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Are we too young to be experiencing this??

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TheNaturalBronde · 01/02/2026 13:03

Me & some of my friends around the 36/37 years mark have noticed our cycles changing, sometimes only 2/3 weeks between periods…feeling more moody than normal, when it was just me I was aware of I thought it may be stress but as we shared this between us it made me wonder if it’s more likely the beginnings of our cycle changing.

AIBU are we too young to be experiencing these changes?

any experience welcome TIA x

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Ohwowlookatyounow · 01/02/2026 15:45

Peri menopause seems to be very ' in' at the moment. Feeling irritable? Warm? Didn't sleep very well last night?. Must be Peri menopause. It's the new anxiety.

RandomMess · 01/02/2026 14:21

I was a 5/6 week cycle that ended up at 21 days in my mid 30s 🙄

MirrorMirror1247 · 01/02/2026 14:07

My periods have always been around every 3.5 weeks, but over the last few years there have been about three times when it's been about a week late, and once I came on unexpectedly and heavily. I got a couple of blood tests done which showed my FSH is high and the doctor told me it's likely perimenopause, although she did acknowledge I was a bit young (almost 39 at the time) and had no other symptoms, so I'm to keep an eye on things.

WonkyConk · 01/02/2026 14:04

No the same thing happened to me at that age, I think it’s your body making your cycles shorter to fire more eggs out in a last attempt to reproduce. By the time I was 40 my cycles were all over the place, I might have one 18 day cycle then one 56 day cycle, things weren’t even remotely predictable. Now I’m 44 and during my 40s I’ve had two 10 month gaps with no periods at all and I’ve thought maybe that’s it…but no then another one comes along, and then it’s back to having them semi regularly again. It’s horrible, you don’t appreciate the benefits of having a predictable monthly cycle until you don’t, hormones and moods are all over the place.

Overthebow · 01/02/2026 13:56

No not too young, changes can start from early-mid thirties which is why fertility can (not always) start to decline from around then.

Whyjustwhy83 · 01/02/2026 13:55

Snap started around then for me too, not that it's affected fertility as I'm onto having my 2nd born after the age of 40.

99pwithaflake · 01/02/2026 13:37

Not too young at all. Peri-menopause can last a decade or more.

GhostMutt · 01/02/2026 13:23

Oh and I thought something was wrong at first. Went to gp, referred to gynae. Both confirmed it was the start of peri, that I was not too young for it and it was perfectly normal.

GhostMutt · 01/02/2026 13:22

Sorry I actually voted wrong by accident.
I hit YABU but I meant YANBU.
This happened to me at exactly that age. It continued to get progressively worse and for me it was the beginning of perimenopause.