Pip Edwards admits she was in 'denial' over private health struggle: 'I never thought it would happen to me'

Pip Edwards admits she was in 'denial' over private health struggle: 'I never thought it would happen to me' By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 21:32 EDT, 30 September 2024 | Updated: 21:32 EDT, 30 September 2024 e-mail View comments Pip Edwards has opened up about her own personal experience with menopause after her symptoms began at just 39. The fashion designer, 44, has admitted she was in 'denial' when she started getting 'extreme' hot flushes and struggling to sleep five years ago. She told The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday, she felt she needed to keep going to work without making any adjustments in her life.

'I never thought it would happen to me at 39, so it wasn't even on my radar,' she said. 'I would turn up to work obviously a bit frazzled, very drained, quite tired, emotional. Well, you can only put up a front for so long.

' Pip later learned that her mother had also experienced symptoms early in life. The designer revealed she is using the hormone replacement therapy (HRT) patch and the pill to help manage her symptoms. Menopause is the natural time in a woman's life when they have gone through 12 months without menstruating.

Pip Edwards has opened up about her own person experience with menopause after her symptoms began at just 39 The term perimenopause refers to the transition phase into menopause, and can involve symptoms like irregular menstrual cycles, hot flashes, decreased fertility and sleep issues. Most Australian women enter perimenopause thei.