3 day period what's going on??

[katrin174]

so I'm 38 and my periods are usually 6-7 days with cycle length being around 27/28days.

I've been ttc for the past 8 months with no luck so far but I've been tracking my cycles with most being 27/28days but I had had a blip on 34days and 22days but quite a while ago.

This month I started spotting light brown on the 20th which I assumed was my period however full flow didn't start until 21st and I've stopped today already meaning I've only bled for 3/4 days. I'm so confused as usually my periods are quite long and I bleed for around 6/7 days although much more light towards the end.

I'm so confused and wondering if I may be approaching perimenopause although I've not had the other symptoms. The past 2 days I've felt headachey and a bit queasy. the headaches are common for me but not so much the nausea. I slept from about 9 last night to 7am and feel really shattered still.

I took a test this morning incase I've mistaken implantation for period but it's negative so I don't think I'm pregnant.

Any suggestions??

hi op, I’m peri and that was a first symptom of mine, shortening periods! I’m also late thirties, but early meno runs in my family! Do you have any history of it?
It could also be stress/anxiety that can cause changes, or could you be testing too early?

Yes, periods get shorter and closer together in early peri.

Google early perimenopause. There are three stages.

Thank you all for replying. I didnt bleed all day yesterday which would have been day 4 of period and then I went on a dog walk last night and came home to my period having started again lightly and I've had some more this morning but not a lot (day 5). I have been feeling off in general lately, emotional and overly tired and headachey I keep falling asleep putting my daughter to bed around 8. 30/9.
I've ordered a fertility test from hertility to see what's going on with me and see how my egg reserve is and if there's any signs of being peri.

Did you guys get any other symptoms when you found out you were early perimenopause?

I started getting cold sores, hadn't been vulnerable to them before.

I'm 40, and at maybe 37/38 my periods went from 5 days to 3 days. Vary from 23-27/28 days. Been this way for all that time, no other changes. No other signs of peri or anything like that.