by Trudy Rankin | Sep 18, 2019 | Menopause Nightmares, Partner, What The Bleep Happened
We need to talk about the ‘V’ word. VAGINA. It’s one of the words that people have trouble saying out loud, let alone having a conversation about it. I wasn’t going to even mention the other ‘V’ word—vulva- but the writer in me decided it needed to be here too. Both...
by Trudy Rankin | Jun 17, 2019 | Menopause Journeys, Partner, Redefining You
I think I was 43 or 44 when I started experiencing changes to my periods. It could have been earlier, but I was in the final throes of alcoholic drinking so nothing was normal. I’d been trying to get and stay sober for a few years so it could have been going on for a...
by Trudy Rankin | May 28, 2019 | Hot & Sweaty, Menopause Symptoms, Partner
Do You Get Hot Flashes Upon Waking Up? It’s 6:19 a.m. I’m lying in bed, snuggled up and cosy, gradually waking up to the sounds of birds greeting the morning. At precisely 6:20 a.m. our alarm goes off. I roll over to silence it, turn to greet my husband … and...