20 Apr

Perimenopause and me

By my calculations, I started my Perimenopause around the age of 42, nine years ago. At that time I was in love with someone who...

20 Apr

Pregnancy and the Perimenopause

I have recently had two messages about the photo of my on the home page of this site. Both messages said that they initially thought...

12 Mar

Another Lockdown Birthday

I am a proud mother, The Merry Menopause was two this week on March 8th, she shares her birthday with International Women’s Day (IWD) and...

12 Mar

From Challenge Comes Change

The theme of this year's International Women’s Day is #ChooseToChallenge,  in their words:-“A challenged world is an alert world. Individually we’re all responsible for our...

07 Feb

Sex Education 80s Style

I started to write a piece about my experience of my mum’s menopause and how as a teenager in the 80s I had zero knowledge...

13 Dec

Perimenopause Phase Two

In phase two our hormone levels start to change dramatically and over time we stop having a regular menstrual cycle. Our egg supply has shrunk,...

13 Dec

Perimenopause Phase One

In your mid-30s, you are still producing enough hormones to give you good energy, skin, muscle tone and a sex drive, but there are subtle...

29 Nov

Stop Apologising

Do you talk openly to your friends and family about your periods and your perimenopause? Or do you find yourself constantly apologising and making yourself...

24 Nov

The Pill

Were you put on the pill as a teenager or young woman because your periods were heavy? You had cramps? Bad skin? Mood swings? Before...

12 Nov

Menopause Support NOT Menopause Denial

Every woman will have a menopause, you can not cure it and you can not make it go way. The worst thing you can do...