Perimenopausal - chances of getting pregnant?

[Dottiiee]

I'm perimenopausal, periods are slightly irregular, and heavier.

Are my chances of getting pregnant the week after my period still/nearly as high as they were before they became less frequent?

Also, are there any tests I can use to predict when my irregular next period should arrive?
Thanks

If you are trying to get pregnant see your gp for some basic blood tests. With heavy periods there can be low iron so you may need some iron supplements. Ovulation got later for me so instead of ovulating between day 10 and 14 now I ovulate at day 17 to 22. An ovulation prediction test kit will let you know roughly when you are ovulating.

Thanks.

What will the blood tests show, exactly?

Thanks re the OPK.

I really want to know if there is a period predictor kit? As it is, mine are just arriving any old time, whereas I used to be so regular before, I knew when to be prepared. Just want to know for planning when not to wear my white jeans. Ok, I don't have white jeans, but I'd really just like to plan a weekend away with DH once restrictions ease, and would be gutted to spend the weekend bleeding, for example.

Your period generally arrives 11 to 17 days after you ovulate, so if you know when you've ovulated you can roughly know when your period will arrive. They said, I think its possible to have anovulatory cycles where you bleed when you haven't ovulated so knowing your ovulation date isn't quite a foolproof way of predcting your period.

Not sure what your chances are but I got my lovely BF because her DM thought the chances were little to zero

@RichardMarxisinnocent

Your period generally arrives 11 to 17 days after you ovulate, so if you know when you've ovulated you can roughly know when your period will arrive. They said, I think its possible to have anovulatory cycles where you bleed when you haven't ovulated so knowing your ovulation date isn't quite a foolproof way of predcting your period.

Thanks for info.

@BunnyRuddington

Not sure what your chances are but I got my lovely BF because her DM thought the chances were little to zero

Ah, that's lovely!

Hi I hope you don't mind me asking here but I think I'm peri too and although I don't want to get pregnant I want to know if I'm ovulating as my periods are few and far between. I bought opks to monitor but have since read that the hormone they detect is LH which can be raised in peri/menopausal women. Will it be pointless then to test this way if there is possibly going to be raised LH if I am peri? Confused!
Have you been using them OP and what is your experience?

@Tomcullenisahero

Hi I hope you don't mind me asking here but I think I'm peri too and although I don't want to get pregnant I want to know if I'm ovulating as my periods are few and far between. I bought opks to monitor but have since read that the hormone they detect is LH which can be raised in peri/menopausal women. Will it be pointless then to test this way if there is possibly going to be raised LH if I am peri? Confused! Have you been using them OP and what is your experience?

Hi I don't mind in the least. I've not done anything about anything yet! I'm my usual procrastinating self. Still confused too. I guess we should see the GP.

Getting pregnant isn't usually as easy after you start peri, but it is 100% possible. My great grandmother had been dealing with peri for a few years, then her periods finally stopped at 49 and she was so relieved. Turns out she hadn't had a period for 7 months because she was 6 months pregnant. The baby was born when she was 50.

@Aquamarine1029

Getting pregnant isn't usually as easy after you start peri, but it is 100% possible. My great grandmother had been dealing with peri for a few years, then her periods finally stopped at 49 and she was so relieved. Turns out she hadn't had a period for 7 months because she was 6 months pregnant. The baby was born when she was 50.

Crikey! And how was everything? Did she cope well enough?

She, and my great grandfather were gobsmacked, but everything was fine and the baby was perfect. She did say she was really exhausted during the pregnancy, but nothing more than than. Interestingly, her eldest child was my grandmother, and my grandmother was 24 at the time, pregnant with her 3rd who is my mum. My mum and her uncle were born 2 months apart.

Typos. Good grief.

Gosh, a 24-year sibling age gap! My friend has 21 years between her two kids, the daughter have birth a couple of years after her half-brother was born.

I have a 24 year age gap between my eldest and youngest. Had my first at 19 then my youngest when I was 44. No different than any of the other pregnancies (: