Don't let the menopause hold you back in bed

A drop in hormones doesn't have to mean your sex life takes a dip during midlife

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Don't let the menopause hold you back in bed

There's a common misconception that a woman's sex life diminishes as the number of candles on her cake increases. The more women I meet in menopause and beyond, the more I know that this is not the case. For some, sex gets better with age as you may care less about how others see you, have more life experience or worry less about the practicalities, such as pregnancy.

Despite this, more than a third of women in perimenopause or menopause report sexual difficulties, from lack of interest to pain. I suspect this is massively under-reported. But many of the struggles women experience can be overcome with relative ease. The hardest bit is speaking up.

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