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Menopause (Expert Forum)
Mulitple periods in one month
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Machelle Seibel, MD - Women's Health, menopause, ReproductiveMedicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
MA
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Mulitple periods in one month
by horse1, Jan 05, 2007 12:00AM
I am 50 yo premenopausal healthy woman, normal weight, l live birth, 1 tubal pregnancy, tubal ligation 17 yrs ago. My periods are normally every 25 days. I had my normal period 10 days ago, but breast tenderness increased instead of decreased. I got my period again 10 days after the regular period with same amt of bleeding. I have had this happen a few times in the last couple of years. is this any cause for concern?
Doctor's Answer
by Machelle Seibel, MD, Jan 09, 2007 12:00AM
, Jan 09, 2007 12:00AM
A. Having this type of bleeding and breast tenderness near menopause is very common and represents fluctuations in hormonal balance. If it happens occasionally, it is likely not a problem. But if it continues to occur or becomes more frequent, talk with your doctor to be sure it isn’t something else. He or she might want to do some blood tests for estrogen and progesterone and FSH, and also check the lining of your uterus, possibly with ultrasound to see the thickness and possibly by doing an endometrial biopsy to check the lining of the uterus directly and be sure it is normal.
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(I'm just about your age, and I'll do a little cheerleading for endometrial ablations! I had one last June, and it was a blessing! I barely have a day of spotting instead of my period now. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. I also had a couple of weirdly close periods just beforehand, so they did a D&C before the ablation to look at the endometrium just in case. Everything was fine, though.)