{"id":29450,"date":"2024-07-18T19:56:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T19:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/?p=29450"},"modified":"2025-11-05T23:15:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T23:15:53","slug":"doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/education\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Early menstruation, millenopause, and mature pregnancy\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"pg-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DocTalk 4: Early Menstruation, Millenopause, and Geriatric Pregnancy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/77ZcH_PNqJk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The DocTalk series, where we discuss current events in the industry and what they might mean for you. From news articles, research studies, pop culture, and everything in between, we\u2019re going to break it all down and sift through the noise with the help of our expert, Dr. Janet Choi, Progyny\u2019s Chief Medical Officer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new study was published recently that\u2019s raising questions and concerns &#8212; girls are getting their first periods sooner than previous generations. Hear what Dr. Choi and Lissa Kline have to say about these findings. Later, they talk about a different generation of women; Millennials. Millenials are beginning to reach the age of perimenopause, or as the internet has named it, Millenopause. As this age group enters the \u201cgeriatric age\u201d for pregnancy, Dr. Choi and Lissa discuss how to navigate a mature pregnancy, as it\u2019s becoming the new norm across the U.S. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Experts<\/strong>: <br>Dr. Janet Choi, Chief Medical Officer, Progyny <br>Lissa Kline, LCSW, Progyny<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This show does not constitute medical advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DocTalk series, where we discuss current events in the industry and what they might mean for you. From news [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":29423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[271,230,499,514],"tags":[618,284],"class_list":["post-29450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-female-infertility","category-education","category-menopause","category-pregnancy","tag-doctalk","tag-video-tutorials"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Early menstruation, millenopause, and mature pregnancy\u00a0 | Progyny<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A new study was published recently that\u2019s raising questions - girls are getting their first periods sooner than previous generations.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/progyny.com\/education\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Early menstruation, millenopause, and mature pregnancy\u00a0 | Progyny\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new study was published recently that\u2019s raising questions - girls are getting their first periods sooner than previous generations.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/progyny.com\/education\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Progyny\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Progyny\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-18T19:56:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-05T23:15:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/16.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"662\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"464\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mae Fang\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Progyny\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Progyny\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mae Fang\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/education\\\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/education\\\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mae Fang\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0524236fcb8c1766b65ca3e2df5dce28\"},\"headline\":\"Early menstruation, millenopause, and mature pregnancy\u00a0\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-18T19:56:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-05T23:15:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/education\\\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":185,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/education\\\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/16.png\",\"keywords\":[\"DocTalk\",\"video tutorials\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Female Fertility + Health\",\"Fertility Education\",\"Menopause\",\"Pregnancy and Postpartum\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/education\\\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/education\\\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\\\/\",\"name\":\"Early menstruation, millenopause, and mature pregnancy\u00a0 | Progyny\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/education\\\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/education\\\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/16.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-18T19:56:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-05T23:15:53+00:00\",\"description\":\"A new study was published recently that\u2019s raising questions - girls are getting their first periods sooner than previous generations.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/education\\\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/education\\\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/education\\\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/16.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/16.png\",\"width\":662,\"height\":464,\"caption\":\"DocTalk episode: Early menstruation, millenopause & mature pregnancy\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/education\\\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Early menstruation, millenopause, and mature pregnancy\u00a0\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Progyny\",\"description\":\"Smarter benefits for life&#039;s milestones\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Progyny\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/Progyny-Logo-no-tag-Blue-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/Progyny-Logo-no-tag-Blue-1.png\",\"width\":925,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Progyny\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/Progyny\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Progyny\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/progynyinc\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/progyny\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0524236fcb8c1766b65ca3e2df5dce28\",\"name\":\"Mae Fang\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b2b74e416599ee96cd4c99adecb3b5376a0da15696fa59d178fa404ed8ba945c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b2b74e416599ee96cd4c99adecb3b5376a0da15696fa59d178fa404ed8ba945c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b2b74e416599ee96cd4c99adecb3b5376a0da15696fa59d178fa404ed8ba945c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mae Fang\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Early menstruation, millenopause, and mature pregnancy\u00a0 | Progyny","description":"A new study was published recently that\u2019s raising questions - girls are getting their first periods sooner than previous generations.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/education\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Early menstruation, millenopause, and mature pregnancy\u00a0 | Progyny","og_description":"A new study was published recently that\u2019s raising questions - girls are getting their first periods sooner than previous generations.","og_url":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/education\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\/","og_site_name":"Progyny","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Progyny\/","article_published_time":"2024-07-18T19:56:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-11-05T23:15:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":662,"height":464,"url":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/16.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Mae Fang","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Progyny","twitter_site":"@Progyny","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mae Fang","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/education\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/education\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\/"},"author":{"name":"Mae Fang","@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0524236fcb8c1766b65ca3e2df5dce28"},"headline":"Early menstruation, millenopause, and mature pregnancy\u00a0","datePublished":"2024-07-18T19:56:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-05T23:15:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/education\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\/"},"wordCount":185,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/education\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/16.png","keywords":["DocTalk","video tutorials"],"articleSection":["Female Fertility + Health","Fertility Education","Menopause","Pregnancy and Postpartum"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/education\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\/","url":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/education\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\/","name":"Early menstruation, millenopause, and mature pregnancy\u00a0 | Progyny","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/education\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/education\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/16.png","datePublished":"2024-07-18T19:56:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-05T23:15:53+00:00","description":"A new study was published recently that\u2019s raising questions - girls are getting their first periods sooner than previous generations.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/education\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/progyny.com\/education\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/education\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/16.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/16.png","width":662,"height":464,"caption":"DocTalk episode: Early menstruation, millenopause & mature pregnancy"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/education\/doctalk-early-menstruation-millenopause-and-mature-pregnancy\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Early menstruation, millenopause, and mature pregnancy\u00a0"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/","name":"Progyny","description":"Smarter benefits for life&#039;s milestones","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/#organization","name":"Progyny","url":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Progyny-Logo-no-tag-Blue-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Progyny-Logo-no-tag-Blue-1.png","width":925,"height":300,"caption":"Progyny"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Progyny\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Progyny","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/progynyinc\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/progyny"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0524236fcb8c1766b65ca3e2df5dce28","name":"Mae Fang","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b2b74e416599ee96cd4c99adecb3b5376a0da15696fa59d178fa404ed8ba945c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b2b74e416599ee96cd4c99adecb3b5376a0da15696fa59d178fa404ed8ba945c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b2b74e416599ee96cd4c99adecb3b5376a0da15696fa59d178fa404ed8ba945c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mae Fang"}}]}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}