Ladies -at what age were you last visited!

barbiedoll

I'm 48 and my last "visit" (what a lovely turn of phrase!) was Christmas 2011, so if I can last until Christmas this year, it will be two years free!

I can't tell you how glad I am to have found this thread. Everyone else that I know who is around my age is still having more or less regular visits, I thought that there was something wrong with me. My mum didn't go through the menopause until she was in her 50's. She had a horrible time though, luckily for me, apart from suffering a bit in the heat, I've been fine so far.

What's your favourite euphemism for our monthly curse? Mine is one that I heard from a man, bemoaning the fact that his mini-break had been ruined due to "Charlton playing at home this weekend"
(For any non-football fans, Charlton play in a red kit!)

:rotfl::rotfl:

cazziebo

Earlier this year at 51. Since I turned 49 it's been twice a year but absolutely awful, 14 days of almost unable to go out (or if I have to can't have any meetings longer than an hour!) . Cramps are like labour pains.

That's what I get for 35 years of light, pain free periods...

annie_d

52 and still regular

ellay864

I'm just turned 49 and in my 9th year of having a Mirena so don't get them at all. It bothered me that I wouldn't know when I'd hit the change but lately I've been having hot flushes a bit. I always get cold at night but the past 9 months or so I've been feeling warm, worse since the weather went warm waking up feeling hot and sweaty, but not suffered the drenched and soaking the sheets as some friends have. Hubby does make jokes about me being hot in bed Sometimes in the daytime I've had flushes when I get very hot for a few minutes - that's becoming more frequent. But overall nothing that's unbearable.
My 'problem' is now whether to get another Mirena fitted next year (supposed to change every 5 years) or assume I'm getting to the point I won't need anything. I'm cautious as a work colleague became pregnant in her late 40s and there's no way I want to go down that path again!