YOUR PERIMENOPAUSE questions answered

Fluctuating hormones are something most women experience but they don’t always talk openly about. And while puberty and menopause are finally being discussed more openly, there’s another life stage that still rarely gets mentioned.

“Perimenopause or ‘second puberty’ is the two to 12 years before periods. “It’s different from menopause, which is the life phase that begins one year after the last period.”