At 42, I thought my hormones were just acting up—I’d had my fair share of intense PMS over the years.
But these mood swings, the insomnia, the weird brain fog? It felt like puberty in reverse. I chalked it up to the old favorites: “it’s just stress”, “it’s just aging”—with maybe a touch of burnout. Everyone is tired, irritable, stretched thin, right? Why would I be any different?
But still, something felt off. I didn’t feel like myself, and I couldn’t quite explain why. My periods were getting toounpredictable. I’d wake up soaked in sweat, then cry at a commercial by lunch. Was something deeper going on?
It wasn’t until I stumbled across the word perimenopause in a podcast—not a doctor’s office, not a health class—that it all started to click.
“I wasn’t falling apart. It was perimenopause.”
The calm in my storm was answers—I got that with the Mira Menopause Transitions Kit, and I want every woman to have this peace of mind too.
💡 92% of Mira users discovered insights they never got from doctors alone.
I was suffering in silence.
Perimenopause: the lead-up to menopause that starts about four years before your last period, where hormones fluctuate wildly and symptoms sneak in slowly—until they don’t.
I’d heard of menopause, of course. Hot flashes, the end of your cycle, maybe a few jokes about crankiness. But no one told me about this: the hormonal rollercoaster that can begin years before your last period, the subtle symptoms that overlap with PMS, disrupting everything from your sleep to your mental clarity.
“I felt like I was losing control of my body—and no one could tell me why.”
What shocked me most wasn’t what my body was doing, it was how invisible perimenopause is in public discourse, despite the fact it impacts millions of women, starting in their late 30s and early 40s.
There’s a strange silence around it—like it’s a private unraveling we’re supposed to figure out quietly, on our own. And the healthcare system can only get us so far—I was told “come back when you haven’t had a period for 12 months.”
It’s lonely when you don’t have answers. You swing between dismissing your symptoms and fearing the worst—because you just don’t know. And when you don’t have a clear explanation, it chips away at your confidence. I so often felt like I was failing, at being a partner, a parent, a professional. When really, my hormones were shifting in ways I was never taught to expect.
It shouldn’t be this way. And thankfully now I know it doesn’t have to be.
I’m not waiting to be taken seriously.
Women today won’t accept being passengers in their health journeys. We’re data-driven, digitally savvy, and done being dismissed!
We track our cycles, monitor our sleep, measure our steps—so why wouldn’t we track our hormones too? Especially during a transition as complex as perimenopause.
💡 50% of women worldwide use health tracking apps.
We’re juggling careers, caregiving, and everything in between; vague advice like “wait and see” just doesn’t cut it.
“I wanted to know what was actually going on—not be told to wait until it got worse.”
Our experiences are valid. So let’s set the record straight.
Perimenopause can bring symptoms like irregular periods, hot flashes, mood swings, brain fog, sleep issues, anxiety—but not always predictably. They can start years before menopause and can feel so random and disorienting.
I was told "it's normal", but it didn’t feel normal.
“One month I felt fine. The next, I couldn’t sleep, I cried at random things, and I was snapping at my kids. I felt like I was unraveling.”
Mira gave me the power to stop guessing and start understanding, with real numbers and real clarity.
Hormone tracking gave me the proof I needed.
When I found Mira’s **Menopause Transition Kit,** everything shifted. It wasn’t just another app or test strip; it was a science-backed tool that let me track all the hormones driving the chaos: not just LH, but also PdG, E3G, and FSH (a hugely important one to track in perimenopause!)
There’s something so powerful about seeing your hormones on a Mira chart.
For the first time, I wasn’t guessing. Patterns emerged. I could connect the dots between my symptoms and my hormone levels.
“Suddenly, I wasn’t crazy—I had proof. My FSH levels were climbing, and I could see how that connected to the rough days.”
And with that data came confidence. I wasn’t in the dark anymore. I had real insight into what my body was doing, and that changed how I showed up for myself, my health, and my future.
“I’m 43 and interested in learning the details of my hormone levels and how their patterns are affecting my health, and my mental and emotional states. I have already gotten great insights into my hormone levels, including a confirmation of low estrogen!” - Courtney T.
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Everything made sense again.
After Mira I could see where I stood. It made sense—I was in perimenopause, because my FSH was rising, my estrogen was erratic, my progesterone had dropped, I had infrequent LH surges. The data showed me why my cycle was irregular—I wasn’t ovulating every month, which is normal in the progression to menopause.
💡 91% better understood the root cause of symptoms and 86% had more productive doctor visits.
My doctor and I were finally on the same page, and Mira was my ally. I was confident showing them the data because I’d read it was 7x more accurate, 3x more reliable and 6x more sensitive than other fertility trackers. A huge reason why I chose it. The fluorescent detection is the first and only at-home hormone monitor using this sort of tech.
It’s like having a mini lab at home—easy to use, I see my trends in the app, spot any irregularities and hormonal shifts in real time.
How amazing to live in a world where this sort of technology for hormone empowerment exists, right?
“I use Mira with perimenopausal patients. It provides objective data for what often feels like a subjective experience.”
- Christina Saldanha, Founder and Lead PA, Certified Menopause Specialist and Clinical Sexologist
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This is your new beginning.
💡76% felt more in control of perimenopause.
Perimenopause doesn’t have to be something we silently endure. With the right tools, it can become a moment of powerful self-knowledge.
We’re advocating for ourselves, with Mira’s real data in hand.
“I’m not scared of what’s next anymore. I know what’s happening in my body, and I finally feel in control.”
Mira is helping to rewrite the story of menopause—not as a loss, but as a phase we enter with clarity, confidence, and peace of mind.
Own your next chapter—I did!
👉 Track your transition—Shop Mira’s Menopause Transitions Kit
