Fearne Cotton

But I am that typical mid-40s woman who is totally and utterly in denial.

My head's buried in the sand.

I don't know.

I think because I have found the conversation around perimenopause and menopause overwhelming at times.

And you're fed so many different pieces of advice.

And also people like to regurgitate their own narrative to you.

Yeah, which is worth...

Which then, you know, you could start thinking, oh, maybe I should go and talk to someone about this or should I start hormones?

Then someone else says, definitely don't because of this or the fear mongering comes in.

I am that person right now who is still slightly head in the sand.

And I know I've got certain symptoms.

My periods are certainly getting closer together.

So the cycle is shorter.

The periods can be shorter, but I can get a bad headache on day one and a heavy period on day one.

And then it's kind of very light after that.

So I know that there's changes.

I know there's stuff going on, but I'm doing nothing about it.

And I reckon there's a large portion of my listeners of my age who feel exactly the same.

It makes the conversation then really easy.

Exactly.