Would love some advice. Am 45 and six weeks into HRT (2 pumps oestrogen gel, nightly Utrogestan tablets for days 1-14).
First month I started bleeding around day 17 of cycle as expected. It stopped, but then started again on first day of this second month. I'd been led to expect some breakthrough bleeding/spotting, but this is like a full on, second period - only one week after the first one ended!
Aware things take time to settle down but the whole point of me starting hrt was to lengthen my cycles and hopefully sort out increasingly heavy periods. I'd had some other symptoms (join pain, raging pmt, insomnia, palpitations) - though no hot fluses or night sweats.
Going away on a work trip next week and can't deal with all this uncertainty and bleeding while away. I spoke to GP this morning and he recommends I take the mini pill together with the HRT for the next three months and see how I go. Fine - but I'm confused. I THINK he was saying I carry on as now (both the oestrogen and the Utrogestan), plus the mini pill...but I then started thinking, is this right? Would this not be an overload of progesterone?
I could call back but it's a giant faff of callbacks and waiting times. If anyone could clarify that would be most helpful! xx