My period is 45 days late

[Anonymous]

OP here and I'm sorry for the delay in responding.

To the PP questioning the date...right now it's been 47 days since the start of my last period. It started on June 21. So that put's it in perspective and thank you for bringing that up.

This is very late and not normal for me but you're all right in that my body has gone through so much that maybe I shouldn't be using the word normal. It just is concerning and makes me worry but the worry is about something serious like cancer.

I took a pregnancy test and I'm not pregnant - I definitely don't want to be either (hence the vasectomy) but my marriage is stable and if that was the case we'd just roll with it.

When I was a teenager I had no cares, in my 20s the goal was just to not get pregnant but I feel like I've spent all of my 30s finally getting to know my body and now it's changing on me. Gahhhhh!

[Anonymous]

And to be clear, I'm not saying it's the vaccine. It may be or it may not be. Either way I was going to get the vaccine so that wasn't something that would have stopped me from doing it but a period this late (without pregnancy) isn't something that is a usual occurrence for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here and I'm sorry for the delay in responding.

To the PP questioning the date...right now it's been 47 days since the start of my last period. It started on June 21. So that put's it in perspective and thank you for bringing that up.

This is very late and not normal for me but you're all right in that my body has gone through so much that maybe I shouldn't be using the word normal. It just is concerning and makes me worry but the worry is about something serious like cancer.

I took a pregnancy test and I'm not pregnant - I definitely don't want to be either (hence the vasectomy) but my marriage is stable and if that was the case we'd just roll with it.

When I was a teenager I had no cares, in my 20s the goal was just to not get pregnant but I feel like I've spent all of my 30s finally getting to know my body and now it's changing on me. Gahhhhh!

I would see another OB or ask the current OB to refer you to the ultra sound to have a look around. I don't know why your OB didn't just automatically do that for everyone's peace of mind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here and I'm sorry for the delay in responding.

To the PP questioning the date...right now it's been 47 days since the start of my last period. It started on June 21. So that put's it in perspective and thank you for bringing that up.

This is very late and not normal for me but you're all right in that my body has gone through so much that maybe I shouldn't be using the word normal. It just is concerning and makes me worry but the worry is about something serious like cancer.

I took a pregnancy test and I'm not pregnant - I definitely don't want to be either (hence the vasectomy) but my marriage is stable and if that was the case we'd just roll with it.

When I was a teenager I had no cares, in my 20s the goal was just to not get pregnant but I feel like I've spent all of my 30s finally getting to know my body and now it's changing on me. Gahhhhh!

I would see another OB or ask the current OB to refer you to the ultra sound to have a look around. I don't know why your OB didn't just automatically do that for everyone's peace of mind.

Because OP is only 15 days or so past when she would expect period. A dr isn’t going to ultrasound you if you are 2 weeks late. This could be from stress, weight change, peri- menopause…anything really. I’m 37 and very regular and this randomly happened to me last yr. Call and talk to your nurse/dr and have an appt sent up, but your period likely just went a little haywire and will be here any day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, you had a baby less than a year ago, recently stopped BF, are stressed, and your are approaching peri-menopause. Your hormones are all over the place. I wouldn't expect everything to behave the way it used to be.

Totally normal as you start slowly approaching menopause. You probably had a false surge where your body geared up to ovulate, but didn't successfully, and now your body is going to try again. I get two positive OPKs per cycle when that happens. I have friends that have always had that happen, and some that it didn't start until they got to 40-ish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And my OB says it’s just stress. She did lab work which all came back normal but I’m still concerned. I’m 41 and just had my last baby his last October. I stopped breastfeeding I. March and got the Pfizer covid shot in April and May. My cycles were regular starting in March and then they just stopped in June. Is this peri menopause?/ She thinks not but it’s so unusual for me. I fee likely body is gearing up for ovulation - egg white cm and ovulation pain at various points over the past few weeks - but nothing. The more I try not to stress about it the more I stress about it. DH had a vasectomy so there is no chance I’m pregnant.

Does anyone have any ideas on questions I should ask the doctor or additional tests or causes to consider?

Um....this is nothing. Relax. Sometimes periods are late, even in people who are very regular.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here and I'm sorry for the delay in responding.

To the PP questioning the date...right now it's been 47 days since the start of my last period. It started on June 21. So that put's it in perspective and thank you for bringing that up.

This is very late and not normal for me but you're all right in that my body has gone through so much that maybe I shouldn't be using the word normal. It just is concerning and makes me worry but the worry is about something serious like cancer.

I took a pregnancy test and I'm not pregnant - I definitely don't want to be either (hence the vasectomy) but my marriage is stable and if that was the case we'd just roll with it.

When I was a teenager I had no cares, in my 20s the goal was just to not get pregnant but I feel like I've spent all of my 30s finally getting to know my body and now it's changing on me. Gahhhhh!

I would see another OB or ask the current OB to refer you to the ultra sound to have a look around. I don't know why your OB didn't just automatically do that for everyone's peace of mind.

"Look around?" What the hell would we be looking for?

[Anonymous]

Did you know that some people don't track their periods that closely and so don't really know if they are 2 weeks late and....that's fine?

You are a human, not a machine. Sometimes things don't happen like clockwork. It's fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here and I'm sorry for the delay in responding.

To the PP questioning the date...right now it's been 47 days since the start of my last period. It started on June 21. So that put's it in perspective and thank you for bringing that up.

This is very late and not normal for me but you're all right in that my body has gone through so much that maybe I shouldn't be using the word normal. It just is concerning and makes me worry but the worry is about something serious like cancer.

I took a pregnancy test and I'm not pregnant - I definitely don't want to be either (hence the vasectomy) but my marriage is stable and if that was the case we'd just roll with it.

When I was a teenager I had no cares, in my 20s the goal was just to not get pregnant but I feel like I've spent all of my 30s finally getting to know my body and now it's changing on me. Gahhhhh!

I would see another OB or ask the current OB to refer you to the ultra sound to have a look around. I don't know why your OB didn't just automatically do that for everyone's peace of mind.

What? That is nuts. There is zero indication at this point that anything unusual is going on. Middle aged, breast feeding, new mom's period is slightly late. News at 11!

[Anonymous]

Most likely totally normal. I started getting wonky periods around that age. Get ready to all kinds of surprises your body will throw at you (for me, period irregularities have been the least of my worries).

[Anonymous]

Missing a period is totally normal for a 41 year old woman and if you aren't pregnant it likely is perimopause. I had wonky periods from 40-43 and ended up going through menopause at 44 - Which is definitely on the early side but within normal. First I had a series of long cycles (45-60 days) and then a series of short cycles (17-14 days). And then one day they just stopped. I also had alot of ovarian cysts during this period so several follow-up ultrasounds but they all resolved themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Missing a period is totally normal for a 41 year old woman and if you aren't pregnant it likely is perimopause. I had wonky periods from 40-43 and ended up going through menopause at 44 - Which is definitely on the early side but within normal. First I had a series of long cycles (45-60 days) and then a series of short cycles (17-14 days). And then one day they just stopped. I also had alot of ovarian cysts during this period so several follow-up ultrasounds but they all resolved themselves.

This was almost exactly my experience, too, but I had baby (naturally conceived) at 44 and went through menopause a year later.

[Anonymous]

Op here - I finally got my period!!! 54 days after the start of the last one. I’m relieved but also gearing up for more months like this.

[Anonymous]

Are you breastfeeding? I am and haven't had a period since my DS was born in November, so there's that

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you breastfeeding? I am and haven't had a period since my DS was born in November, so there's that

NM, just saw you got it