Lynda Lovatt Lady Talk

Lynda Lovatt Lady Talk Menopause Specialist Nurse: Menopause Navigation|Menopause Vitality Programme|Menopause Pelvic Floor Assessment|Menopause Workshops

26/11/2025

Our hospitals are full of Chronic disease. Wouldn’t you rather stay out? What are you doing to look after your health as oestrogen declines? disease

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24/11/2025

**naldryness

22/11/2025

Your pelvic floor muscles are internal. Your v***a starts to change…there’s lots of changes to it…the inner l***a shrinks, the va**nal entrance can shrink, the good bacteria 🦠 runs away….There are things you can do to help. ***a

19/11/2025

Menopause symptom management/Education, prolapse, stress incontinence, s*xual pain, v***al changes, healthy aging, disease prevention, personal training in menopause.

Winter secrets of urine leaking, pad in place is the management.Summer sun comes leaving us feeling vulnerable and expos...
18/11/2025

Winter secrets of urine leaking, pad in place is the management.

Summer sun comes leaving us feeling vulnerable and exposed. The pads start to smell and sweat and the perimenopausal skin suffers, cracks and itches.

I HAVE 3 APPOINTMENTS LEFT TO FIX THIS PROBLEM IN TIME FOR SUMMER.

Get in touch via my website or message to stop the leaking before summer hits.

Telehealth nationwide or in person in Wellington

Lynda Lovatt
DipN RNZcmpN
Menopause/Pelvic Health Nurse
https://lyndalovattladytalk.co.nz/menopause-pelvic-health

So do you work at the hospital 🏥 when you’re not at the Lady Talk clinic?Occasionally people still ask me this. Hospital...
17/11/2025

So do you work at the hospital 🏥 when you’re not at the Lady Talk clinic?

Occasionally people still ask me this. Hospital nursing isn’t the only place you find nurses. Nurses are everywhere doing amazing Mahi.

Yes you can be…

👩‍⚕️ A hospital Nurse
👩‍⚕️ A Practice Nurse
👩‍⚕️ A District Nurse
👩‍⚕️ A Plunket Nurse
👩‍⚕️ A Public Health Nurse
👩‍⚕️ A Molemap Nurse
👩‍⚕️ An Aesthetics Nurse
👩‍⚕️ A Theatre Nurse
👩‍⚕️ A Self Employed Nurse
👩‍⚕️ A Research Nurse
👩‍⚕️ An Occupational Health Nurse…..

I’ve worked for years in the hospitals, but now I want to keep people out….that’s my job now as a nurse.

🤗Prevent disease
🤗Promote Health
🤗Perimenopause symptom management
🤗Fix incontinence
🤗Fix s*xual pain
🤗Reduce prolapse symptoms

Nurses are everywhere. I’m in Wellington and I’ve got 30 years experience behind me. You can see me on zoom or in Seatoun Wellington.

Keeping you out of hospital from midlife on!

Lynda Lovatt
Menopause/Pelvic Health Nurse
Www.lyndalovattladytalk.co.nz

Are they talking to you about menopause at work?Do you feel productive at work in menopause? Do you feel your workplace ...
16/11/2025

Are they talking to you about menopause at work?

Do you feel productive at work in menopause? Do you feel your workplace is supporting you in this journey?

Pictured above is Nancy (in the pink) from the Department of Internal Affairs who arranged for me to come in and talk to 130 staff about Menopause in the workplace.

It was a wonderful talk that was delivered in a culturally appropriate way. It was partly in person and other staff beamed in via a video call link.

There was time and privacy allocated with questions at the end.

These are the things that stood out for the women in attendance:

“Humour combined with medical and lifestyle information.”

“Opportunity to learn more and just talk about this important topic to normalise it.”

“Good to understand more about symptoms and how to address them.”

“Seeing all the symptoms but being surprised that perimenopause is diagnosed on symptoms rather than through other tests.”

“Tips for pelvic floor exercises.”

“Great speaker, comfortable and knowledgeable.”

👩‍⚕️ To book me as a speaker for your organisation please get in touch here⬇️

https://lyndalovattladytalk.co.nz/speaking-engagement

Lynda Lovatt
DipN RNZcmpN
•Menopause/Pelvic Health Nurse
•Registered Personal Trainer
•Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner
•Author
•Speaker
Www.lyndalovattladytalk.co.nz

Women aren’t having their v***a’s looked at and it concerns me. Yesterday I went to molemap and I asked the nurse do you...
14/11/2025

Women aren’t having their v***a’s looked at and it concerns me.

Yesterday I went to molemap and I asked the nurse do you map women’s v***a’s. I knew the answer already but I asked it again this year because I wanted to affirm a gap. There is a gap in the mapping.

No she said. We don’t, well they might if a patient said but no we don’t.

So I said who is looking at v***a’s then? They aren’t routinely looking at them in General Practice because HPV screening is done with a stick by the patient in the loo.

Even with the old way of doing cervical screening so much focus was on finding the cervix were v***a’s truly being looked at then or questions asked about how the Genitourinary syndrome of Menopause may be affecting the patient? No because it’s all a rush (I know, I’ve worked in it, there’s a chapter in “Lady Talk” the book on it).

