Top menopause product ideas for Valentine's Day According to 42,000 women, painful sex and libido are the symptoms that are having the greatest impact on women's lives. These discomforts can range from poor lubrication and irritation, to changes to the shape of the vagina and dramatic shifts in mood. As a result, it's not unusual to experience a growing sense of distance when it comes to intimacy. Relate , the UK's largest provider of relationship support, offer their advice: "During menopause your sex life is likely to be very...

How to survive Christmas with menopause As the year comes to an end it’s time to fess up. I don’t like Christmas. There. I’ve said it. For as long as I can remember Christmas has rarely been something I look forward to, or even get excited about. It began in childhood, for which there are many explanations, but as each year has passed, I’ve felt increasingly overwhelmed so just long for it to be over. As an adolescent tomboy I resented having to ‘dress up’ (read here ‘put a frock on’). As a young, hip n happenin’ teenager I was...