No. Everyone blames everything on peri and menopause. Do you possibly have polyps or fibroids?

My sister was planning a celebration for 1 year of no periods, to mark the official start of menopause. Guess who showed up early to the party? 😄

My periods slowed down for about 6 months and then started up regularly again and are much heavier and much more painful than ever before...and are still going strong at 51

During perimenopause I had heavy periods with huge clots, got very anemic every month for a couple of years.

By the end of things, my final periods were spotting that lasted only one day. The last three years before menopause I had gone 11 months then got the period for a day, and repeated that twice more. Grrrr! I was excited to finally be done.

Today I was at the grocery store and found myself turned down the wrong aisle with all the pads and incontinence products from birth to death and I thought to myself how glad I am to be in a chapter where I don’t currently need any of those products. I hope this chapter lasts a while!

Super heavy bleeding for 2 straight weeks - turned out to be fibroids. Long story short, on progesterone for a couple months, then mini pill for 18ish months, now in full menopause

Mine were not; I’m sure it varies.

Yes, but my “last” period has been going on for almost 2 years now.

Yes

When your periods slow down, is it common for them to be worse in terms of cramping and similar issues?