What were your periods like towards the end?

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I'm 47, and since my early 40s I would say my periods became more regular, with a 26-28 day cycle.

Two months ago I had a random 31 day cycle. Last month my period turned up on time but lasted 10 days instead of the usual 4-5.

I am currently on day 34 and no period.

My mother conceived me in her mid 40s and I conceived both my DC on the first or second cycle so I always panic if my period is late even though I KNOW I'm not pregnant. The fact that one of my main perimenopause things has been anxiety does not help this.

But I think this must be signs that the end is nearing, do you? I don't know what dm's menopause was like but one of my sister's periods just stopped abruptly at 44 with little or no warning and the other had peri symptoms for years before having what she describes as 'an absolutely appalling' period at 49 and then nothing.

I'm not sure how I'm going to manage the anxiety if my periods are just going to pop up when they feel like it for the foreseeable. Best bet is probably just not have sex ever but not sure DH would be on board with that....

My periods were erratic for years but I never worried about it.
I may be 'near the end' now & the periods are especially infrequent.

My periods were similar to you re cycle actually up until my early to mid thirties I think. But I came off BCP just before 30 or on it after about 10-15 years of being on it, partly for hormonal reasons. My cycles then shortened in 30s but not hugely and stayed that way until my late 30s and into my 40s until about 47 when they suddenly stopped.

I don’t have DC and I sort of wanted them, even though I was scared of having them with/without a partner so I used to take MAP to ensure I didn’t get pregnant if I had unprotected sex (used withdrawal method with partner(s).

I did see my GP though at around 47 to monitor FSH levels. Which helped a bit.

Funnily enough initially when periods finally stopped after years of bad PMT (I also have an under active thyroid condition which is now medicated since I was 37) I actually felt better mood wise and hormone wise than I had for years. So try not to worry too much re anxiety around missing periods.

I'm interested to know this too OP. Period is currently 5 days late, I don't even know if I ovulated this month, certainly didn't seem like it. Been having various peri-type symptoms, loads of headaches. But in the past few days I've felt a weight lift, clear head, feeling quite energised and creative - a bit like you do just on or before a period (like when you come out of PMT fog!)

But still no bleed - not sure if it'll turn up or if the cycle has sort of 'reset' itself??

I've never missed one completely yet, they've been erratic, but starting to wonder if this one is different.

Well, mine finally turned up today so last month was a 36 day cycle.

Now you mention it I don't remember having any indication I was ovulating last month (I usually know), but I might just not remember.

I think I just need to try and get to grips with this as a new phase...

Mine went to every 2 months, then 4, then I thought they'd stopped but then had a final one after a year. Periods themselves normal for me, not heavier or lighter

Mine got further apart, sometimes 35-40 days, sometimes 50+, with the occasional normal 28day cycle; but they also got much heavier than anything I had experienced in my life (10 days, much flooding), and made me appreciate that I'd had it relatively easy up to this point. Currently on my second 100+ gap and keeping fingers crossed that this might now be it ... I'm 53 and fed up of the entire shindig!!

Mine got closer together and lasted much longer and we're very heavy with big clots. I bled more than I didn't.
Then they got shorter, like 4 days, and about three weeks apart, but still heavy, then they just stopped.

AF finally turned up yesterday - day 32! That's well over a week overdue for me. Not sure how much 'better' I feel now it's arrived... every month is a lottery at the moment in terms of symptoms and bleeds!

Irregular cycles for a couple of years now... 45/100/19/30 and so on; very very heavy when they did arrive (thankful to be wfh)

Went to docs and they approved HRT however had to go to gym so clinic and get scans etc done to establish a baseline for treatment.

Not had a period since March. I'm on sequential HRT and it's generally expected a bleed will occur after taking the progesterone.

So who knows what the next few months will bring. I'm prepared for it arriving on Day 364 but hopeful it won't.

Mine just got longer and longer apart. Eventually whitling down to 5 days then about 3, getting lighter and lighter.

Last one was end of Jan/beginning of Feb but I'm now 3 weeks into hrt and have been bleeding for about a week with no signs of it stopping.