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The Complete KitAll three stages, 2 bonus guides and the 12-week tracker. PDF, on your phone or printed.
The Complete Kit
Built on what hundreds of Australian women told the Senate- 12 questions for your GP, word for word
- Medicare item 695, and how to book it
- Written for Australia, updated for life
One private menopause consultabout A$300
Your guide, read before you bookfrom A$49
Published private clinic fees, September 2026.
Choose your stage, or all three.
Every guide comes with the Doctor Kit, the Australian Appointment Pack and the 3am page.
The Complete Kit adds the other two stages, two bonus guides and the 12-week tracker.
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Periods still coming. Sleep, anxiety, rage.
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Periods stopped. Heat, nights, joints, desire.
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The years after. Bones, heart, strength.
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All three stages, and everything above.
A$147 if bought separately
What The Complete Kit adds
The 12-Week TrackerA minute a day, and a page for your GP
With the kit
For the people around you12 pages for her partner, family and work
With the kit
If HRT is off the table15 pages, referenced to AMS and Jean Hailes
With the kitInstant accessSecure checkoutPrivate
- 199pages, written for Australia
- 19questions for your GP, word for word
- 2template letters for work
- 12weeks of tracking, with a page for your GP
30days
The Appointment GuaranteeTake the Doctor Kit to your next appointment. If it didn't help, we refund you in full. Wrong stage? We swap it free.Referenced to AMS, Jean Hailes & RACGP
What's inside your guideWhat's inside The Complete Kit
- Your stage guide · 43 to 54 pages, on your phone or printed
- The Doctor Kit · 12 questions to ask, word for word, a script and a page for your GP
- Tools · a 4-week tracker, a GP page and a question card
- The Australian Appointment Pack · Medicare item 695, booking a long consult, finding a menopause-trained doctor with AMS Find a Member and healthdirect, questions for your chemist
- The 3am page · a bedside card with Lifeline 13 11 14 and 1800MEDICARE 1800 633 422
- Australian Updates for life · the first one is already in your guide
- All three guides · Peri-menopause, Menopause and Post-menopause, each with the Doctor Kit, Tools, the Appointment Pack and the 3am page
- For the people around you · 12 pages for her partner, family and colleagues. Ten things that do not help, and ten that do. At work: 2 template letters and the Fair Work rules. Not legal advice.
- If HRT is off the table · 15 pages for the women who cannot, or would rather not. What your GP can discuss, referenced to AMS and Jean Hailes. 7 questions, word for word.
- The 12-week tracker · about a minute a day, two check-ins, and a one-page summary for your GP. A4 and phone.
- Australian Updates for life · the first one is already in your kit
- A short email every few days · one topic at a time, about three minutes to read, from the day you order. Stop whenever you like.
When an Australian rule changes (Medicare, the PBS or AMS guidance), we update your guide and email you the new edition. For as long as Feminesis publishes the guide.
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By the numbers
It's not you. It's how the system works.
What Australian research and the 2024 Senate inquiry found.
Over85%
of women with bothersome menopause symptoms are not receiving evidence-based care.
Monash University, submission to the Senate inquiry, 20241 in 4
women aged 45 to 64 say symptoms make daily activities hard.
Status of Women Report Card, 202532%
of women who spoke to a health professional say not knowing what to ask held them back.
Astellas survey, 202419.7 min
the average GP consultation in Australia. Make it count.
RACGP, Health of the Nation, 2025Since 1 July 2025
Medicare funds a menopause check with your GP
20+minutes
A$104rebate
1×a year
Your guide tells you how to book it, word for word.
MBS Online, item 695On the record
You're not the only one.
Real words from Australian women, given to the 2024 Senate inquiry and the media.
