Dry, Sore and Dreading Sex? Perimenopause and Your Vagina — Part 1 (Ep 14)

What The Peri? - With Kirsten Cooke · Oct 22, 2026 · 35m · transcript

(Ep 14) Picture an ordinary week. An itch you can't quite settle, a sting when you wee, jeans that suddenly feel unbearable by Wednesday afternoon. A thrush cream from the chemist that doesn't do much at all. Then one night your partner reaches for you, and you freeze — because the last time you had sex, it felt like sandpaper, and you bled a little afterwards. So you say you're exhausted, roll over, and lie awake Googling your symptoms in the dark.

So many women are living this quietly, thinking it's just how things are now. Over the last few years, on my own journey to find a good hormone…