The hormone fluctuations that occur in your body affect the state and function of the muscles and tissues that make up the pelvic floor. This includes the hormonal shifts of your menstrual cycle (aka your infradian rhythm), the hormone shifts after giving birth (part of matrescence), and the hormone shifts of menopause.
The hormonal changes that occur after having a baby (plummeting levels of estrogen) mirror what happens during menopause (plummeting levels of estrogen). Someone said this to me in passing when I was describing my intense night sweats and sahara/sandpaper vagina postpartum and my brain exploded.
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