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[Gilla999]

Thanks Vanilla and interestingly it was also the other way around for me in the past too, at the start of Peri hell. By nature I tend to want to understand, diagnose and fix, but I appreciate that that's not always possible in Peri - it's something about myself I'm still trying to work on, the "go with the flow"    I think because on my bad days I feel SO bad - can't work or do anything except lie on the sofa - which doesn't really mix well with a very high pressured job! I think the down days would be easier to cope with I was retired and could just give in to them, and I imagine this is how some mums here also feel - it's all the responsibilities we have that make it worse!

In the last three months my cycles have become a bit longer/more erratic - not a very long timeframe, but I have noticed it and it seems to have coincided with the feeling rough at the start of the cycle. After about 3 or 4 years of shorter and very regular cycles, ovulation is now starting to be delayed, so I wonder if I'm starting to move into the next phase. Do you experience any problems in taking Utrogestan outside of your normal cycle rhythm? I realise that's what 99% of ladies do anyway, I just haven't reached that stage yet and wondering how it will work!

[VanillaLover]

This is only my seventh month of HRT but I have only been in sync with my cycle and the progesterone once so far! Doesn’t seem to cause any major problems. This month I am well out (finish utrogestan about day 19) so we shall see!

[VanillaLover]

Luckily my kids are nearly 16 and 12 now so don’t need so much work (and can help with housework etc if I need it). I also only work 2.5 days a week and it’s a pretty laid back job (can do things in my own time, not always very busy etc). I thank my lucky stars I took a job like that on a few years ago rather than full time etc. I don’t know how people do it I really don’t!

[Gilla999]

I sometimes wonder where I'd be in life if I'd been one of the lucky ones who sails through menopause - certainly much further in my career and earning more money! But I am grateful to have only had to worry about that, myself and one very friendly cat - I can't imagine how women cope during the worst of it with young children to look after.

Thanks on the Utro, that's reassuring to hear