Hot flushes and night sweats, loss of libido and headaches, vaginal dryness and depression, anxiety and insomnia.
When you think of the menopause it hardly sounds like a bundle of laughs.
But The Change affects all women differently and for many marks the start of a new chapter of their lives – one not just liberated from tampons and towels, cramps and cravings but one with more energy, confidence and lust for adventure.
It’s healthy, it’s natural and it’s an important milestone that most women will reach between 45 and 55.
Here’s 21 things you never knew about the menopause.
1. A whale of a time
Only two other species apart from humans go through the menopause – pilot… Read the full story