Bleed then spot is this normal
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Hi ladies,
I woke up at the weekend covered in blood and also had little clots, i had no aches or pain in my tummy, I thought ok my monthly is here! Then a few hours later it turned to the brown stuff, then next day i spotted, and now im clear again....im totally confused is this normal for the perimenopause please?
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Guest samantha46571
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Last month I started with the brown spotting (started like brown stringy stuff) right at mid cycle, and spotted for weeks, then I think it turned into a period. So screwed up. So far I'm not spotting this month. Will see if I get a "normal" period. I think nothing is "normal" in peri. Finding this out! It's so annoying. I might not be spotting this month because I'm on daily progesterone.
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gailannie samantha46571
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Yes it is. Very odd periods happen during perimenopause. Late periods, shorter periods, extended long periods, changes in texture, color, clotting of period, you name it. Even starting and stopping during periods. It's SO much fun, isn't it?
samantha46571 gailannie
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Woo3353 samantha46571
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Totally usual (I won't say normal, nothing about peri can be called normal!!) Try not to worry increased cortisol through stressing can make things worse, just go with it. Just watch how much you bleed for, prolonged bleeding can cause anaemia. But loads of us are experiencing exactley the same
samantha46571 Woo3353
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Carol091061 samantha46571
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unless I knew I would be near to a toilet. Sometimes my period would last10 days, other times I had brown stuff and not blood and then I stopped
December 2014 and never had another. No one was more shocked than me because it had never got easier prior to this. I also woke up some
mornings and like you had come on during the night. I do believe this is
all part of it and everyone is different. Hope this helps.
Carol
samantha46571 Carol091061
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samantha46571
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I really do appreciate you All for sharing your experiences with me...I am still trying to get to grips with this!
I had my mirena coil out in March this year and still not seen a proper period yet.
This perimenopause really is scary and it is teaching me so much about my body....
Thanks again x
chrisann144 samantha46571
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Hi
I can totally relate I had my period which was almost seventy days since my last one which was April 20 got up this morning and spotting red blood I'm like wth I am 48 and my periods have been so wacky either skipping a month or spotting all month then a period I wear a pad all the time cause you just never know I just wish it would stop already
Marisa02082 samantha46571
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I have spotted before my period..went fully away for a few days then had my real period. This happened for a few years. The last 2 periods my spotting became alittle more than spotting, thinking i got my period..but then went away and now it feels like my period is coming again. Also, it was 9 days early. Just now after 2 years is my periods coming a few days earlier..and getting different. I tried to plan my vacation on not having it...ugh. I am all emotional right now. It's a process....I try to ask my body what it wants as to honor it the best I can thru this . Hope I helped you.
pinkcatfairy samantha46571
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Sounds like start of peri, it was the first sign for me. I had a few heavy clotting periods and then what seemed like endless spotting where it felt my period was coming but it didnt come to anything x
samantha46571
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Each one of your messages all help :-)
Yes, i have just found out in March i was in the perimenopause, even though i was telling my doctor, something was not right with me! again being told i am to young at 45 yrs old...We know our bodies are changing and we are not feeling 100%...
Thank god for this site, it has helped me sooooo much.
The joys of the perimenopause!