Naga Munchetty announces huge career change after 10 years hosting BBC Breakfast

Naga Munchetty has announced a new career change after ten years hosting BBC Breakfast.

The presenter, 49, took to Instagram to share the news with fans that she will be 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 of being diagnosed with adenomyosis, a uterine condition, after suffering pain for thirty years.

Naga also shares stories of other women who have faced other challenges within healthcare.

She told me The sun: ‘It is 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 so effectively.

‘I am passionate about writing a book that can help women. It’s time that our health is taken seriously.’

The presenter, 49, took to Instagram to share the news with fans that she is releasing a new book next year, It’s Probably Nothing: Critical Conversations on the Women’s Health Crisis.

Naga wrote, “IT’S PROBABLY NOTHING is an exploration of the healthcare issues women face, from hearing to diagnosis and treatment.

‘In the book I share my own experiences and those of many others, speaking to doctors and experts every step of the way.’

The book will be released on April 24, 2025 in hardback, e-book and audiobook formats.

Last year, Naga revealed how her crippling uterine condition was dismissed by doctors for 30 years.

The presenter said that sometimes she screamed in pain, with pain so severe that she lost consciousness and had no choice but to call an ambulance.

She said: I started my period at the age of 15. It would take 11 or 12 days.

‘Eight or nine of them were very tough. I threw up the first day and fainted once or twice during the cycle. I would be wrapped around a toilet.

‘I would still go to school. I went to work anyway. Every time I went to the doctor I was told it was normal.’

She added that the doctors told her to just suck it up and that you are normal and everyone goes through this.

The book will be released on April 24, 2025 in hardback, e-book and audiobook formats.

This was “mainly” among “male physicians who have never had a period and among female physicians who have not had period pain,” she said.

‘I wouldn’t sleep before work because I’d set an alarm for 2am to change the towel and super heavy tampon. It made relationships difficult, I have had very understanding partners,” she said.

‘My adenomyosis wasn’t diagnosed until I was 47.’

Adenomyosis is often diagnosed in women over 40 years of age, although the disease also affects younger women. Often the disease is only discovered during routine examinations, meaning that many women have the disease without knowing it.

Adenomyosis occurs when the uterine lining – the endometrium – burrows deep into the muscular wall of the uterus.

The displaced tissue continues to function normally and thickens, breaks down and bleeds 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, when she told her BBC Radio 5 Live show that her husband was forced to call an ambulance after a flare-up.

‘The pain was so terrible that I could not 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.”