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In February it will be 12 months since my last period!

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fikel · 30/01/2019 19:10

Well it looks as though my years of menstruating are over. Should I be celebrating? How did you react knowing you had gone through the menopause?

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Orchidflower1 · 30/01/2019 21:01

I’m jealous - I detest my periods and the associated pmt. now my family is complete I’d like to flip a switch and just be done!

Fazackerley · 30/01/2019 21:03

Erm... Finishing your periods doesn't mean you are through the menopause! My meno symptoms started about 8 months after my last period and they can last for years!

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fikel · 30/01/2019 21:19

I’m aware the symptoms persist but if you haven’t had a period for 12 months they say you have gone through the menopause! Seems like a new chapter, one that I want to approach positively and healthily

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Fazackerley · 30/01/2019 21:26

Who says you have gone through the menopause?

budgetneeded · 30/01/2019 21:29

It’s wonderful isn’t it!
Yes time to go out with some girls and celebrate.

Emerald13 · 30/01/2019 22:23

I made my period return taking HRT! Not ready to say goodbye to it! 😂😂😂

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fikel · 30/01/2019 22:29

I’m holding off taking HRT, hear good and bad, if it works for you that’s fantastic.

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fikel · 30/01/2019 22:35

Fazackerley

Who says you have gone through the menopause?
You are classed as peri menopausal, until you haven’t had a period for 12 months, then it’s the menopause. I’m thinking that I won’t be getting one after 11 months- I’m
51 so I will take the good advice and go out with my friends and have fun!!

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Fazackerley · 30/01/2019 23:13

Your periods don't come back by taking hrt. You have a bleed to shed a build up of uterine lining (caused by the oestrogen) but you are not producing eggs or fertile.

Sorry but there's so much misinformation out there.

Emerald13 · 31/01/2019 05:54

Faza I am joking! Of course I am not fertile anymore! It is just my homour! Sorry for misunderstanding! :)

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