Periods after bereavement

[LittleMG]

After my mum died just over 3 months ago and my periods kind of stopped, I had tiny amounts of blood on and off for a few weeks over Christmas. Then 3 weeks ago my period came and it is sooo heavy. I’ve got through 4 boxes of orange tampons, sometimes bleeding through in just an hour. And passing quite large clots regularly. This morning is the worst it’s been. I did have heavy periods before all this but nothing on this scale. I wasn’t pregnant and had a scan a couple of weeks ago to check ovaries and all was ok. Thank you. Do you think it’s possible this is a menopause? I feel sort of normal, as normal as possible. I’m very tired already taking iron tablets for a few months for low iron. Thanks for reading x yeah

So sorry about your mum. I think not menopausal. More likely to be that stress has paused your cycle. Ask gp about tranexamic acid to help your heavy period. Look after yourself

Thank you, I actually did see my dr annd they did prescribe tranexamic acid and iron and they said come back in a week if it doesn’t stop. Thanks for replying xx

Hi OP. So sorry for your loss

I lost my DDad 8 years ago and for 4-5 months I just passed huge clots without any actual bleeding in between. At the time of my usual cycle.

I gave it 3 months before going to the GP, and when I'd told him about my bereavement he said this was likely the reason. He said changes to the menstrual cycle can be common after a loss or other traumatic experiences.

Once my cycle returned to normal I actually felt really guilty, as though my body had "accepted" it even though psychologically and emotionally I definitely hadn't. I'm not sure if that makes sense?

Our bodies are weird/wonderful things.