I'm curious to know what symptoms could be expected in a pregnancy after the age of 50 in a peri-menopausal woman. Or if a woman experiencing light-to-no periods every other month or so should even expect that she could GET pregnant? Between Oct. 2004-Oct. 2005 I had skipped a period every other month. Nov.-Dec. 2005 had regular 5-day periods. Jan-Feb-March 2006 were light-to-heavy periods, with bleeding about 7 days long and occasionally very heavy. April 2006 regular 5-day period. May, June, July, reg. 4-5 day periods. Aug, a 1-day period, starting with the usual breast tenderness and abdominal cramping, then a bit of bleeding, then nothing. Over in 1 day. Sept, Oct no periods at all. Am experiencing no symptoms of pregnancy, but I don't know whether to worry about it or not. I'm not using any birth control because my OB/GYN won't prescribe the pill and tells me to use condoms. My guy won't use condoms. I occasionally use these "spermacide sheets" I pick up in Wal-Mart, but most of the time we don't use anything at all. I'm also annoyed that my OB/GYN, whom I've had for over 20 yrs, tells me to just use condoms and spermacide. I don't know whether to push the birth control issue or ignore it because of menopause coming up. How do I know whether I'm ovulating or not with no periods? How do I know whether I should worry about pregnancy or not with these odd periods I'm getting, or not getting, as the case may be?