Hi I am 36 and have the funny feeling I have perimenopausal symptoms.
I may be totally wrong and it may just be changes due to my age that I am noticing, but someone once told me that when you start your first period late in life (in my case on my 15th birthday) then you are very likely to have an early menopause and it stuck to my mind.
My mum started the menopause at a normal age (50) but then again she had a first ever period when she was 11.
This is what I have noticed recently (and it seemed to have happenned overnight).
Boobs facing south as well as bum.
Although I've lost a bit of weight, impossible to shift fat from tummy/bum.
Thinning hair (which I posted about on another thread).
Thin and fine body/facial hair although noticed a few more hairs on my chin (I always more or less are a few thin hairs there anyway as i am quite a hairy person but lately there seem to be more).
My period seem to be regular but 3 period ago I noticed that it came on normally, then stopped after 3 days (as normal) and then I seemed to get more mild period pain and then started bleeding very lightly again for another day or so.
Again this time around, period started, stopped after 3 days, but then on the 5th day had another light strand of blood until it stopped completely.
Would any of these be perimenopausal symptoms at all?
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coffeecake · 04/09/2012 10:17
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