To think I shouldn’t still be having periods!

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I’m 55! Still having periods. I’m so done with this. Anyone else dragged on this long?

In this context what would 'later in life' mean ?

My stepmum didn't stop till she was 59 and it was only because she got a mirena in to stop them!

God I'm so fed up of it. On one hand I admire the bodies determination to reproduce but surely just bloody evolve! We don't need to have kids in our 50s ffs.

It's not my experience in my family. All early in life mothers and lived well into their 90s.

Not sure. I had my 2nd at 42 and at 53 my periods are still like clockwork. So I'm hoping it applies to me 😀

I thought that the UK average age for menopause is 53?

My DM had to have a hysterectomy aged 54.

https://www.parents.com/news/giving-birth-later-in-life-could-mean-you-live-longer-according-to-a-new-study/

I had #6 at 30 and am still clockwork at almost 52.

I'll just look at my own family history of early birthers. If I follow suit I'll get to my mid-90s, but who really knows? People die all over the place chronologically.

58 in a few months. Still regular. I’m pretty furious about it.

Don’t get too excited. I took continuous progesterone for two years. Periods still regular.

@sunshinechaser its not foolproof.

Yes regular as clockwork until just stopped aged 56 +1 month

I was 56 when mine stopped.
I thought they'd never bloody end!

Because if you're still menstruating it's not safe to do continuous (or so I was told). At least now I have a period every few months whereas on HRT I was having a break through period every month.

@Macaroni46 I think the advice from the British Menopause Society is you can switch to continuous HRT after a year on sequential. I switched age 46 and haven't had a 'period' (withdrawal bleed) since. Bloody fabulous!

Sorry meant to include this link if anyone else wants to check it out

thebms.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/14-BMS-TfC-Progestogens-and-endometrial-protection-APR2023-A.pdf

I'm 63 this month. Still having fairly regular periods a year ago, GP put me on HRT (I get a bleed every month as it is sequential). I feel like my peri symptoms have moved up a gear, so it's possible I am nearing menopause now, but who knows?! GP insisted on a biopsy of the endometrium last year (couldn't believe I was still having periods) but that came back clear, thankfully!

I am 58 and had my last period on November. I went 9 months prior to that. I wonder if I will have another one.

A question for you lot: I'll be 48 soon, and have had no peri symptoms at all yet. Most of my friends have been moaning about it since their early 40s. Anyway, I'm usually every 25 days, but my last period was 8 days late. Could this be the very first sign? (I've also been working super hard and am now ill, so it could be other things I suppose.)

Yes, became a bit irregular at 54 but last one at 56.

I was regular as clockwork till 54 and 4 months then they just stopped. I’ve now been menopausal for 3 months and it’s glorious 😁

Im same. 55 this year and as regular as clockwork and really heavy. I suffer from anaemia now and think this is a factor

I had an early menopause at 43 🥳
I'm now 54 and love not having to deal with all that palaver 😅

Mine did this at the very start of perimenopause. They gradually got closer and closer. It completely crept up on me!

57 and still getting them. There either very light or extremely heavy with flooding.