V***a skin assessment is a speciality on it’s own and the more I learn about it the more I want to offer a service. For me this would see me advance my practice as a nurse prescriber.

It’s not all about Ovestin and moisture balms for midlife women. As I’ve said in recent posts there are other skin conditions that need different treatment to this.

At the Lady Talk Clinic on Tuesday’s and Wednesdays I’m there looking at V***a’s. Patients also call me with their v***al skin concerns. I see patients on zoom nationwide and offer a pelvic health assessment that’s virtual and it’s surprisingly easy and of course I over deliver to get things sorted.

This week someone said “I’d rather see you than my own GP” - I said you still need to see your own GP and relayed the reasons why.

I always say keep an eye on your v***a, take a look at it yourself. There are barriers around that though like….

“But Lynda what am I looking for.”

“I can’t see it, my vision isn’t good.”

“I can’t bend around there.”

“God I had a look and I hadn’t seen it for a while and I was quite shocked at how it looked.”

Although I’m primarily looking to treat:

👩‍⚕️Sexual Pain
👩‍⚕️Incontinence
👩‍⚕️Prolapse Symptoms

I start at the skin everytime. Because women value a through unhurried service, where the nurse asks all about s*x, or**sm, v***al skin changes, childbirth, pregnancy, everything….no stone unturned.

The Lady Talk clinic…..where we not only talk about everything but we aim to RESOLVE the problem.

I also work with a team of other health professionals who talk to each other.

Get in touch here:

https://lyndalovattladytalk.co.nz/menopause-pelvic-health

Lynda Lovatt
DipN RNZcmpN
•Menopause/Pelvic Health Nurse
•Registered Personal Trainer
•Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner
•Author
•Speaker
Www.lyndalovattladytalk.co.nz

V***al skin conditions. There are some that are common and expected as oestrogen declines for example the Genitourinary ...
11/11/2025

V***al skin conditions. There are some that are common and expected as oestrogen declines for example the Genitourinary syndrome of menopause.

There are others though that won’t respond to ovestin cream or moisture balms because they are predominantly something else….like….

❓V***al Vitiligo
❓V***al Psoriasis
❓V***al Dermatitis
❓V***al Lichen Sclerosus

In the numerous menopause conferences I have been on I always attend the v***al skin conditions sessions because I love dermatology and I want to help improve the skin down there.

So although I largely treat…

👩‍⚕️Prolapse
👩‍⚕️Urinary Incontinence
👩‍⚕️Sexual pain

🕵️ I’m a detective…always looking outside the square.

🪞 What can you do to look after your own v***a? Keep an eye on it. Get to know it with a mirror and get things seen if there’s changes or things are feeling itchy or sore.

Lynda
Menopause & Pelvic Health Nurse
https://lyndalovattladytalk.co.nz/menopause-pelvic-health

Childbirth risk factors. Do you know yours? They are listed in Lady Talk the book 📕 Before you jump into a high intensit...
10/11/2025

Childbirth risk factors. Do you know yours? They are listed in Lady Talk the book 📕

Before you jump into a high intensity exercise class check in with me.

Generally in a group fitness exercise class they don’t ask you about your va**na. Sometimes you are not asked in a personal training session.

Pregnancy and childbirth are the biggest hits to load, stretch or damage your pelvic floor muscles.

Then along comes perimenopause where further hormonal impacts predispose us to feel prolapse for the first time. Or the leaking of urine during coughing sneezing or laughing gets worse. Sometimes urge to p*e is so strong it gets you into a panic.

At the Lady Talk clinic on Tuesdays and Wednesdays I put your va**na first before I exercise you in a session.

Your pelvic floor is one of your core muscles. It helps keep your poo and wee in and helps to support your bowel, bladder and uterus. If the muscle isn’t strong enough for the activity such as burp*es in the high intensity class at the Gym you can p*e or cause an organ to fall out of place.

NB: Always exercise with a Registered Exercise Professional and see a pelvic health professional like myself who is trained to assess your pelvic floor muscle function.

Lynda Lovatt
Menopause Pelvic Health Nurse
Registered Personal Trainer
https://lyndalovattladytalk.co.nz/menopause-pelvic-health

Quick diaries out!Schedule in you first this week. Quick before it’s time to switch off the phones for good sleep hygien...
09/11/2025

Quick diaries out!

Schedule in you first this week. Quick before it’s time to switch off the phones for good sleep hygiene by 9pm.

Pop in:

💃Your exercise
💃A way to reduce stress daily
💃Alcohol mindfulness
💃Optimise sleep
💃Sort your pelvic floor issues (get in touch with me)
💃Stuck with menopause (Get in touch)
💃Want to stay well as you age and need support (Get in touch)
💃Need a personal trainer (I’ve got you covered).

Is there anything else? Your health doesn’t get cancelled. It’s a non negotiable. Do not move your time from your diary.

Did I mention TIME IN NATURE? This was my hilly walk this morning. Stunning Wellington day. It’s always like this here though. 😉

Sleep well. Have a great week looking after you.

Lynda Lovatt
Menopause Pelvic Health Nurse
Www.lyndalovattladytalk.co.nz

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