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I was told absent from any other issues (hysterectomies, and such) that menopause is genetic and women are most like to experience it around the same time as their moms did. Makes sense so far for me. I'll be 50 in a few months, and I'm as regular as a clock still. I became pregnant naturally very easily at 40 and 41 years old as well. My mom passed away at 61 and had just started early signs of menopause.
I've had it for 5 years. It is NOT fun! Hot flashes, irregular periods, bloating, ugh. My periods got so bad that my gyn did a D & C to make sure everything was OK.
I don't know what to do to make it better. I try to eat healthy, drink lots of water and not stress. I just wait out the hot flashes and pray for cooler temperatures!
I was told absent from any other issues (hysterectomies, and such) that menopause is genetic and women are most like to experience it around the same time as their moms did. Makes sense so far for me. I'll be 50 in a few months, and I'm as regular as a clock still. I became pregnant naturally very easily at 40 and 41 years old as well. My mom passed away at 61 and had just started early signs of menopause.
Oh, Judy....another person that had her babies later...we must talk It is a new trend but still I feel abit lonely in not having many people out there who had them at my age.
My mother had a hysterectomy in her late 30's and kept an ovary so never menopaused. My sister who is 5 yrs older, has been on BCP so she is not menopausing either. I am the only one who has gone the natural route and I have no clue when it will happen.
I have to check which BCP my sister is on because she has clotting issues and they gave her a different one with lower hormone in it. I might consider it for a few mths for when we go to florida. I am not ready for this and neither is my family.
Oh, Judy....another person that had her babies later...we must talk It is a new trend but still I feel abit lonely in not having many people out there who had them at my age.
I had my babies fairly young (16, 26, and 31), but my grandmother had hers older. Her last child was born when she was 45, and she had a miscarriage 3 years later! The others were at 37 and 40-42 I think.
Is it possible that my internal threw things off for abit??? I mean, I always spotted, even in my 20's but it usually started on day #20 not on day #14...oh my anxiety is high today.
SHould I go to the dr with spotting this early or should I wait it out I don't know what to do. Should I wait for my "normal" period to come and see what happens?? I don't know what to do. Can you still excersize during all this? My cervix feels like it is splitting in half sometimes. My pap results still hasn't come back yet.
I've had the same exact experience as Benjiboo. The pill is a Godsend for me. I couldn't stand myself.
Just curious--By the same experience, does that means the tubal as well? Although my Dr does not agree, I am certain that triggered everything for me...
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It is a new trend but still I feel abit lonely in not having many people out there who had them at my age.
I don't know what to do. Should I wait for my "normal" period to come and see what happens?? I don't know what to do. Can you still excersize during all this? My cervix feels like it is splitting in half sometimes. My pap results still hasn't come back yet.
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