Wirral Menopause Support Group

21/10/2026

💕October is Menopause Awareness Month💕

Hormones play a huge part in our physiological body make up.
We don’t always associate the other hormones with what happens to our body in midlife.

Cortisol is a major hormone that’s very rarely tested but if it’s persistently high affects our immune system and causes inflammation….

When we are permanently stressed that inflammation isn’t just about an achey knee……

🥗It can affect your gut & how you absorb food.

💪It can affect your joints and how you move.

🧠It can affect your brain and how you function day to day.

Midlife can be hard😏
And reducing inflammation needs daily attention.
Looking after your diet, body & sleep needs to be a priority.

You may know cortisol as the stress hormone, but it has several other important functions.

20/10/2026

💕October is menopause awareness month 💕

Today’s hormone focus is testosterone.

Still not fully licensed for women in UK but is proven a crucial hormone replacement therapy through the menopause years.

Men’s testosterone declines gradually over their midlife years.
While women’s fluctuates erratically along with their estrogen & progesterone🎢

This article is really detailed in the role of testosterone for both men & women.




https://navacenter.com/male-and-female-testosterone-the-facts/

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19/10/2026

💕October is Menopause Awareness Month 💕

Today we thought we’d do a spotlight focus on progesterone.

What does it do?
How does it help & support our body?

Women need ALOT of information to help them make informed decisions on their health.
We hope you find this useful….

Learn what progesterone does for women in perimenopause. Discover how micronized progesterone balances estrogen to improve sleep, calm anxiety, and protect brain health.

18/10/2026

We loved talking to the guys from The Man Hug Poscast, and can’t thank them enough for helping us to keep the conversation going about menopause.

🎧The podcast link is in the comments!

🔗 There is also a link in the comments to our MEN ONLY Facebook group, where they can join our safe private space to ask questions, get support to help support the women in their lives.

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18/10/2026

💕It’s World Menopause Day💕

💕Sending love & hope to every girl & woman and all those supporting them💕

The theme for World Menopause Day 2026 is Chronic Pain At Midlife.

Key Focus Areas for 2026

• Better Recognition: Highlighting that chronic pain frequently affects women during and after the menopause transition but is often underestimated or overlooked in clinical care.
• Challenging Stereotypes: Addressing how women's midlife pain has historically been dismissed or labeled as purely emotional rather than properly investigated.
• Multidisciplinary Care: Advocating for gender-sensitive, individualized treatment and research to bridge knowledge gaps.

💕It’s also our podcast release date!💕
👀Keep an eye on The_Man_Hug Instagram today!!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DejUyMRurIN/?psln=NHVwODk0MWF1Mjdn

17/10/2026

💕October is Menopause Awareness Month💕

In the UK, only about 2% of public medical research funding is allocated to female reproductive health, even though women make up 51% of the population.

Recent government announcements (such as the UK Women's Health Strategy) allocated £5 million in new investment for women's health compared to £8 million for men's health initiatives—providing men's health with a 60% larger funding boost.

There are some great menopause advocates with online resources like:
•Dr Louise Newson
•Menopause Matters
•British Menopause Society

But when we are looking for really good informative content we find majority of it is American…

So anyways…. We thought this week we would showcase actual hormones and what they do.
There’s so much we didn’t learn in school 🏫

Estrogen plays a role in many life stages, like puberty, pregnancy and menopause. But it also influences several other aspects of your health. Learn about how it affects your body.

16/10/2026

💕October is Menopause Awareness Month💕

And we have been out and about again this week!

Lots of conversations, light bulb moments, validation and support.

Friday last week we had a great time recording a special World Menopause Day with Dean & Conleth from The Man Hug Podcast - YES we had 2 actual blokes in the hub!!
https://www.instagram.com/the_man_hug?srtk=Zmd3bWdvZTlhMnI2

Monday we were at Williamson Art Gallery & Museum talking to a lovely bunch of ladies.

Tuesday we were at St Caths Brighter Birkenhead PCN women’s health day.

Wednesday we were at our own little hub.

Tuesday we were at CCC Liverpool & Thursday we were at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Wirral where we had a pop up and did a talk.

Friday we are back at our own hub - kettle is on & the door is open for pop-in support.

15/10/2026

💕October is Menopause Awareness Month💕

💕It’s also Breast Cancer Awareness Month💕

Me & Jane have both been for our routine breast screening this month.

The team up at Clatterbridge are so friendly😊
We laughed about who the heck designed that blooming scanner?!?!😱😳
Probably the same “man” that designed the smear test speculum 😬🫣

We all need to keep up with our screenings.
Have a chat with someone who has been if you’re worried.
It’s not as scary as you think!





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It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In the UK around 56,000 people will receive a breast cancer diagnosis. At least 30% of cases are preventable.

The Wirral and Chester Breast Screening Team want to ensure everyone who's eligible takes up their breast screening invitation, to detect cancer at the earliest possible stage.

If you're invited for breast screening, please make your appointment as soon as possible.

For more information visit https://bit.ly/4ene4gR

14/10/2026

This fund raiser is what everyone across our local community should be supporting.

If it’s money holding you back💰
Don’t order off Amazon for a couple of weeks📦
Make your own coffee instead of Costo or Starbucks ☕️
Do you really need that take away🍟🍕🍔🍛

If you’re going out already why not make that your night out? 💃🕺
Fun times + mates + raising money for a great cause = what’s not to like!!

If you’re waiting to see how you feel….🥱
Book the tickets anyway!

Community groups like ours and Tiny Tools for Big Feelings rely on funding to keep going, and we keep going because we are passionate about helping people and because there’s a need!
Please help by supporting us when you can 🙏

Right, I’m going to be honest 😂

The Tiny Tools 1 year party is VERY close and ticket numbers are not where I need them to be.

So this is me doing the awkward beggy post because apparently hoping people magically buy tickets does not work 😂

If you’ve been meaning to come, PLEASE grab your ticket now.

It’s Saturday 24th October at New Brighton Cricket Club.

Live music from Insanity Beach, FOOD, raffle, auction, drinks, dancing, and just a proper night out but also raising money to keep Tiny Tools going and supporting more children and families.

I’m so proud of what we’ve built this year, but I really do need people in the room to celebrate it with us.

So if you’re my mate, family, supporter, previous “I’ll definitely come” person… this is your loving nudge 😂

Buy a ticket.
Bring someone.
Share it.
Help me make it a boss night.

Ticket link here 👇
https://buytickets.at/tinytoolsforbigfeelings/2230094

Love you all, but I will keep nagging 💜😂