Surely 40 years will be enough

The problem with reaching menopause before 50 is that it can be detrimental to one's health. I started at 14, last period at 44. Got cancer at 48, and due to chemotherapy coupled with early menopause, have to have infusions to help my bones and prevent osteoporosis.

What's just as frustrating is that I had a hellish perimenopause with every symptom going, many of which have returned due to chemo, and will get worse once I start ET. As I'm not able to take HRT, will have to put up with it. Would far rather still have my period tbh.

Started at 12, last period at 53. Now in my 60s, had a terrible menopause and still have hot flushes ~ apparently 25% of women always have hot flushes.

I do wonder what if those men who insist they want to be/are women had any idea of what being a woman actually entailed, they’d be as keen. And don’t get me started on sexual harassment, misogyny, pay differential, DV, pregnancy …

11 to 52 and then a rogue period 2 years later. 1 pregnancy at 41.

I started at 9, 44 now and I think I'm peri, but it just seems to have made me have a period every 2 weeks rather than monthly instead, so that's fun.

I'm so done with them, honestly.

13.5 started. Started to go a bit wonky at 49
All over at 54 x

I started at 13, 55 this year and still going 😭although they are a bit more spaced out now.

I did read that if you have 40+ reproductive years, you are more likely to live longer, so am consoling myself with that! But I am so ready to be done with it now.

I started at 11 and finished at 53.

My Mum started her periods at 11 and had her last at 55. Had an easy menopause, didn't take HRT. Still youthful looking in her late 70s.
I started my periods at 14 and am still having regular periods in my early 50s, only getting slight symptoms of peri and if I wasn't looking for them I probably wouldn't put the two together. My fertility was tip top in my late 30s and early 40s (got pregnant first month of trying for each of the 3DC) so not that surprised I'm still having periods.

Average age is suppose to be 51 with a spread from mid 40s to mid 50s but don't know when those stats were collected and what the diversity of the group they looked at was like.

what ive come on to say is ive know a 53 y old since 2015 who's from my home education group who's pregnant with her 11th and 12th child
got pregnant(on purpose)6 weeks after her last set of twins
she's uses herbal fertility tablets(clomid equivalent) and as she's had 2 sets of twins on it(and the unborn ones) she's convinced they work
and as soon as these are born she's trying again

That's the most horrifying thing I've ever read, why does she want so many children?

This is what I’m hoping.

i didn’t take any kind of contraceptives between 23 & 46 and only went on the mini pill in the hopes it would control my period pain. It completely stoped my period so no more pain. Yay

i did have my last child at 42 and apparently that can delay menopause, no idea if it’s true. But I fully intend on staying on the pill until 55 and hope I miss it.

Sorry to jump on this but any idea what she’s taking?!
trying for #1 in late 30s (fingers crossed)

Started at 11, still going regularly at 47. To be honest, I won't miss periods when they're gone, but I have been very, very lucky in that apart from the bleeding my periods are very mild. So I won't complain too much just in case I end up having a horrible menopause.

Started age 11 and still menstruating at 56

Sick of it now

I would appreciate that you are not having to experience menopause yet and that your bone density and other things that decline in menopause are not yet impacting you.

I started at 12, had my last at 44, so who knows? 🤷‍♀️

I started at 13 and had my last one at 46 when I got a Mirena coil, so 'only' 33 years. I've no idea when I would've gone through the menopause naturally.

All was fine and period free until I had six months of postmenopausal bleeding in my mid-50s after starting HRT, which only stopped when I got another Mirena. I hope that's the end of it now.

I started at 11 and think I had my last at 54 or 55. Luckily it just became irregular then eventually stopped - no other symptoms! My mother had a nightmare I was dreading it.

I've well and truly done my time- started at 11- 1st week at high school. I'm 53 now and crossing my fingers at the moment. Have been 2 weeks on two weeks off for 4/5 yrs. Dreadful time - 80+ orange Tampax and countless heavy flow pads as well. I hardly say it out loud but I'm 10 days overdue and thinking this might be it! I do hope so 😂it's been bloody awful and DH is a saint!

When is that? My last period was 7 years ago but the menopause symptoms are as bad as ever!

Funny you should say that, the month after my last one my daughter started!

i started me periods at 15 and had my last at 45, got off lightly with 30 years. However that was 7 years ago and menopause symptoms are hanging around like a bed smell.

I started at 10 and finished at 46, which was great, but just in time for my DDs to begin their periods so I still get to enjoy the mood swings, cost of sanitary products and the washing every month.

im unique as im 43 and never had a period due to severe PCOS

Yay, it's not just me! (Have had a few though, but definitely able to count on fingers and toes.

DS was an IVF baby, dd was definitely a natural surprise.

I remember thoroughly confusing all the midwives /ultrascan people by being completely unable to answer their standard question of "when was your last period?" Apparently "um, about three years ago maybe?" is enough they need to find someone senior.

Dd's surprise appearance is the reason I am on the pill, but absolutely no idea how I will know when it is no longer needed / when menopause kicks in.

I started at 12. Now 52 but take the mini pill so no periods. Occasionally, I get mega sore boobs, but nothing else.

I really, really hope that, when I stop the pill at 55, I've sailed through the menopause and never have another period 🤞

Started at 15 stopped 53. Got a period twice at 55 due to the covid injection very murky and heavy for 5/6 days then nowt since.

Still getting the hot flushes though at nearly 60??

my mother started at 13 but had a hysterectomy at 45 so I can’t compare.