What is peri-menopause? Where ‘menarche’ marks the start of your periods, ‘menopause’ is the first year anniversary after your last period. The lead up to menarche is puberty, and the lead up to menopause is peri-menopause. The hormone changes work in reverse to each other during each transition, and both can be really challenging times! … Continued
What is Peri-menopause? Just like adolescence leads up to periods starting (menarche), peri-menopause is the lead up to them stopping (menopause). Every woman experiences their peri-menopause differently, with some suffering with severe symptoms and others barely noticing anything at all. Peri-menopause can create big changes on all levels. Physically, the body is swapping over from … Continued
What is menopause? Menopause is so many things! It’s a transition into a new phase of life, where your body undergoes big changes and your periods eventually stop. Traditionally it was called ‘climacteric’ which means ‘ripening’ and post-menopausal women were highly respected for their wisdom and life experience. Physiologically, the ovaries stop making the most … Continued
What are your options if you’ve got terrible peri-menopause symptoms and you can’t take HRT? Here are some natural menopause treatments that really work. Are You In Peri-Menopause? The early signs are so subtle, it can be hard to tell if you’re in peri-menopause. I’ve written another blog here which explains more about the many symptoms … Continued
When it comes to peri-menopause, we all know about the hot flushes, mood swings and weight gain, but there’s a secret symptom which we tend not to discuss so much: menopause dryness. Before peri-menopause, oestrogen keeps tissues throughout the body well lubricated and in good condition. As levels drop in the later stages of peri-menopause, … Continued
Hot flushes are probably the most well known of all the peri-menopause symptoms and what a pain they are! You might think that a sudden flush of intense heat nothing more than a minor inconvenience, and for some women, that’s true. But for those who get hot flushes several times an hour, day and night, … Continued
Can you really get through menopause without HRT? We’ve all heard of HRT as a treatment for menopause symptoms and since the Davina McCall programme ‘Sex, Myths and the Menopause’ aired in 2021, there’s been a huge push to get as many of us as possible onto HRT when we reach menopause. Davina’s done a … Continued