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Podcast: Empowering Midlife Wellness with Dr. Susan
Episode: Hormone Fluctuations in Perimenopause | How I Walk Patients Through the Changes
Description: Your hormones don’t all “vanish” at the same time when you reach menopause — and in this video, I’m walking you through exactly what I see happen for most women, starting in their 30s or 40s.
I’ll explain:
🔹 Estradiol – how it rises and falls during the menstrual cycle, from its lowest levels (50–100 pg/ml) to its peak during ovulation (300+ pg/ml).
🔹 Progesterone – why it’s only produced after ovulation and why it’s usually the first hormone to drop.
🔹 Testosterone – the small but meaningful increase around ovulation and how it changes over time.
We’ll look at what these fluctuations mean in perimeno...