Naga Munchetty has announced a new career change after 10 years hosting BBC Breakfast.
The presenter, 49, took to Instagram to share the news with fans she is releasing a new book, It’s Probably Nothing: Critical Conversations on the Women’s Health Crisis, in April next year.
It follows Naga’s own long and arduous journey getting diagnosed with Adenomyosis, a womb disorder, after three decades of being in agony.
Naga also shares stories from other women, who have faced other challenges within the healthcare system.
She told The Sun: ‘It’s becoming increasingly clear that women, and those who love women, need to know how to fight for their health and arm themselves with the right tools to do that effectively.
‘I’m passionate about writing a book that can help women. It’s time our health is taken seriously.’
Naga Munchetty has announced a new career change after 10 years hosting BBC Breakfast
The presenter, 49, took to Instagram to share the news with fans she is releasing a new book, It’s Probably Nothing: Critical Conversations on the Women’s Health Crisis, next year
Naga wrote: ‘IT’S PROBABLY NOTHING is an exploration of the healthcare difficulties women face, from being heard to diagnosed and treated.
‘In the book, I share my own experiences as well as those of many others, speaking to doctors and experts at every step of the way.’
The book is set to be released in hardback, e-book and audiobook form on April 24, 2025.
Last year, Naga revealed how her crippling womb disorder was dismissed by medics for three decades.
The presenter said at times it left her screaming in agony, with pain so severe she would lost consciousness and with no option but to call an ambulance.
She said: I started my period at 15. It would last for 11 or 12 days.
‘Eight or nine of them were very heavy. I’d throw up on the first day, pass out once or twice during the cycle. I’d be wrapped around a toilet.
‘I’d still go to school. I still went to work. Whenever I went to the doctor I was told it was normal.’
She added she was told by doctors to just to ‘suck it up’ and ‘you’re normal’ and ‘everyone goes through this’.
The book is set to be released in hardback, e-book and audiobook form on April 24, 2025
This was ‘especially’ prevalent in ‘male doctors who’ve never experienced a period and then by female doctors who hadn’t experienced period pain’, she said.
‘For work, I wouldn’t sleep because I’d set an alarm at 2am to change the towel and super heavy tampon. It made relationships difficult, I’ve have had very understanding partners,’ she said.
‘My adenomyosis wasn’t diagnosed until 47.’
Adenomyosis is commonly diagnosed in women over 40, although it also affects younger women, and often it is only discovered at routine screenings, meaning many women have it without knowing.
Adenomyosis occurs where the lining of the womb – the endometrium – buries deep in the muscular wall of the uterus.
The displaced tissue continues to act normally thickening, breaking down and bleeding during each menstrual cycle. This can result in an enlarged uterus and painful, heavy periods.
Naga first revealed she was suffering from the condition in May, telling her BBC Radio 5 Live show that her husband had been forced to call an ambulance after a flare up.
‘The pain was so terrible I couldn’t move, turn over, sit up.
‘I screamed non-stop for 45 minutes.
‘And then it happened again in the middle of the night and we had to call an ambulance’.