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My story: My life changed massively when at the age of 40 I became a single parent and moved house whilst 7 months pregnant to a house with no central heating and a tiny baby arriving in November.   Within 2 years I had been made redundant but before the final month I...

Fitness and The Menopause. It’s a fact. Women are living twice as long as they did over 150 years ago. The average life expectancy for a woman in the mid 1800’s was 41 years. In 2011, that age was 82 and its rising. Most women in the 1800’s would have passed away...

Looking back, I’ve suffered with gynae-related issues all my life. Things really spiralled badly over the past few years, resulting in a raft of invasive, unnecessary & ultimately futile procedures, as I was repeatedly told that I couldn’t have a hysterectomy...

Warm welcome to everyone reading the real life stories below. This story is written by the wonderful Anna around her thoughts, feelings and experience of her own journey. Hello! Happy to- coming out the other side drug free. Have learned a lot from The Chilled...

Moods, hormones, sleepless nights and being 45!!   When my son hit was 3 and the baby/toddler fog had lifted, that I was still extremely moody, angry stressed, thinking the worst all the time....basically I wasn't myself. I resented everything and everyone, even...

PERIMENOPAUSE I started talking to my health care provider about my changing cycle right around the time I turned 45 (I’ll be 48 in a few months). Since having my sons in three early aughts, my periods had averaged around 6-8 days; but when I felt the need to mention...