A final "period"?

[dudsville]

Obviously I'm more hopeful than I should be but maybe someone out there has experienced something, could it be a final period???

I've been peri for a good 8 years and my periods are irregular often 2 to 3 months apart, sometimes longer rarely less, but still therefore several times a year. UNTIL the last 6 weeks when I have had three events.

1st was more "significant" than I've had in ages, for a week leading up I had terribly sore boobs like I haven't had since pregnancy, it was so unlike me that I was really worried it was breast cancer or something, and then period came and there was "content" that I haven't had in years. This was followed by a definite dry spell.

2nd was 13 days after the start of the 1st, and was just a shortlived surprise.

3rd, is so odd and this is why I'm writing. For the last 2 weeks I've had old blood, just minimal, not requiring sanpro. Usually I'd get this a day or two before an acutal period so I thought I was getting another one, but it's just gone on, for nearly two weeks. Could this be a final period????

How old are you OP? The average age of menopause in the UK is 51, I think, so are you around that age? And if not, do you know when your DM went through menopause, as apparently this can give you a clue as to when you'll go through yours?

I'm 48 and recognise the first two of your list and feel that this year my peri has entered a new phase - namely the awful breast pain in the week or two before my period puts in its infrequent appearance (I too have feared breast cancer and was relieved to Google that breast pain is rarely an indicator of BC).

Otherwise, I feel your pain. I can't wait for my periods to end. 36 years of the damn things is long enough!

It could carry on like this for a long time. Sometimes periods do weird things for a while then revert to more or less regular, then go weird etc and so it carries on.

Hello ladies, I'm 47 so right there with you. In answer to your question, I don't think you can say for sure. It certainly sounds like it could be the last one, the last of what was in there perhaps?

Breast pain, isnt that about hormones and changes that bring in periods? So amy breast pain, be on the lookout?

I am not one of the women whose periods just stopped. I'm doing the ten year stretch with increasing gaps. Currently day 78. Good to hear from other women that the gaps just get longer and longer. I guess I'm 6 years or so into it.

It's not so much the physical changes that bother me, it's the mental ones. I'm just not who I used to be. I'm sad and cry a lot. I'm insular. Did you read the thread where a woman said she just wants to sit and stare?? That's me!

Thanks for writing everyone. I know I'm hoping unreasonably that it's a final clear out.

I also found Google helpful @maranella , in early 50's, my mother started really early, and i started late so I've never been too sure how much i can use her menopause age but she was mid 50s.

@JinglingHellsBells I guess i know this can carry on for a while, just uff! 😔. And you have my sympathy re the emotions @something2say , i shall look out for the thread that mentions sitting and staring, that's me too. Gone are the regular cycles ether i knew the few days leading up would be emotional and i could plan around it. I've been quite steady emotionally for a few years now and that's been such a relief, but in the last two weeks I've had several days of paranoia, an odd day of terrible sadness, and today i was full of rage... i have a wonderful life that i greatly enjoy. I have so much respect for how we mostly manage to carry on with the tasks of life as if each day is the same!