Dr. Jill Krapf
I can related to this feeling both on a personal and professional level. I am a doctor, but I’m also a wife, mother, daughter, sister, and woman experiencing the transition of perimenopause.
Many of us feel that we “lose a bit of ourselves” during the baby and toddler stage, whether we work in the home or outside the home.
We are constantly giving and often take care of everything and everyone except for ourselves.
Reaching our 40s and with children more self-sufficient, we are ready to regain our “old selves” but with hormonal changes, we end up “not feeling like ourselves.”
What I am realizing is we have new needs at this stage and we need to discover our “new self.”
There is so much opportunity in this new stage and there are options for those with symptoms holding them back.
About Dr. Jill Krapf
Dr. Jill Krapf is a board-certified Obstetrician Gynecologist specializing in female sexual pain disorders at The Center for Vulvovaginal Disorders Florida in Tampa.
She is a co-author of the book When Sex Hurts: Understanding and Healing Pelvic Pain. Dr. Krapf is active in research and has published chapters and peer-reviewed articles on vulvodynia and vulvar lichen sclerosus.
She is Associate Editor for the medical journal Sexual Medicine Online Access, as well as for the textbook Female Sexual Pain Disorders, 2nd Edition. She is a Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH) and a Fellow of the International Society for Vulvovaginal Disorders (ISSVD), serving as Chair of the Social Media Committee for ISSWSH.
She shares educational content on her Instagram page @jillkrapfmd.
Events During Perimenopause Awareness Month
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Smashing the Taboo of Painful Sex During Perimenopause
Friday, September 20th at 6pm EST