Not all women, however, have these feelings as they pass their mid-30s. Another special age seems to be 40, and for many women the ‘big 40′ heralds a decline in wellbeing and sexuality. If their mothers went through the menopause at this point in their life this is perhaps understandable, but other women too have assumed that peri-menopausal symptoms of irregular menstruation and increased premenstrual tension occurring in their 40s are a forewarning of change – change for the worse. These feelings can be heightened by medical advice to stop the Pill or consider new methods of contraception.
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