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Hannahlou:
Hi ladies

Is it normal for perimenopause to have a period every 2 weeks. This has happened to me for the last 2 months.

My periods used to be every 23/24 days, then they changed to anything from 19-27 and now every 2 weeks!?
I have a brown spotting for 2 or 3 days before which is starting on days 14-16 and then the actual period starts at around day 17-19. Does this mean I’m not ovulating as they are so early?

When I discuss this with my GP who is very knowledgeable in all things menopause and I see every couple of months for a follow up with all of this, she only suggests the coil or HRT. I’m not wanting the coil as I have never got on with progesterone including my own. And the only other symptom I have at the moment is anxiety so does this warrant HRT, just to regulate periods? Does it actually regulate them? I’d like to stay as natural as possible for the time being.

I’m 55 and late menopause is in my family.  Periods changes about 3 years ago.

It’s a very stressful and unpredictable time

merrygoround:
Hi Hannalou, I'd say it's perfectly normal for cycles to shorten, or to lengthen, mine did both, a year of each one aged 49 and 50 then they stopped once I turned 51.

So mine was quite a well behaved menopause, certainly "normal" and yours sounds similar to me, just your family do it slightly older.

Since your cycle was short already, then it seems to fit the normal picture for it to get even shorter.

My cycle was 29-31 days in fertile years, then was 21-25 days at the end. Sometime in my 40s I began to get brown mucus two days before my bleed, almost like the mucus plug of pregnancy, but no red in it.

Some of the time I skipped the actual bleeding part of the cycle but could still feel the cycle if you know what I mean.

Two years is a long time, have you thought of taking sequi HRT? That might regulate your bleeding to once a month.

Edit, sorry, my brain hasn't woken up yet, not two years but two months. I read it properly this time.

Progesterone intolerance is something I get with bells on too, it meant I couldn't tolerate any allowed HRT except Tibolone but my GP barely recognises the word menopause, yours might be more useful and let you try the more natural ones like cyclogest or utrogestan, but many women, myself included, cannot tolerate them either.

Tibolone isn't given to peri women for some reason unless they are over 54. I take that and still bleed every month but it doesn't trigger progesterone intolerance and it is the absolute best for anxiety. It's not so popular because it takes about three months to work and younger women are often settled on an HRT before being allowed tibolone so never think of switching.

With tibolone something like 90% of women have no bleeding after the first month.

Hannahlou:
Thanks for the reply merrygoround. It’s nice to hear from someone who had a similar experience. It was 3 years ago my periods started getting lighter. They used to be horrifically heavy but are now much lighter. And like I said really close together now last month and this month. I’m really sensitive to any kind of medication so I’m wary of HRT. GP did give me a prescription for the gel and progesterone tablets but I’ve yet to get them as I’m just not sure about it.

merrygoround:

--- Quote from: Hannahlou on May 08, 2024, 06:36:55 AM ---Thanks for the reply merrygoround. It’s nice to hear from someone who had a similar experience. It was 3 years ago my periods started getting lighter. They used to be horrifically heavy but are now much lighter. And like I said really close together now last month and this month. I’m really sensitive to any kind of medication so I’m wary of HRT. GP did give me a prescription for the gel and progesterone tablets but I’ve yet to get them as I’m just not sure about it.

--- End quote ---
I added to my message since your reply, sorry, just being disorganised as usual.

I found oestrogel lovely and utrogestan awful, if these are what you've been prescribed, taking the utrogestan vaginally reduces side effects.

Hannahlou:

--- Quote from: merrygoround on May 08, 2024, 06:44:51 AM ---
--- Quote from: Hannahlou on May 08, 2024, 06:36:55 AM ---Thanks for the reply merrygoround. It’s nice to hear from someone who had a similar experience. It was 3 years ago my periods started getting lighter. They used to be horrifically heavy but are now much lighter. And like I said really close together now last month and this month. I’m really sensitive to any kind of medication so I’m wary of HRT. GP did give me a prescription for the gel and progesterone tablets but I’ve yet to get them as I’m just not sure about it.

--- End quote ---
I added to my message since your reply, sorry, just being disorganised as usual.

I found oestrogel lovely and utrogestan awful, if these are what you've been prescribed, taking the utrogestan vaginally reduces side effects.

--- End quote ---

Oh don’t worry, I can be just the same. Yeah, it been the last 2 months.

It’s utrogestan she’s given me along with the gel and I’m a bit scared to even try it. My grandma passed away from ovarian cancer just after going through menopause so this makes me unsure of adding more hormones into my body, but I know everyone is different and not necessarily is that going to happen to me. I will have to think carefully I think before I do anything. Thanks for the information regarding the Tibilone

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