Last Updated on January 25, 2020 by Kristen
Menopause isn’t for sissies: hot flashes, brain fog, inexplicable weight gain—you don’t even want to know what else. And if you know, you know.
Show your menopausal loved one you feel her pain with a gift that will make everything a little more tolerable. Whether she loves cooking, fashion, reading, theater—or if she hates sweating profusely without warning—we’ve got the perfect gift idea.
Automatic pan stirrer with timer, $25
That brain fog thing menopausal women talk about? It’s real. Help a sister not burn her eggs.
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West Elm V-Fan mini classic air circulator, $49
Even if it’s the dead of winter, she needs this.
Because it’s always kaftan season when you’re in menopause, and this can be worn as a robe or a dress (or a beach coverup!). Check out more of our favorite kaftans.
Hand-painted handheld silk fan, $42
To keep in the handbag for on-the-go hot flashes, which don’t care where you are or what you’re doing when they attack.
Tickets to Menopause the Musical
A trip to Vegas with your besties is always a good idea—even better when you’re all menopausal (peri or post) and you’re going to see a comedic theater production about menopause.
I Feel Bad About My Neck, and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron
Don’t we all? This book will at least make you laugh about it.
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Pause Hot Flash Cooling Mist, $39
This stuff is magic.
Crisp cotton nightshirt by Desmond & Dempsey, $110.
Check out the full list of our favorite PJs!
Wilde House paper night journal, $25
We need a place to write all those things we can’t say out loud.