Is this a sign of perimenopause?
My periods as a teenager were always irregular as I was an athlete. This didn’t surprise me or my doctor at all. Only once I became pregnant in my twenties did they start to "normalize" and become more regular…but they’ve always been fairly heavy and prolonged. Usually lasting 7-10 days, with fairly strong cramping starting the day before my bleeding and lasting through the entire period until the day before it ended.
Recently though, my periods have suddenly become irregular again. The one before last was two whole weeks early and unusually light, with mild to no cramping. Then not even three weeks later I started again but this time the cramping was severe and the bleeding extreme! I’m only 43yrs old and early menopause does not run in my family that I know of. Could this be perimenopause?