“Just really suddenly I couldn’t sleep anymore and my anxiety was through the roof.”Jennifer, 45 · Senate inquiry, 2024
“I would be sitting in the car for half an hour, bawling my eyes out and not understanding why, because everything in my life was perfect.”Camilla, 43 · ABC News, 2025
“My daughter asked me “What is wrong with you?” as I was snapping at her. This broke my heart.”Kim · Senate inquiry, 2024
“She dismissed me and said, ‘You’re far too young.’ I was 45.”Jennifer, 45 · Senate inquiry, 2024
“You have to go and present a case to someone who is infinitely more knowledgeable than you and beg.”Frances, Tamworth · ABC News, 2024
“In ten months I had gone from being a healthy, fit, active and happy 47-year-old to feeling like a 90-year-old woman.”Sonya · Senate inquiry, 2024
Nobody told them.Get the guide they wish they’d had
Now someone will tell you.
Illustrative photos. Quotes from the public record.
You'll know if this is you
Tap what sounds familiar.
No email, no quiz. Just be honest with yourself for ten seconds.
0 of 8 sound like you
You're not imagining it.
These are some of the most common changes women describe in perimenopause and menopause. They have a name. Nobody explained it to you.
It has a name. It's not you. It's the silence around it.
What's in your guide
Open it. Chapter by chapter.
Complete on its own, 43 to 54 pages depending on your stage, built for a phone screen.
Chapter 1 of 6
0212 pages
The Decoder
The three stages on one timeline. What oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone were doing for you. Why progesterone goes first.
Pages 4–15
0314 pages
Your stage, in depth
Only yours. Sleep, mood, body, desire, work, family, in the words women actually use.
Pages 16–29
04The signature piece
The Doctor Kit
Four weeks of tracking, one page to bring, twelve questions word for word, and what to say if you’re sent home with “let’s wait and see”.
Pages 30–43
058 pages
Everyday
Sleep, heat, movement, plate, head, people, work, money. One page each, one thing to try this week.
Pages 44–51
06Printable
The Tools file
The 4-week tracker, the one-page GP sheet, the question card. Stick them on the fridge.
Printable file, included
Look inside
Read the first pages. Then decide.
The cover, Nicole's note, the contents and chapter 1, exactly as they are in The Post-Menopause Guide. The rest unlocks in your inbox.
Cover
A note from Nicole
What's inside
Chapter 1
Chapter 3
The DecoderWhat post-menopause actually is
The DecoderWhat post-menopause actually is
What eases,
what doesn’tand needs active attention instead
what doesn’tand needs active attention instead
Chapter 4
Bone healthwhat you can’t feel yet
Bone healthwhat you can’t feel yet
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The signature piece
Stop begging. Bring the case.
Same appointment. Same twenty minutes. See what changes.
GPYou
So, what brings you in today?
I’m just… not myself. I’m exhausted and I can’t sleep.
You’ve got a lot on. It’s probably stress.
Could it be hormones?
You’re a bit young for that. Let’s wait and see.
Ten minutes. Out the door with “wait and see”.
I’ve tracked four weeks. I wake at 3am five nights out of seven, and I’ve lost words at work twice this week.
Here’s one page: my history, my medications, the five changes that weigh most.
Based on my age and what I’ve described, could this be perimenopause or menopause?
Okay. Let’s go through this properly.
Same twenty minutes. A different conversation.
Illustrative conversation.
The Doctor Kit, in five steps
4 weeks of notes. “I have hot flushes” is information. “Four a day, and I’ve stopped presenting at work” is a case.
One page: history, medications, the five changes that weigh most, what you want to leave with.
Since July 2025, Medicare funds a dedicated menopause health assessment. Ask for it by name.
Twelve questions, word for word, on a card you can hold.
“It’s just stress.” “You’re too young.” “Your bloods are normal.” The calm one-sentence answer to each.
From the twelve questions
01“Based on my age and what I’ve described, could this be perimenopause or menopause?”
04“Is a blood test useful in my case, or not?”
12“If you’re not the right person for this, who is?”
07“Is menopausal hormone therapy something we should discuss for me, and why or why not?”
Nine more inside, plus the script for the last two minutes.
Why this exists
“I was told it was stress. Twice.”
