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DR GORDANA PRELEVIC is a consultant endocrinologist at the London Claremont Clinic and Wellington Diagnostics & Outpatients Centre in London. Her main area of expertise is reproductive endocrinology with a special interest in menopause (
femhormones.co.uk)
Most of us dread the menopause, but the decline in fertility after a certain age is actually an important survival mechanism – after all, nobody wants to be giving birth in their 50s and 60s! Much of the angst around menopause stems from an internalised belief that, if we’re no longer fertile, we’re officially past our prime. Sadly, this deep-rooted fear clouds too many women’s view of ageing.