Living on the North Coast of Northern Ireland – famous for many things but not its tropical climate – means I am woefully ill-equipped for the relentless heatwaves we’ve been having this summer. With my 50th birthday around the corner, I’m also firmly in my perimenopause era, so I know a thing or three about how soaring temperatures can mess with hormones that are already all over the place.
During extreme weather like this, women in their forties and beyond aren’t just suffering like other people; our internal thermostats can seem to completely short-circuit. Getting through the day during a heatwave – let alone the stifling nights – can feel like a literal endurance test.
