You're right. It seems extremely uncommon to have such definite symptoms when you are used to being regular and not experiencing them to this extreme.
It's very unlikely that your'e pregnant, for two reasons: One, of course, being your husband's vasectomy, and the second being your age -- even if you were trying to get pregnant, it would be difficult at 45. There are documented instances of women becoming pregnant after their husbands had vasectomies, but it was usually much sooner after the vasectomy. One doctor's website says that "spontaneous reversal" happens in less than one percent of the cases, and when it does, sperm count tends to be very low.
It's been two days since you wrote; are you still late for your period? Are you still having these symptoms?
It could, yes, be perimenopause. Perimenopause is different for each woman; some have slow, slightly progressing symptoms for 10 years before menopause, and others might have many symptoms come on almost at once. The thing they all have in common is that hormones are at play, and your hormone levels dictate everything about your cycle. When they start to change, periods become more irregular, PMS symptoms can change (for the better OR the worse), and symptoms like hot flashes, insomnia, mood changes and night sweats become more and more common.
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Jane,
You're right. It seems extremely uncommon to have such definite symptoms when you are used to being regular and not experiencing them to this extreme.
It's very unlikely that your'e pregnant, for two reasons: One, of course, being your husband's vasectomy, and the second being your age -- even if you were trying to get pregnant, it would be difficult at 45. There are documented instances of women becoming pregnant after their husbands had vasectomies, but it was usually much sooner after the vasectomy. One doctor's website says that "spontaneous reversal" happens in less than one percent of the cases, and when it does, sperm count tends to be very low.
It's been two days since you wrote; are you still late for your period? Are you still having these symptoms?
It could, yes, be perimenopause. Perimenopause is different for each woman; some have slow, slightly progressing symptoms for 10 years before menopause, and others might have many symptoms come on almost at once. The thing they all have in common is that hormones are at play, and your hormone levels dictate everything about your cycle. When they start to change, periods become more irregular, PMS symptoms can change (for the better OR the worse), and symptoms like hot flashes, insomnia, mood changes and night sweats become more and more common.
Have you experienced any of these other symptoms?
November 12, 2009 - 8:40amThis Comment
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