Petra<p>Whilst outside earlier, I realised quite how "of a certain age" I now am. </p><p>Everyone else was in their big coats, with hats, scarves and gloves.</p><p>Me? Well the hot flush meant I took my coat and my cardi off and just had a strappy vest top.</p><p>I WAS STILL TOO WARM.</p><p>The last time my hormones were this haywire I was 7 months pregnant, it was Christmas time, there was snow on the ground and people were using me as a heat source when the heating broke down in the building. </p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/perimenopause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>perimenopause</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/HotFlush" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HotFlush</span></a></p>