Woman & Home

‘I finally feel brave again’

‘Approaching 50 has given me loads of energy and I feel that anything is possible’

S itting down to chat to

Andrea McLean is just like catching up with an old friend. Warm, open and funny: nothing is off-limits with Andrea, and it’s no wonder, considering she’s been a presenter on Loose Women since 2007, where she and her co-stars discuss everything from politics to the challenges of ageing – something Andrea is all too familiar with. In 2016 she underwent a hysterectomy, which triggered an early menopause.

‘My experience hasn’t been brilliant, but women don’t need to accept that this is just how it is, there is help,’ she insists.

Andrea, who is mum to Finlay,

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