Pre Menopause Periods?

Pre-menopause menstrual cycles
by: Cindy

One of the normal pre-menopause symptoms is to start having irregular periods in your menstrual cycle. Each woman is different and the cycles can become lighter or heavier, shorter or longer. There can be some skipped periods or even an extra one in-between the usual cycles that have previously been the routine.

Menstruation cycles are related to ovulation cycles and hormonal cycles. As a woman's body starts changing during peri-menopause, the estrogen hormones are changing. These hormonal changes have an effect upon ovulation. If your body skips a month of ovulation then naturally it could also skip a month of menstruation. Or you could simply have some type of different menstruation than you usually would if you'd had your usual ovulation that month.

Irregular ovulation is normal in pre-menopause and so are the resulting irregular periods. The frustrating part is that each woman has a different experience so you never know what to expect. Heavier menstruation, lighter, shorter, longer, etc. are all possible. These pre-menopausal periods are no fun, but they are a part of life. Eventually a woman will stop ovulating all together and then her periods will stop happening.

It's all about the hormones, mainly estrogen. Hormone changes are the main causes of early menopause. As the hormone levels begin changing, your body is starting to say something like, "Hmmmm, okay maybe the child-bearing time is almost passed now, so I guess I don't need to keep doing this ovulation thing every month."

So your pre-menopause menstrual cycle seems to fit right in with what you would expect to be happening.

X Close Editor

Rating

Submitted by: Cindy

Title

Comment
One of the normal pre-menopause symptoms is to start having irregular periods in your menstrual cycle. Each woman is different and the cycles can become lighter or heavier, shorter or longer. There can be some skipped periods or even an extra one in-between the usual cycles that have previously been the routine. Menstruation cycles are related to ovulation cycles and hormonal cycles. As a woman's body starts changing during peri-menopause, the estrogen hormones are changing. These hormonal changes have an effect upon ovulation. If your body skips a month of ovulation then naturally it could also skip a month of menstruation. Or you could simply have some type of different menstruation than you usually would if you'd had your usual ovulation that month. Irregular ovulation is normal in pre-menopause and so are the resulting irregular periods. The frustrating part is that each woman has a different experience so you never know what to expect. Heavier menstruation, lighter, shorter, longer, etc. are all possible. These pre-menopausal periods are no fun, but they are a part of life. Eventually a woman will stop ovulating all together and then her periods will stop happening. It's all about the hormones, mainly estrogen. Hormone changes are the main causes of early menopause. As the hormone levels begin changing, your body is starting to say something like, "Hmmmm, okay maybe the child-bearing time is almost passed now, so I guess I don't need to keep doing this ovulation thing every month." So your pre-menopause menstrual cycle seems to fit right in with what you would expect to be happening.

Cancel Delete Delete & Ban

throbber Updating Comments page...

Pre Menopause Periods?

Comments for Pre Menopause Periods?

Comments for
Pre Menopause Periods?