since my late 30s have noticed periods becoming a day or 2 sooner than normal and also last only 2/3 days. This month just before my period was due had brown/pink spotting for 2 days then nothing. a week later started again...brown/pink spotting. this went on for 2 weeks until i started my period as normal...almost 8 weeks later. I beleive this is a late period as my boobs felt tender right up until my period started. I dont know if the 2 weeks of brown/pink was old blood as there was mucous/tissue there too which i normally get during a period (i assume its the uterine lining coming away). The main difference being the day before my period started i noticed something in the water when i went to the loo...looked like a clot but no blood in the water (sorry!). like a lump of mucus the size of a fingernail (sorry again!). The very next day i got bright red..start of my actual period.
I have been told in the past that i am in perimenopause stage of my life, i had my hormones checked a few years ago which came back as normal. I also have a fibroid. I am going to docs tomorrow for some advice.
Does this sound like a symptom of perimenopause/menopause. would be interested to know if anyone has experienced similar. I expected late/missing periods but not the spotting for 2 weeks, has got me worried. thanks