Claire Whitfield
A practising women's health specialist covering perimenopause and the menopausal transition, with a B.S. in Biological Sciences (Pre-Medicine) from Wichita State University.
About Claire Whitfield
Claire is a practising women’s health specialist who studied Biological Sciences on the pre-medicine track at Wichita State University. She writes our perimenopause guides the way she talks about the transition in consultation: starting from what can actually be measured, and being equally direct about what cannot.
Her guides work from the published staging criteria and specialist-society guidance rather than symptom checklists — separating what a test can rule out from what it can confirm, and saying plainly where the evidence for an option is strong, mixed, or simply thin. None of it is a diagnosis or a treatment plan; it is background to bring to an appointment.
Areas of focus
Latest from Claire
Can You Get Pregnant During Perimenopause? Odds, Contraception and HRT
Is It Perimenopause or Something Else? Conditions That Can Look Like It
Perimenopause Periods: What Changes, What's Normal, and When to Get Checked
The Stages of Perimenopause: Early, Late, and How to Tell Which You're In
Iron Deficiency in Women: Why It's So Common, and What Helps
What Is Endometriosis? Symptoms and Why Diagnosis Takes Years
How to Know If You're in Perimenopause — and What a Test Can't Tell You
Perimenopause Treatment: What Works Best, and What's Changed