Is this the new normal? Really worried.

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Periods normally v predictable.

This month, started bleeding on 3rd. Normal. However,usual heavy bleeding did not happen. Have been bleeding lightly ever since - until last night, when I went to bed without a pad for the third night running and have woken up to soaked pyjamas. I now have cramps and a shitty headache.

I have booked a smear for 30th August. I'm now worried that I will still be bleeding then. And why the fuck have I now got 14 day periods or longer?

My sympathies and it’s a good idea to get this checked out with the nurse/GP, but it sometimes happens peri-menopause. I would get several weeks of spotting then nothing, then a period.

A friend would get periods for months at a time.

My fiancée had periods that lasted weeks, and she'd go to bed with them pillow sized pads, a towel on too of the sheet, and one underneath it. Oh and a husband that complained he wasn't getting any 😜 ... No seriously, he would complain.

Most ladies I've known who have taken the hard approach and just gone for it, regret it at the time, but later glad they didn't delay it with hrt.

Obvs it's personal choice, and one to be discussed with Dr.

I've started having 2 periods a month. I'm 39! They are really heavy and painful and I am going to go to docs and get checked out but I think it's menopause.

It is too common during peri.

I started mine two weeks ago past Thursday, after nothing since May. It seemed normal for the first week, much less and more browny stuff on the pad by day 7 but ever since then, when I've wiped there has been bright red blood but not enough to show much on a pad, although there's been a bit more today. Not sure if I should be worried or if it's normal for the perimenopause but I'm relieved to read I'm not alone in this.

Welcome to peri-menopause. HRT is a lifesaver.

Hrt sorted it for me. Mirena for my sister. Check you aren’t anaemic.