I’m sick of hearing about The Menopause.

It’s just such a depressing word. It completely misses the point.

“Pause” is what you do to draw breath before you start off again.

This isn’t a pause. It’s The End of Being a Baby Making Machine.

I know it comes from classical Greek, “men” from “month” and “pause” is a corruption of the Greek for “end”. But, what’s it got to do with them anyway? Bet it was a name made up by a man.
It’s the beginning of a whole new era when all the experience of the past phase can be used in something new.

It needs a new word. Preferably something with “Yippee!” somewhere in it.

OK, so it’s going to be tough, but most of you have sailed through pregnancy and childbirth with a strength and courage that mere men can’t even envisage. Not to mention the incredible feat of building an entire human being from scratch. Well, not “scratch” exactly, but you know what I mean.

Could the whole process not be regarded as getting ready for your finals before becoming qualified as a Real Woman? Up to then, you’re just a Girl. Almost a child in comparison to what is to come.