Community Posts, Tips & Support on Menopause

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Opinions?

Period due today but I have super irregular periods anyway, I’m on birth control and I get a period every two weeks so wondering if this could be positive due to hormones being out of whack

I had my baby 31st May and breast fed for about 4-6 weeks. I havent had a period yet... is this normal? I thought it was but the Dr seemed suprised. I was getting hot flashes also which I thought was due to the hormone fluctuations of stopping breast feeding but now I'm starting to wonder if I'm menopausing or am I being dramatic. I spoke to a friend who gave birth 2 weeks before me and she's had 2 periods already... my neighbour said she gave birth and went straight into menopause.

For context I'm 40 and had a C section. My period was irregular before I got pregnant

GP rant

Does anyone else seem to have issues with GPs? Every time I go to the doctors I just feel fobbed off. I've been to different doctors, male and female, for different issues and just never seem to get anywhere. Its always chalked up to stress or essentially in my head without listening to what I'm saying. Thats the thing that stresses me out!! Today I was told that breastfeeding doesn't affect your estrogen or hormone levels... am I being stupid here?

Hot flashes!

I’m 5 months PP and I’ve recently been having hot flashes, like I’ll wake up in the night and feel like I’m burning up (and it’s not the hot weather lol) and also getting headaches daily- someone said it could be hormones as I’m EBF but just want to know if anyone has had similar symptoms?

Menopause

I’m new on here I’m 34 currently going through the menopause via postap I’m awaiting a hysterectomy due to endometriosis and adenomyosis

Perimenopausal / increased anxiety/ SEN mum

I’m feeling totally overwhelmed at the moment . The heatwave is not helping. Does anyone else around my age 39 feel more anxious when they’re around 1 or 2 days before their menstrual cycle ? . I also just think I’m exhausted as my son has autism and that comes with different challenges . I don’t want to take HRT but I can definitely feel the hormones fluctuating. Women’s life is not easy 😭😭

Advice please

My now husband proposed on June 23, 2023. We were married on Oct 1st same year. The morning he proposed we made love. We had been together for a year prior and only had about 6 times of intimacy. When we met and started dating he told me that sex was something he enjoyed and he had a slightly kinky side. I had never experienced that before but he assured me it wasn’t crazy. Well, those times we were intimate were anything but kinky. They were just normal intimate moments. So I thought he was waiting so he wouldn’t scare me off. Fast forward to today; we have not had any sexual contact since the proposal. None. Zero. Nothing. When he is home I have made advances. I have hinted. I have walked around nude. I have tried talking to him. Nothing has worked. The other day I found little blue pills in his nightstand. Yes, I counted and what was a package of 48 individual packs… it only has 32. I don’t know how to approach the situation. Where do I start?

Period

When does your period come back to normal and when should I possibly receive mine xxx

Period

Exactly two months and my period is back 😞 anyone else?

I m 45 a d I feel.so.old..is it normal?

I wake up every morning, and I feel so old,I have back aches,I struggle to walk,I m so tired every day.. is it normal? I takie vitamins,b12,iron,magnesium...I still have 20 years of working and I m excusted every day.

Premenopause at 29???

I have a feeling I've hit pre menopause at 29. I know it sounds crazy. But i get random hot flashes. My face feels like its about to explode but its just my face. Even if its freezing cold. I get a deep sense of rage out of nowhere I could I actually punch someone. Everything irritates me. My head hurts I have body aches. My period i regular though. Am.i going crazy here??

Is it normal

Hey ladies I turned 40 in june. Is this normal for cycles? Im normally a 26 to 28 day cycle person

Post

What if you are a month post partum and you had sex and you didn’t have your period what does that mean? I don’t feel tired or nauseous or anything what should I do

Postpartum symptoms

I’m an older FTM at 37 and really struggling with postpartum in a physical sense. I’m now 18 months pp. however experiencing symptoms like women going through early menopause.

Awful hot sweats, achey joints, swelling in hands/legs/feet. Absolutely vile mood swings, low mood, fatigue and brain fog. The list is endless. I’ve seen doctors and on paper I’m healthy but my body is definitely screaming otherwise at me.

Has anyone experienced anything similar postpartum and is this normal. Will things return to normal or has pregnancy triggered some kind of early menopause!?

Hello to other empty-nesters!

Hi, I'm Cristina. I'm a mom of a now adult child who is going through that empty-nester phase. I'm trying to keep busy with other activities in my life so as to not rely on my son so much for his company as he does have his own life now. I'm discovering myself again.

Anybody else’s periods gone crazy!!!

Why am I having 2 periods in July!!!! 😡 I’m 38 used to have clockwork regular periods my whole life since having my last born (2 years ago via c-section) it’s all gone crazy. Some months just light spotting other times it’s a whole bloodbath and now I’m having multiple periods in 1 month!!!
Anyone else facing this?!
Is it perimenopause? Is it childbirth hormones?!

Ugh! 😤

Wheres everyone from

NY here

Cycle length

Cycle length going from 28 to 33 every other month hoping it’s not reason I’m not pregnant yet dr not worried about it any advice suggestions

Been Ttc 4 years been checked everything ok had 4 years of stress till now

Menstrual cycle

Has anybody’s menstrual cycle gotten back on track? Mine seems to be getting longer each month. Before pregnancy my cycle was naturally about 29 days and lasted five or six days . Now my cycle is over 30 days and I’m currently on two weeks of bleeding and it’s steadily getting heavier instead of lighter.