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HRT - will I bleed forever?

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Rispknee · 02/07/2025 14:33

When I started on HRT just over a year ago I was having periods approx every 60-70 days.

I have three pumps of gel daily and progesterone tablets for 12 days every month. I have light bleeding for 4 days, ten days after starting the tablets.

It's very predictable and manageable, but does this mean I will have these "periods" forever, or until such time as I stop HRT.

As I understand it the progesterone is taken to avoid thickening of the womb lining and does so by shedding it in the same way as a period. So, if I keep taking oestrogen, I need to keep bleeding?

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tigger1001 · 04/07/2025 07:43

I'm on patches and tablets for 14 days out of 28 and had continual bleeding ealier this year - 3 weeks out of 4. But now not had a bleed in 3 months.

cant use the coil - was due to get one fitted but cervix not the right length

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