Irregular periods. Why is my menstrual cycle shortening? (pregnant, health issues, hormones)
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Hello. I am a 25 year old Haitian American woman who is having irregular periods. My period cycles have been fluctuating from every 26 days to then 27 days to now 24 days. I have had no change in diet or stress. My weight has fluctuated a bit but not by much. I am worried my egg quality is failing or I am experiencing perimenopause. I have never been on birth control. I am now currently only taking ubiquinol tablets and drinking chlorophyll. What could be wrong with me? I am a virgin so not on birth control and never had sex, so I can't be pregnant or have any kind of STD
Being "regular as clockwork" is how I hear many women speaking with pride about their cycles. Regularity is over-rated. Unless you are QUITE irregular there is only a low chance that it is related to infertility. Do you have any other health issues?
If you're concerned, go to your doctor. They'll likely just say that most women your age are very fertile and there's no need to worry unless you've been actively trying to get pregnant for 6 months without using any kind of birth control and still aren't pregnant - they won't hardly look at you if you haven't tried for 6 months.
Being "regular as clockwork" is how I hear many women speaking with pride about their cycles. Regularity is over-rated. Unless you are QUITE irregular there is only a low chance that it is related to infertility. Do you have any other health issues?
If you're concerned, go to your doctor. They'll likely just say that most women your age are very fertile and there's no need to worry unless you've been actively trying to get pregnant for 6 months without using any kind of birth control and still aren't pregnant - they won't hardly look at you if you haven't tried for 6 months.
I personally will not have sex before marriage and I am engaged to be married but will marry in 2018. I want to know where my fertility stands now so I can help this before we start trying.
That is not right that doctors will not help women who are not sexually active. My periods used to be very regular. Every 28 days, however when I neared 25 to now my periods have been very inconsistent and never able to reach 28 days anymore.
Like I said they've been 26 days in November 27 days in December and just today I got my period and it was 24 days. I started my last in January 3rd, then got it today January 27th.
I have no other health issues. I have had some weight fluctuations,but not drastic.
I am currently taking ubiquinol tablets and drinking chlorophyll. I also started noticing that once I started using Rogaine for Women for my traction alopecia my cycle became irregular, but I looked online and there's been no cases of rogaine causing menstrual irregularity
When I began having periods, I was told to expect them to be irregular at first, then later they would become regular. Yet, for me, it was the opposite. My periods were so regular that I could predict with certainty when the next one would come and knew that it would show up when I got out of bed.
Then, the year I turned 16 was a stressful year for me. A friend and I got hit by a car. I was told that this might affect my cycle but it didn't. Later that same year, my family moved when my father took a job transfer that was outside the mainland US. I was excited about this but, still, it was very stressful with all the adjustments. My cycle became irregular and I no longer could predict when the next period would come. A doctor told me that I would eventually return to having regular periods---but that never happened.
I had no trouble at all conceiving when I was ready to become a parent. In fact, since I was overweight (but not obese), my mother and her friend told me that I was going to have a tough time conceiving---they were very wrong.
If you are otherwise healthy, you should have no problems. Still, it's a good idea to go to a GYN and get a routine check up.
I have no other health issues. I have had some weight fluctuations,but not drastic.
I am currently taking ubiquinol tablets and drinking chlorophyll. I also started noticing that once I started using Rogaine for Women for my traction alopecia my cycle became irregular, but I looked online and there's been no cases of rogaine causing menstrual irregularity
You sound totally normal and healthy. You are not a robot, the human body is not perfectly made, there are slight irregularities.
If you really wanna know - stop taking the tablets or chlorophyll for a while and see if that makes a difference.
The point is that beyond a general check-up of your "lady parts" it does not make medical sense to do a full fertility workup on a very young woman who hasn't even tried to get pregnant yet - so has no history of infertility or trouble getting pregnant.
If you're saying you have to "prove" your fertility prior to getting married I don't know what that would mean other than getting your hormones checked and having a gynecological exam. And just because things "look normal" does not prove you'll get pregnant fast. So calm down and see what happens when you start actually trying. You are only borrowing trouble by getting all worried now...and mental stress actually has an impact on your periods...so RELAX!
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