“No one ever talks to you about menopause,” said engineer Carlotta Berry. With no older female colleagues to turn to, she was left to navigate it alone. “You are in a predominantly male career. Who are you going to talk to? You kind of suffer in silence.”
“No one ever talks to you about menopause,” says Carlotta Berry, an electrical and computer engineer at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana. But a few years ago, it hit Berry “like a steam truck”. She got brain fog, she grew irritable and cranky, and her hair fell out, twice. What she came to call her ‘private summers’ — the dreaded hot flushes — would arrive at inconvenient times, such as during lectures.
Berry’s story isn’t rare. But it’s rarely told. Half of the world’s population can expect to experience menopause — a drop in reproductive hormones and the cessation of menstrual bleeding. Although the timing can vary by decades, the process usually occurs between 45 and 55 years of age. And with more women starting science careers, it follows that many are likely to experience this transition at key career stages.
Menopausal symptoms such as hot flushes, dry skin, weight changes, depression and sexual discomfort can remain for years. The drop in oestrogen also increases the risk of some health conditions, including osteoporosis and heart disease. These physical changes, together with changes in cognition and memory, can materialize at a time when researchers are hitting the pinnacle of their careers, with packed schedules and plates full of responsibilities.
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