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FFS I'm 53 and my period has started!

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venusandmars · 03/03/2014 16:09

I'm 53, 53 do you hear me? And I'm still having fucking periods.

Please, please will some part of the universe tell my ovaries and my uterus that my dc are in their 20s, and that I do NOT intend to have any more children, and that I really, really do NOT need to have any more periods ever

FFS will it ever stop? [pathetic face}

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crazynanna · 03/03/2014 18:47

Nasty.....not hasty

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venusandmars · 03/03/2014 19:41

madbuslady well I can get in touch with the moon and my womanhood and all that, it's just that I fancy becoming a wise old crone and I'd rather like a ceremony to celebrate that. [woo]

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venusandmars · 03/03/2014 19:44

Nobody perhaps we could campaign to share menstruation in she same way as there is now shared parental leave.

"OK there are 13 weeks this year - I'll take 7, you have 6"

I bet there would a lot of men off work for 10 days every month (to cover a 6 day period!)

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innisglas · 03/03/2014 19:54

I'm sure someone else has already mentioned this, but the upside is that the onset of post-menopause problems, such as osteoporosis, etc. etc. etc. will be later

Hidethechocolates · 03/03/2014 20:05

I'm 60 and have more or less regular periods. And it's horrible. Mood swings, bloating, pain. I started at age 12. I do look young for my age but that could be down to being a tad overweight.

meddie · 03/03/2014 20:11

all the women in my family started late and didnt menopause until late fifties. my nana thought she was having her menopause at 50 the arrival of my mother 9 months later was a suprise

mygrandchildrenrock · 03/03/2014 20:19

I'm just 56 and haven't had a period for 2 months, up until then was as regular as clockwork for the last 40 yrs. I have never had any trouble with them though and am thankful that having them so long will hopefully mean less problems with osteoporosis etc. I do, of course, look ridiculously young! Grin

Bluestocking · 03/03/2014 20:25

I'm 50 next birthday and mine have been pretty erratic for the last year or so. I had two short but very heavy ones around Christmas and the new year but nothing since. Perhaps it's finally finished? I would be quite relieved even if it means saying goodbye to my schoolgirl complexion and girlish figure! Grin

ExitPursuedTheRoyalPrude · 03/03/2014 20:27

Poor you. I am 54 and been free of all that stuff for 2 years.

Yesssss.

OddFodd · 03/03/2014 20:33

There's 18 months between me and my sister. I'm 49, she's 47.5. Hers stopped when she was 40, mine are still like clockwork. She still looks stupidly young (although her hair is thinning)

LEMmingaround · 03/03/2014 20:36

If your periods have started again after stopping, i think you should visit your GP and get checked out.

ManifestoMT · 03/03/2014 20:52

I have to warn you but my great granny was pregnant at 54.
She had already had 10 children. This was in the 1920's She had a miscarriage apparently as she dragged really heavy things hoping she would miscarry. As she didn't want to be pregnant.

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venusandmars · 03/03/2014 21:23

Despite still having periods, we haven't used contraception for the last year. I would so hate to be doing the POAS thread.

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dementedma · 03/03/2014 21:50

50 and still got the buggers, but they are more erratic .

dementedma · 03/03/2014 21:52

Venus but...but....that would mean you are still having sex! Shock

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venusandmars · 03/03/2014 22:11

Oh yes! Despite my great age. All of that stuff if working better than ever....

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rabbitlady · 03/03/2014 22:14

a colleague had a hysterectomy at 60 to stop them. she couldn't take any more.

Innogen · 03/03/2014 22:30

My friend is 51, hadn't had a period for 10 months, until the morning.

Menopause is a sneaky bastard,

Innogen · 03/03/2014 22:31

This* morning.

AlbertsJoy · 03/03/2014 22:36

Hope none of you ladies ends up with a "menopause baby". I can recommend the Mirena coil, had it since I was 48 along with hrt. It soon puts a stop to "all that monthly business"

GwendolineMaryLacey · 03/03/2014 22:37

God this is depressing. At the grand old age of 42 I've just had my first ever missing in action non pregnant period which I hoped would be the start of it. Now you tell me that not only have I likely got another 10 years of these things but that it's also a long miserable piss ant swamp of a road to tread.

singaporefling · 03/03/2014 22:41

I'm 51 and mine are irregular now - although you can guarantee i'll have one if i'm going on holiday of course Biscuit. I've been told I look younger, but the dentist has stopped asking me if there's 'any chance you may be pregnant' before taking xrays Shock - didn't know if I should be pleased or not Hmm

cardibach · 03/03/2014 22:44

I'm 49 and was discussing the replacement of my Mirena coil with the GP last week. The average age, that's average for menopause in the UK is 54. Stories on this thread support this, I think.
Also, someone asked about late periods/late menopause. IT is proven that earlier starters have later menopause, isn't it? Seems unfair, but there you are.

LineRunner · 03/03/2014 22:51

My hospital says they have to ask if you could be pregnant when doing xrays and shit, if you are age 13 - 55.

DorisAllTheDay · 03/03/2014 23:55

49 and keep thinking I've seen the end of them... and then another one comes along. Sometimes they are several months apart and barely noticeable when they finally arrive. Sometimes they come in quick succession and I have a Niagra Falls experience. Can't wait for it all to be over, I've so had enough of this.