[Tarzan31]

My fiance and I had sex on the third day of my period (they usually last 7-10 days) and I stopped bleeding the next day. I have never had this happen and am wondering if I may have gotten pregnant or if there is anything else that could have caused me to stop bleeding less than half way through my period. If anyone has any information or ideas, let me know. Thanks!

[Laine86]

I'm no medical expert or anything like that, but it's been my experiance that no matter how regulated or how "normal" your period is, it always changes at some point. Take me for example. Usually after several months of abstenence, being sexually active causes my period to start itself up again even if I just got off it a week before.

It may be that your period simply changed and decided to stop after you had sex. To ease your mind, take a pregnancy test in about 7-10 days and check, but it sounds like something I went through once. I use to have mine for 7-8 days before I had sex once during my period. I only have it 2-4 days now.

My sister use to go 3-5 months without having her period because of POCS (Polly Ovarian Cysts). But when she became sexually active, it regulated her period and now she has it once a month.

Like I said, I'm no medical expert, but it sounds to me like your period simply decided to change the way it works. Again, take a test in a week or so to be sure and ease your mind of things. But you'll be fine either way.

[Tarzan31]

I am not one to wory needlessly but this freaks me out a little. I am 31, had my period since I was 8, had 3 kids, 16 miscarriages, had ovarian cysts (that burst), been married and divorced, and had sex while on my period many times and none of this has changed my period. It has always lasted 7-10 days from the first one until now. I am not uneducated about my period (I don't think you were implying that I was by the way) but as I have no insurance (YAY Bush!) I can't really ask my doctor until I can afford it. I was just hoping that there might be another way. A friend of mine suggested that I might be coming into menopause; is this a likely scenario?

[Laine86]

It is. With all the things you've been through it's very likely. My mom went through early menopause. She's only 41 and right now has a total of no estrogen at all. So it's very likely that's what's going on is early menopause. Take some 1-a day Women's and some Saint John's Wart if you can get it. It'll help with mood swings and give you some vitamins you need. Least that's what my mom did before she found out she was going through early menopause.

[Tarzan31]

Thanks! I'll try that!