NATURES PAUSE .

Responsibility of the family

Responsibility of the health of a woman during menopause period is not only hers but it is the responsibility of the whole family. A lot of changes occur in a woman’s health during this period. The family must take care of her health by giving her positive energy and by understanding her emotional state during this crucial stage of her life since the changes that occur at her mental level during this period affect the whole family.  During this time, it is necessary that every family member, without getting annoyed at each other, takes care of her happiness, by providing counselling to her, by taking care of her diet and by making sure she gets necessary rest.

Do not get afraid, take guidance from the expert. It takes quite a lot of time for women to realize the changes that occur during this period. Due to these new changes or because of not discussing those changes with anyone women suffer from various diseases. All the members of family are required to take care of this ‘backbone’ of the family.

Responsibility of husband

Women undergo various mental changes while this process of menopause is ongoing. Incidences such as mood swings, quick changes in choices, etc. may happen. Most important thing is that during this period, women face difficulties in maintaining physical relationship such as experiencing vaginal pain during intercourse. Physical and hormonal changes during this period affect their sex drive. Husband needs to take care of this. During this period, if the woman does not wish to have intercourse, then her wish should be respected. Such women experience loneliness. During such a time the husband should let her know through his actions that he is there for her. During the mental stress that she experiences, it is the husband’s paramount responsibility to make her feel that he is always there for her and make her feel safe because in the whole house her husband is the closest person upon whom she can count on, even more so than her children. None of these symptoms of a woman should be ignored; rather it is necessary to pay due attention to her various symptoms.

Take care of your wife like your daughter during this period and then she will take care of you like your son after you turn 60.

Responsibility of children

Our mother takes great care of us right from our birth. However old we grow our mother does not stop caring for us.  

Even if daughters get married, the mother still cares for them. Similarly, even when her son gets married, the mother’s care for the son and daughter-in-law does not reduce at all.

It is necessary for all of us to do something for our mother. Our mother’s expectation from us is not just to earn money and do a job. You can become her friend to understand her during her menopause period. Create a friend-like harmony and dialogue between you two. Take good care of her, do some of her chores so that she will get rest. Carry out your daily chores on your own such as taking your tea and breakfast, take clothes for bath, etc. Similarly, we can relieve our mother from a lot of daily chores such as bringing flour from flour mill, arranging plates for dinner, filling our own lunch box, ironing the clothes, etc., and give her the required rest. We can try to become an ideal son or daughter just like a good employee.

Responsibility of senior members of the family

A woman’s mental condition is very delicate during this period. She constantly feels unsafe. While she is in this transition stage, if there are senior members in the family, then the woman with such a troubled condition feels that someone is keeping a watch on her, if she makes any mistake in any of her chores, she won’t be able to face the family members, and so on. Main reason behind this is that the woman who is going through the journey of menopause, is somehow losing her confidence. Senior members of the family should carry out this predominant task of understanding her. Such woman needs rest. It is the responsibility of the senior members of the family to see to it that she gets enough rest and allowing her to do whatever pleases her without burdening her with any restrictions. Many women have to face the taunts from senior members such as – it was not like this during our time, did we not fall sick anytime, and so on. It is advisable not to behave in such manner and it is the responsibility of the senior members of the family to take care of this ‘Lakshmi’ of the house.