I thought I was in perimenopause, then I found out I was pregnant (NZ Herald)

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Publisher: The New Zealand Herald · Published: August 15, 2026 · Accessed: August 18, 2026

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• A New Zealand woman (Jodie, 44) went to her doctor seeking treatment for what she assumed were perimenopause symptoms and found out she was actually pregnant; her son Tāne was 5 months old when the column ran (NZ Herald, Aug 2026).
• The reverse misattribution, assuming 'my age, not a baby' in a woman's 40s, is a real failure mode of the perimenopause information wave, not a one-off anecdote.