328: Fay Reid on the menopause, not having kids, and getting strong

The Scummy Mummies Podcast

Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn

Self-improvement, Education, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Our guest for this episode is the brilliant and hilarious Fay Reid, known on Instagram as @9to5menopause.

We talk about her experience of entering perimenopause at 45. She discusses the stigma that she feels exists within the Black community around the topic, how she built up the courage to speak out, and what happened when she did.

Fay also tells us about her attempts to have a child, and the grief and acceptance that followed. She shares the top three things she wishes she'd known at the start of her journey, and reveals the benefits of being menopausal - yes, there are some! There's a bit of chat about strength training, and of course, we end with Scummy Mummy Confessions.

Follow Fay @9to5menopause and visit fayreid.com for more.

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0:00.0	Hello, scumbags, this is the scummy mummies podcast, with your hosts, Ellie Gibson and Helen Thor.
0:16.7	Hello and welcome to the scummy mummies podcast. It's me, Helen Thorne. It's me, Helen Thorne. It's me,
0:20.4	Ellie Gibson. Ellie, I'm so excited. And it's me, Ellie Gibson.
0:21.9	Ellie, I'm so excited.
0:22.5	Me too.
0:25.8	Oh, it's like a new year, a new fresh start.
0:27.2	You know, I'm looking forward to so many things.
0:28.7	But do you know what I'm looking forward to the most?
0:30.3	Is it our new guest, Helen?
0:31.4	It is our new guest.
0:32.7	It's the wonderful Béryne.
0:33.0	Hello.
0:55.8	Hi, girls. Well, are you. We are so genuinely excited to have you here, Faye, because we love you. And also, we've been trying to do this for about three weeks, haven't we? But colds have got in the way. Oh, it's a bumpy start to 2026. But we're looking, we're looking positive. We're looking forward to what's ahead of us, aren't we? We are very much looking forward. First of all, thanks for having me. I've admired you girls from afar and up close for a very long time, as you know. So, and I think it's an interesting
1:01.7	twist to have me on, considering your podcast is called Scummy Mummies and I have no kids.
1:07.0	We like to get different perspectives and also we like to imagine how different our lives might have been.
1:13.6	If instead of spending our time arguing about screen time and cooking chicken nuggets,
1:18.2	we just, you know, sat around spending our disposable income and going on holiday and term time.
1:22.4	It's a window into another world, Faye.
1:24.7	Okay, why don't you introduce yourself to the listener?
1:27.1	Well, first of foremost, I'm Faye Reid, a born and bred Londoner, East Londoner.
1:34.3	And I suppose how you know me, well, actually, we know, I know you both through mutual friends,
1:40.3	but how people outside of that might know me is through nine to five menopause.
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