Nicole, 47, Geelong. Eighteen months of believing the problem was her.
Nicole is a composite. Her story is built from accounts Australian women gave the 2024 Senate inquiry into menopause and the media.
3am, heart racing
“I’d lie there running through everything I’d ever done wrong. I’d never had a panic attack in my life.”
GP number one
“You’ve got a lot on. It’s probably stress. Try to get more sleep.” Ten minutes. A sleeping pill.
GP number two
Blood test. “Your hormones are normal. You’re too young for that.” So I did what women do. I decided it was me.
A nurse, over coffee
“Maybe you’re peri. Write it all down. Dates, how often, how bad. And bring the page.”
The appointment that was different
Four weeks tracked, one page written, a long consult booked. The doctor read it and asked: “Why didn’t anyone pick this up earlier?”
The guides I should have been handed
Plain English, sourced from the people who set the standards here. And the Doctor Kit in every one, because the appointment is where it’s won or lost.
Slide through her eighteen months
“If you’re reading this at 3am: you’re not going mad. Nobody explained this to you. That’s about to change.”
Nicole
The public record
You're one of hundreds.
Australian women told the Senate and the media what nobody had told them.
Brain fog didn’t even describe it. It’s the wrong word. For me, it was a brain block.
I started not being able to finish sentences or I’d stop halfway through a sentence and forget a word.
Daily, I questioned my sanity and feared early dementia as I forgot words and could not complete sentences.
Suddenly I can’t remember scheduling a meeting unless I set four reminders in my phone.
This has stopped me putting my hand up for career progression opportunities.
The rage part of menopause isn’t really discussed a lot. It’s real, it’s hard and it’s awful, and it pushes you away from people that you love.
In ten months I had gone from being a healthy, fit, active and happy 47-year-old to feeling like a 90-year-old woman.
I had no history of panic attacks, anxiety disorders or mental health issues.
Being told these things by doctors made me feel like the problem was with me and not a genuine cause for concern.
For eight years, I suffered without realising properly what was going on.
Many reputable websites have a lot of information on menopause, and 1-2 sentences on perimenopause.
Parliament of Australia, Senate Community Affairs References Committee, “Issues related to menopause and perimenopause”, 2024. ABC News. Mamamia.
The 60-second check
Peri · Meno · Post-Menopause
Where are you, really?
Eleven questions, about a minute. See which guide matches your answers, and which chapter to read first.
PeriMenoPostEarly or surgical
Not sure where you are? Start with all three. The Complete Kit, A$119.
How old are you?
Roughly is fine. It only matters if your periods can't be used as a guide.
Your periods, right now.
This is the question that decides most. Answer for the last three months.
Do you wake at 2 or 3am and can't get back to sleep?
Not "trouble falling asleep". The middle-of-the-night waking, heart going.
Anxiety, rage or tears that don't match your life?
Anxiety from nowhere, often worse in the morning. Snapping at people you love. Crying in the car.
Do you lose words mid-sentence, or walk into a room and forget why?
Women call it brain fog. Some call it "brain block". A few have quietly googled dementia.
Heat from nowhere, or sheets soaked at night?
Face, chest, neck. If you've never had one, that's a normal answer, and it rules nothing out.
Joints that ache, stiff mornings, weight that moved when nothing else did?
Dryness, pain with sex, or a desire that went quiet?
Nobody sees this answer. It's the one women mention least, and the one that shifts most with the right conversation.
Prefer not to say? Skip with "Next".
What have you been told so far?
Tick everything that applies.
How much is all this getting in the way of your life?
Work, family, sleep, the person you used to be. Zero is "not at all". Ten is "I'm at half capacity".
5
It's there, and I'm managing
Not at allHalf capacity
If you could have one thing by next month?
Here's where you are.
Nobody explained this to you. That's not you, that's the ten-minute consult.
Your guide
Peri-Menopause
What stood out in your answers
Read these first, tonight
Get the Peri-Menopause guideA$49
Launch price until 30 September.
