Posted on 08/13/2020 5:05:15 PM PDT by simpson96
Michelle Obama made a point of breaking taboos about women’s health in the latest episode of her new podcast, talking about going through menopause in the workplace, weight, ageing and image.
In a conversation with Samantha Malone, a longtime friend and Washington DC-based obstetrician and gynecologist, the former first lady shared a story about having a hot flash while on Marine One, the presidential helicopter, before an event with then-president Barack Obama.
“It was like somebody put a furnace in my core and turned it on high,” she remembered. “And then everything started melting. And I thought, ‘Well this is crazy, I can’t, I can’t, I can’t do this.’(snip)
The former first lady said her husband had been “surrounded by women in his cabinet, many going through menopause and he could see it, he could see it in somebody, ‘cause sweat would start pouring, and he’s like, well what’s going on, you know, and it’s like, no, this is just how we live.”
She said he “didn’t fall apart because he found out there were several women in his staff that were going through menopause” but “was just sort of like, oh, well turn the air conditioner on …”(snip)
“Women are rewarded for not looking their age, you know, it’s like, oh, she snapped back, she doesn’t even look like she ever had a baby – so that’s essentially saying, she doesn’t look like she’s maturing.”
Obama said she stands 5ft 11in tall “and I have hips, and thighs”.
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“like it’s not happening” Interesting way to phrase it.
Spare me. Noone wants to hear this. What’s next — the type of adult diapers you use?
Michelle, we the public don’t really want to hear all about your ‘situation’. Maybe you should be talking to your daughters.
I don’t understand the obsession of some women to discuss the minutae of every bodily function in graphic detail. Wtf is up with that?!
It’s menopause. It’s not cosmic or mystical; it’s biological.
It’s part of a woman’s life. So you scream & sweat a lot, laugh maniacally while cooking, sweat more & hope they have Blue Bell ice cream or someone will die.
That’s it. Oh & take a nerve pill occasionally. Nothing profound. Just life.
Then again, I see no political gain in menapause.
Manopause.
Lol!
Even hermaphrodites have menopause.
Frankly, women going through menopause should be separated from civil society until they get better.
And I HAVE zero interest in big Mikes menopause experience
You don’t have to be going through menopause to need Blue Bell . Just sayin .
Poor snowflake.
It makes hair grow on your knuckles.
Had it myself, very traumatic.
And people really think Michelle wanted to be the VP? She only wants to be a round the clock late night show guest, maybe even her own show.
Wait for it. In a few weeks, Obozo will start talking about his.
Barry no longer menstruates?
Oh shut up buttercup! You think you’re the only woman to have more hair on her face than her husband? You think you’re the only woman that could melt the ice in a walk in freezer during a hot flash? You think you’re the only woman who looks like Little Lotta most days or feels like her? Dry up Moochie.....(pun intended)....you ain’t nothing special.......
I don’t get it. I went through menopause when I was in my early 50s and the hot flashes I experienced felt like the flushing you get from taking niacin. I kept thinking “is that it?” I certainly don’t understand her comment about her insides were melting, etc. Why are liberals such drama queens?
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