Approaching menopause as a childfree woman

Permaculture Womens Guild

By Gudrun Cartwright As a woman in my late forties, I am definitely approaching menopause. I feel in that ‘peri’ state. Even though I am perpetually altered by chemical hormones, due to suffering from pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). My doctor tells me I can’t be feeling this because I am on the pill, but I know my hormones are still there. Just masked. I feel them every month as I move through my cycle. And I am also childfree. Purposefully so. It’s not that I didn’t want children. For many years I did. But for my husband and I, we…