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Jenna Bush Hager Goes Public With Perimenopause, Partners With Midi Health

Her disclosure aims to normalize midlife health conversations by pointing women to menopause-focused care.

Overview

  • The Today co-host, 43, says she is at the beginning of perimenopause and is collaborating with virtual clinic Midi Health to raise awareness and access to specialized care.
  • She reports mood swings and trouble sleeping as her most noticeable symptoms so far and says she has not experienced hot flashes.
  • She recalls first learning her mother was in menopause when her father told her and her sister to apologize, highlighting the role of family support.
  • She says a clinician diagnosed her with a frozen shoulder after she sought physical therapy, underscoring the varied ways symptoms can appear.
  • Coverage of her remarks also cited conference research and expert commentary on hormone therapies, which she frames as topics for discussion with clinicians.