FEELING FLUSH

The arrival of peri menopausal symptoms usually means the departure of your libido. Ahhh she's a mysterious creature is Mrs Libido. She's seen the signs comi...

Do you know Peri?

I hate the gym. There. I said it. But. And there is a but. I understand the need to go and have done since my early 30’s. I’ve flirted with cardio, I’ve been...

APPRECIATION IS LIKE AN INSURANCE POLICY - IT HAS BE BE RENEWED NOW AND THEN.... DAVE MCINTYRE... I can sometimes be a miserable old trout. The list of poten...

There are numerous things I LOVE about being female - I wouldn't want to be a man for all the tea in China - and we are so differently wired for sure. But be...

My hormonal clock body has pretty much run like a well oiled machine for most of my life. Whether it be my 28 day period cycle with its 5 day bleed and its v...

1. It is completely normal to be perimenopausal (hormonal transitions prior to menopause) after the age of 42 and this stage often lasts eight to ten years. ...

According to a recent study from the University of Leeds, if we eat more oily fish and legumes (beans and peas) we can help delay the menopause. The study wa...

Over the last 5 years, mindfulness has become main stream and big business. It's thought of less as a past time only reserved for the shaven headed monks of ...

As part of a regular series we talk to Feeling Flush readers about their experiences of menopause. This week it is the turn of Anne Carter, who is a 60-somet...

Dear PF (pelvic floor) Hope you’re well. I wasn’t sure if you had been around that much of late and I miss you dearly (mainly because of several incidents in...

There is a list going around the internet at the moment with the 40 negative symptoms of peri-menopause and menopause. Whilst of course we acknowledge it isn...

One of the many joys (ahem) of peri menopause for me has been the night sweats. I haven't yet fallen foul to the day time hot flushes, but the night sweats s...

Pretty Clever Pants are a range of 'protective' underwear by TV presenter Carol Smillie that have a concealed waterproof layer. They apparently offer women '...

I love Holland & Barrett and their mix of pills and potions, various nuts in bags and special water in the fridge. The shop also feels a bit to me like the h...

When Liz Earle announced she was publishing a new book that was about all things menopause, I was pressing the pre-order button on Amazon fastest than you ca...

You may be delving in to this blog title thinking I'm going to be talking about how to spice up your relationship before the rot sets in and the highlight of...

Happy Easter #FFS We have some amazing news! Cadbury just sent us a press release about their new Cadbury Twirl Easter Egg and how it cures menopausal sympto...

A little while ago on our Feeling Flush FB group, we had an interesting discussion (cue absolutely hilarious comments) about hair of the downstairs kind. Pub...

When I was 42 my periods started to change. I'd been one of those '28 days' type of gals. I even had a period 28 days to the day after I'd given birth... BOT...