E-book : The UK Perimenopause Survival Guide

A 34-page guide for the small hours — yours free with the three-bra bundle.

There is a great deal of information about what perimenopause is. There is much less about ten past three on a Tuesday morning, when you are stood in the dark holding a wet pyjama top.

That gap is what this guide is for. It was built from what British women actually say to each other — on Mumsnet, on Reddit, in the replies to threads that begin "please be nice, this is embarrassing" — and checked against NHS and NICE guidance.

What's inside

• Sleeping and sweating. Why the sweat isn't the bit that wakes you, and the bedside recovery system that gets you dry and back under the covers in ninety seconds.
• Freedom from the heat trap. Why correctly-fitted bras still become unbearable, what's actually happening under the bust, and how to build a rotation instead of hunting for one perfect bra.
• "Your bloods are normal." What NICE guideline NG23 actually says about blood tests, and three scripts — word for word — for when an appointment ends without a plan.
• Brain fog, work and blind rage. An external memory system that works on four hours' sleep, how to ask for adjustments without disclosing a diagnosis, and the pause plan for the rage that arrives out of nowhere.
• Printables and matrices. The part most women use first.

The printables

• A 30-day symptom tracker — sixty seconds a day, laid out so a GP can read the pattern at a glance.
• A one-page GP summary sheet to fill in and take with you.
• The fabric comfort matrix — cotton, polyester, silk, bamboo, merino and modal, with where each one lets you down. No winning fibre, because there isn't one.
• Every script in the book, collected on two pages: for your partner, your children, your manager, occupational health and your GP.

Honestly, though

Nothing in this guide treats anything, and it is not a substitute for your GP. No fabric, kit or routine in it will stop a hot flush — what these things change is how much of your life a flush takes with it. It isn't an alternative to HRT and doesn't compete with it: if treatment is right for you, that's a conversation with your doctor, and chapter three is about making that conversation count.

Forum posts are personal experience, not evidence, and are quoted here as language rather than as proof. Every clinical statement comes from NHS or NICE guidance.

Format

PDF, 34 pages, A4. Written in British English. Designed to be read on a phone at 3am or printed for the bits you'll write on. Delivered as an instant download — nothing is posted to you.