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'We’re living like it’s not happening': Michelle Obama opens up about menopause
Guardian (UK) ^ | 8/13/2020 | Joanna Walters

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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KEYWORDS: 15minutesareup; foreverfirstfamily; mememe; michelle; moochie; mooshell; wideload
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To: simpson96

“like it’s not happening” Interesting way to phrase it.


41 posted on 08/13/2020 5:35:55 PM PDT by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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To: shelterguy

42 posted on 08/13/2020 5:38:38 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: simpson96

Spare me. Noone wants to hear this. What’s next — the type of adult diapers you use?


43 posted on 08/13/2020 5:41:25 PM PDT by KittyKares (Drain the Swamp)
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To: simpson96

Michelle, we the public don’t really want to hear all about your ‘situation’. Maybe you should be talking to your daughters.


44 posted on 08/13/2020 5:41:34 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: TigersEye

45 posted on 08/13/2020 5:42:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: simpson96

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.


46 posted on 08/13/2020 5:44:12 PM PDT by DeplorableGirl
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To: simpson96

Manopause.


47 posted on 08/13/2020 5:44:37 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Old Yeller

Lol!


48 posted on 08/13/2020 5:44:54 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: simpson96

Even hermaphrodites have menopause.


49 posted on 08/13/2020 5:45:20 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: simpson96

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


50 posted on 08/13/2020 5:49:33 PM PDT by Fzob
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To: DeplorableGirl

You don’t have to be going through menopause to need Blue Bell . Just sayin .


51 posted on 08/13/2020 5:50:13 PM PDT by katykelly
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To: simpson96

Poor snowflake.


52 posted on 08/13/2020 5:51:16 PM PDT by McGruff (Polls are for dancing)
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To: simpson96
The former first lady said her husband had been “surrounded by women in his cabinet, many going through menopause and he... hid under the couch like a scared kitten.
53 posted on 08/13/2020 5:52:24 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (In 2016 Obama ended America's 220 year tradition of peaceful transfer of power after an election.)
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To: simpson96
That's MAN-O-PAWs

It makes hair grow on your knuckles.

Had it myself, very traumatic.

54 posted on 08/13/2020 5:55:43 PM PDT by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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To: simpson96

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.


55 posted on 08/13/2020 5:56:02 PM PDT by Toespi
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To: katykelly
Absolutely! Blue Bell is my go to-all occasions! 😀
56 posted on 08/13/2020 5:57:00 PM PDT by DeplorableGirl
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To: simpson96

Wait for it. In a few weeks, Obozo will start talking about his.


57 posted on 08/13/2020 5:58:24 PM PDT by TheCipher (To my mind Judas Iscariot was nothing but a low, mean, premature Congressman. - Mark Twain)
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To: simpson96

Barry no longer menstruates?


58 posted on 08/13/2020 6:04:10 PM PDT by MortMan (Shouldn't "palindrome" read the same forward and backward?)
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To: simpson96

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.......


59 posted on 08/13/2020 6:07:57 PM PDT by Dawgreg
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To: simpson96

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?


60 posted on 08/13/2020 6:10:00 PM PDT by Prince of Space (Irish lives matter!)
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