Bonus Episode: Menopause & Peri-menopause - The Facts
Postcards From Midlife
Lorraine Candy & Trish Halpin
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2021
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Brought to you in partnership with Avon
In this special one-off episode, Lorraine and Trish speak to women’s health expert and TV GP Dr Sarah Jarvis to find out everything you need to know about the menopause - from hormones to HRT, identifying symptoms and getting the best service from your GP.
Plus: beauty expert Nilam Holmes shares her tips for tackling menopausal skin troubles, and your hosts get nostalgic about DIY
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| 0:00.0 | Lorraine, we are doing an episode all about the menopause. |
| 0:04.3 | Yes, an absolutely serious one, but you know what? |
| 0:06.8 | Every time I say anything like, oh, I'm a bit warm, |
| 0:09.6 | or I didn't sleep, or when are that? |
| 0:11.3 | My teenage children have my daughters |
| 0:13.7 | to start to make fun of me around the menopause. |
| 0:16.5 | They say, menopause, menopause. |
| 0:19.6 | Oh, gosh. |
| 0:20.6 | That mean bucket, bucket loads of empathy then, |
| 0:23.3 | coming out of those teenagers. |
| 0:24.8 | They're talking about it. |
| 0:26.4 | Yeah, do you know what? |
| 0:27.7 | You know, it's not mentioned in every household. |
| 0:30.0 | So at least they're saying, menopause, menopause, |
| 0:32.0 | as I go about my day, getting angry with everything. |
| 0:37.5 | Hello. |
| 0:38.0 | Hello. |
| 0:38.8 | I'm Trish Halpin, and I'm Lorraine Candy. |
| 0:41.4 | And welcome to this special episode of postcards |
| 0:43.9 | from Midlife brought to you in association with Avon. |
| 0:51.2 | As regular listeners will know, Trish and I have been banging the drum |
| 0:54.2 | for a rather long time to get the menopause talked about. |
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