Early menopause

[Iamfoxy]

Hi, I'm 35 and three years ago I was told that within a couple of years I would go through the menopause early as I have few eggs. After we were lucky enough to have our son,I started to have hot flushes and thought nothing of it until recently. I've recently started to get quite dizzy at times, proper grumpy, been getting quite hot of late and last two months periods have been irregular then been bleeding for about three weeks. Is this the start of it or am I just odd? And if it is then what do I do? Thank you

If it is the start of early menopause - (and the most reliable indication at your age is irregular periods, and especially if they're late - as well as hot flushes) then you do need to go to your doc asap. They will probably do blood tests and especially if you have been told you are going to have an early menopause. However if you go through actual menopause before the age of 40 it is premature and really important to take HRT at least until the natural average age of menopause to protect your future health - especially heart and bones.

There is a website specifically for early menopause - the Daisy Network here: www.daisynetwork.org.uk/

Also do read up about menopause generally on the Menopause Matters website here: www.menopausematters.co.uk/index.php

Both of these sites have a members forum.

I am foxy- can u explain what your hot flushes are like, and did u go to see the gp? Also, I assume u had the amh test to tell u u had few eggs?

I also have low amh - I'm 36 and have been lucky enough to have a 7 month old baby. My periods have not returned (recently stopped b feeding) and I sometimes wake up a bit sweaty so im worried this may be the start of it for me too.... I really hope it isn't though as I would really like another child.