Not sure which one you are, or straddling two? Start with all three. The Complete Kit, A$119.
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Written from what the Australasian Menopause Society, Jean Hailes and the RACGP publish.
Email me my result
Your guide and your reading list, in your inbox. Nothing else, no newsletter you didn't ask for.
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This check is educational, not a diagnosis. Wrong stage? We swap the guide free. If you experience heavy, prolonged or post-menopausal bleeding, see your GP.
Preparing your check
Where else would you get this?
Nothing else does all of it.
FeminesisOthers
Explains all three stages, in plain English
Prepares your GP appointment, question by question
Written for Australia: Medicare, PBS, AMS
One payment, no subscription, no app
Nothing to prescribe, no supplements to sell you
Private. Nothing to explain to anyone
Others: menopause apps on subscription, telehealth clinics, blogs and TikTok, supplement lists. Compared on what they publish.
Before you decide
Fair questions.
Which guide should I buy?
Take the 60-second check on this page. Roughly: periods still coming, even regular, is perimenopause. Stopped in the last five years is menopause. Longer than that is post-menopause. Straddling two, or not sure yet: The Complete Kit, all three stages in one.
What if I pick the wrong stage?
Email contact@feminesis.com within 30 days and we send you the right guide, free, no questions. Every guide opens with "this guide is for you if…", so you'll know within a page.
My periods are regular and I've never had a hot flush. Is it still for me?
It can start that way, and it's often missed. Sleep, anxiety, rage and lost words often come years before periods change. The Peri-Menopause Guide is written for exactly this.
Is this medical advice?
No. It's an educational resource. It explains what's happening, helps you document it and prepares you for a proper conversation with a doctor who knows you. It doesn't diagnose or prescribe. It helps you get more out of the appointment.
What exactly do I receive?
With a guide: your guide (43 to 54 pages depending on your stage, designed for a phone) with the Doctor Kit, the Tools file (4-week tracker, GP sheet, question card, made to print), The Australian Appointment Pack (Medicare item 695, booking the long appointment, finding a menopause-trained doctor through the AMS Find a Member directory and healthdirect, questions for the chemist) and The 3am page.
With The Complete Kit: all three guides and everything above, plus 2 bonus guides, "For the people around you" and "If HRT is off the table", and the 12-week tracker.
All of it by email within minutes, and any time from your order page.
What are Australian Updates?
They come with every guide and with the kit. When an Australian rule changes (Medicare, the PBS or AMS guidance), we update your guide and email you the new edition. For as long as Feminesis publishes the guide.
I went through it early, or after surgery or cancer treatment. Does it cover me?
Yes. The check routes you by age when periods can't be used as a guide, and the Doctor Kit has a dedicated page for early, surgical and treatment-induced menopause.
Is it written for Australia?
Yes. Medicare, the PBS, the Australasian Menopause Society's Find a Member directory, the screening you're entitled to. The explanations work anywhere; the pages about the system are Australian.
I bought one guide. Can I add the others later?
Yes. Within 30 days, add the other two stages and every extra for A$70. Your code is in your order confirmation email.
What if it's not for me?
That's what the Appointment Guarantee is for. Read your guide and take the Doctor Kit to your next appointment. If it didn't help, email us within 30 days of purchase and we refund you in full. Picked the wrong stage? We swap it free.
One more thing
You've spent years being told it's nothing.
Spend one evening finding out what it is.
- Two minutes at checkoutOne payment. No subscription.
- Everything is in your inboxMade for your phone. Start reading on the couch.
- You know what's going onAnd the questions for your GP are ready.
The Appointment Guarantee30 days. And a free swap if you picked the wrong stage.
Feminesis is an educational resource, not medical advice, and not a substitute for a consultation with a health professional. Sources: Australasian Menopause Society, Jean Hailes for Women's Health, RACGP, healthdirect, Parliament of Australia. If you experience heavy, prolonged or post-menopausal bleeding, see your GP.
