What happens when you are in menopause?
 
You don’t usually become menopausal suddenly. In the time leading up to menopause your hormones start to rise and fall causing some changes in your body. The changes in your body happen slowly as you move towards the time of menopause. The time when you are moving into menopause is called the ‘menopause transition’ also known as the ‘perimenopause’, when you may notice some physical and emotional changes happening to you.

Leading up to menopause, you will notice that your periods start to change. These changes are often different in each woman. Sometimes you will miss a period, sometimes periods are much heavier than usual or much lighter, and sometimes you may miss a period for a month or two and then they start again. These changes can carry on for a few months or even years before periods stop completely. In some women periods can just stop suddenly. Every woman’s experience of her menopause is different.