Night sweats in the few days before a period...is it menopause ?

[erilou38]

I'm 38 and for several years now have been feeling warm in bed at night in the few days before a period. Recently this has been getting worse and i am now having full-blown night sweats, whole body dripping with sweat and damp bedsheets. This only happens 3 to 4 days before a period and not at other times of the month. Also i don't have any daytime hot flashes. I know that perimenopause can last upto 10 years before the actual menopause so i could be perimenopausal but surely with me being quite young at 38 i wouldn't be getting meno symptoms quite as severe yet ? Blood tests have indicated that my fertility isn't quite as good as it should be for someone of my age but not impossible to be able to get pregnant. Some of the ladies on the Infertility Board have assured me that these night sweats are normal before a period. Something to do with a rise in estrogen in the 2nd half of the cycle after ovulation i think. I always thought that menopause happened when estrogen levels dropped very low but as i am still ovulating and having periods then surely it can't be menopause ?

It sounds like perimenopause. During that time you do develop some menopausal type symptoms but they are only properly menopausal when periods stop.

I had hot flushes in the days leading up to a period for years before I began the menopause so I think it sounds quite normal

I agree with Tim. I get this every month. But if you don't usually then who knows?

Did any of this happen to you as young as age 34 as this is when it began happening to me ? My bottom line is that i really want to have another baby and i'm so scared that's it's too late for me.

It happens to me, but I was well over 45 when it started.

If you are still menstruating, it is not too late for another baby. But perhaps time to get a wriggle on with trying?

I had those sweats before periods in my early 40s but wasn't menopausal until 54, so there doesn't have to be any connection at all.

Iv'e been trying for 19 months!! I really do think it is too late me me now to have another baby.

Maybe just relax and let nature take its course- stressing is not helping.

That's what my mother says. Each month with not conceiving i have got myself more and more stressed out to the point that my hair has been falling out!! I look and feel ill and i know it's anxiety as iv'e been tested for everything under the sun in recent months. I'm in perfect health, just my mental health that needs working on and i'm sure this bloody perimenopause isn't helping! Have vowed to make lots of lifestyle changes this year and try to forget about getting pregnant then maybe it may just happen. My doctor advises HRT but i'm only 38!!

I'd bet my bottom dollar that you will never conceive the more stressed you are about it.

TBH you might get more help with this by not focusing on your physical symptoms but having some counselling of some kind because from your posts here it's really dominating your life in a very big way, in a way that is not 'healthy'.

You need some kind of support perhaps to help you come to terms with prem meno- and then relax and if you conceive, great, but if you don't, so be it- and count your blessings for the child(ren) you already have.

See a specialist, and stop worrying about might be going on.

Real knowledge is far easier to deal with.

You may need assisted reproductive technology - IUI, IVF ICSI to become pregnant.

Im surprised that you've left it so long.

They say only leave natural TCC for 12 months if over 30.

Best of luck, but I would definitely get bloods done as a bare minimum, and look into your DHs sperm count ASAP as well. Often the man's sperm is the problem, and easily remedied - FAR and away the first point of call is to get his sperm tested, and your bloods at day three and before ovulation.

Hurry up and see that consultant if you want a baby or two.

My husband had test many months ago and all clear with him. We have been trying for a baby since July 2012 but i wasn't reffered to an NHS infertility clinic until early summer 2013. I have had bloods taken that prove i am ovulating, only 3 months ago. Two weeks ago i had hormone bloods taken and the clinic and they have revealed that i am menopausal. I guess that's why i have been having night sweats and i am now definately having them more often. I'm really upset and trying to rack my brains on a way to get pregnant. Going private for IVF isn't an option as we can't afford it, (not entitled to NHS IVF as i already have children, even though my husband doesn't). Really want to try and beat this shitty menopause somehow and have just one more child.

The more you wish, the less likely it is to happen.
Just relax and see what happens.
You sound in a real state and it's really not healthy or helpful to conception.

Yeah i know Jaffa, i have indeed worked myself up into a real state this past few months. I saw the doctor today and he doesn't seem to think it is menopause, stress he thinks. I split with my children's father in 2009 which was a horribly stressful time and that is when my problems started. Iv'e had a few stressful life events happen since then, 2 house moves, bereavement. It's no wonder my body isn't working properly anymore! Going to try my best to relax and take up some new hobbies this year.