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  • Exercise in Midlife

    I don’t think many people dispute the importance of exercise. We hear about it constantly, it’s good for our physical health, our mental health. Even when motivation is low, I’ll often go for a run, not because I love the idea of it, but because I know what it does: it gets my endorphins moving…

  • Does HRT Really Help Mood? My Experience with Oestrogen, Irritability, and Mood

    Even after being on HRT for more than five years, I still sometimes find myself wondering: can HRT really be helping my mood this much? Over the years, I’ve stopped HRT at different points often for reasons that, in hindsight, probably didn’t require stopping at all. When you’re hearing advice from a GP, a specialist,…

  • 💫 Part 7: Go All In on Your Menopause Experience

    Part 7 of the OMG Menopause at Work series — your call to action to live, lead, and thrive through menopause. If you take one thing from this whole series, let it be this: you have power in this story. Menopause is a natural shift, not a loss. Your body is changing—and it deserves understanding,…

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  • Supplements: Sprinkles or Essentials?

    What’s the deal with supplements? Do we just pee them all out? It’s one of those topics where the information feels endless and often contradictory. Are supplements the sprinkles on top, nice to have but not necessary? Or are they the sprinkles on top that actually everyone needs? Like so much else in midlife health,…

  • Menopause and Exercise: Finding the Sweet Spot (Without Losing Your Mind)

    Midlife women are bombarded with messages about how we must exercise during perimenopause and menopause. And yes, movement is non-negotiable for health. But the way it’s often presented? Overwhelming at best, unrealistic at worst. It sometimes feels like this:You’re already expected to go into your doctor’s appointment with a degree in menopause studies, and now…

  • Why Do I Need a Degree to Talk to My Doctor About Menopause?

    I used to go to the doctor thinking they knew more than me. When it comes to perimenopause and menopause, I now know that’s rarely true. The bigger problem? Many women don’t know this. They go in expecting answers the rightanswers and unless you’re seeing a true specialist (a very loose term, by the way), you…

  • When Menopause Came to Work With Me

    Nearly three years ago, I left my corporate job. On paper, it was everything I wanted: a startup with a flexible culture, a great bunch of people, and a boss I respected and had worked with before. My first day coincided with Singapore’s lockdown in June 2020, and despite the strange circumstances, I was excited.…

  • Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause (GSM): The Symptom Too Many Women Aren’t Told About

    The Silence Around GSM So much of women’s health is shrouded in silence, and GSM Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause is one of the biggest gaps. It used to be called “vaginal atrophy,” and before that, unbelievably, the “senile vagina.” Thankfully, the terminology has moved on, but the lack of awareness hasn’t. Many women don’t realise…

  • HRT, Bleeding, and Why Progesterone Matters

    When I started HRT, I was still having periods. My doctor prescribed progesterone first, not what I’d choose now, but I didn’t know any better at the time. I took it 14 days on, 14 days off, and the bleeding was relentless. Heavy, disruptive, exhausting. Eventually, it eased a little, but I was still bleeding…

  • HRT in Perimenopause: Why Starting Early (and Understanding Bleeding) Matters

    When it comes to HRT, there’s still so much confusion. For years, the old advice was to “wait until your periods stop” before starting treatment. But for many of us, the hardest symptoms come before menopause during perimenopause. So why wait? This is the first of a two-part series: Because the truth is simple: women…

  • My Perimenopause Journey: From San Francisco to Singapore

    An Older Mother? I had my second daughter at 42. Funny thing is, I never thought of myself as an “older mother.” Many of my friends back home were having babies at the same time. One day my younger daughter came home from school and announced, “Mum, you’re the oldest mum in the class.” I…

  • HRT or MHT or HT: Does the Name Really Matter?

    There’s no shortage of terminology when it comes to hormone therapy. Depending on where you live, read, or listen, you’ll see it referred to as Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), Menopausal Hormone Therapy (MHT), or simply Hormone Therapy (HT). Heather Hirsch brings this up in her book Unlock Your Menopause Type. Tamsen Fadal mentions it in…

  • Preparing for Battle: Why a Doctor’s Visit Shouldn’t Feel Like This

    The struggle is real. Before even setting foot in a doctor’s office, so many women find themselves caught between Dr. Google, social media “experts,” well-meaning friends, Facebook groups, and podcasts. Some of those experts like Kelly Casperson, Louise Newson, and Vonda Wright are brilliant doctors who share excellent advice for free on their platforms and…

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I’m Oonagh

I am the writer behind OMG: The Women’s Health Brief, where I break the silence around perimenopause, menopause, and the medical OMG moments women are too often told to “just accept.” Drawing on my own experiences with hormone therapy and medical gaslighting — and my work as a transition coach helping women navigate midlife — I aim to support and inform women as they move through this stage of life and beyond.

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Welcome to OMG: The Women’s Health Brief — a space for breaking the silence around women’s health. From the chaos of perimenopause to the crash landings of menopause — and every baffling, frustrating, and overlooked medical moment in between — this blog shares the stories, research, and resources women deserve but don’t always receive.

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