Most women are handed a prescription without a proper explanation of what they're actually taking and why. This episode fixes that.

Three hormones. What each one does, what happens when you lose it, what the options are in Australia right now, and how to think about what you actually need. Plus how to have a better, more informed conversation with your GP.

This is information so you can advocate for yourself. Informed women get better outcomes.

In This Episode

• What oestrogen actually does in your body beyond hot flushes

• What happens to your bones, brain, heart and mood when oestrogen declines

• Body-identical oestrogen vs synthetic and why it matters

• Delivery methods available right now including gels as a patch alternative

• Why progesterone drops first and what that does to your sleep and anxiety

• Body-identical micronised progesterone vs synthetic progestins and why they are not the same thing

• Testosterone for women, what it does, who needs it, and how it's prescribed in Australia

• Who needs what at each stage from early perimenopause through to post-menopause

• Women who thought they couldn't have MHT and why that conversation is worth having again

• How to talk to your GP and what to specifically ask for.