years. The average age of the last menstrual period is 51, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.</p><p>But the transitional phase leading up to menopause, known as perimenopause, typically lasts <a href="https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21608-perimenopause" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">about four years</a> – though it can be <a href="https://www.health.harvard.edu/womens-health/perimenopause-rocky-road-to-menopause" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">as short as a few months or as long as 10 years.