Overview

• Munchetty has released It’s Probably Nothing to examine how women’s health concerns are often downplayed or dismissed in medical settings
• she recounts 32 years of crippling heavy bleeding, vomiting and fainting before a private diagnosis of adenomyosis at age 47
• after keyhole surgery to block her fallopian tubes in 2019, she elected for surgical sterilisation in her forties to prevent pregnancy
• the presenter describes an initial rift with her mother over her decision to remain childfree and her mother’s eventual acceptance
• she argues decisions to remain childfree have gained greater acceptance given rising costs, workplace inflexibility and the emotional demands of parenthood