frequent periods ands perimenopause

Doubtful, I can tell you about my experience with Dong Quai. My situation was a little different from yours. I started having non stop periods when I was about 46. I first went to a family doctor that put me on a harmone (which scared me to death) and made me worse. He then referred me to a gyno that said I really needed a D&C because of my fibroids. It's a long story but I shouldn't be put under. My Florida neighbor was into natural health big time, it was part of her religion. I did NOT believe that ANYTHING natural would work. My neighbor told me about the herb Dong Quai, said it would straighten out my harmones without hurting me. I asked the gyno's opinion about it and he said that he didn't believe it would hurt me and to go ahead and give it a try. He said I could always come back to him if it didn't work. Well, it straightened me out right away and I never had another period, no pain, nothing. I do believe now that my prolapse had started at that time but he never said a word about it. My job required heavy lifting on a daily basis. Dong Quai made me see that natural things can work.

My daughter had very painful periods at the time. So much so that she just couldn't work on those days, had even fainted from the pain. My neighbor said that Dong Quai would help her too and sure enough it did. It helped the first month that she took it and she took it for about 3 months after that. She is 40 now and only occasionally does she have a painful period. When she does, she goes back to Dong Quai and takes it for a few days and she is fine.
Little Bit

Doubtful, you and I sound so similar! I too am 47 and my menstrual cycle is usually 25 days, sometimes 23 days, but never longer. It has been like this pretty much since my last baby at age 33 yrs. I have also found the addition of flaxseed, soy, omega3 and red clover tea helpful for many things, but it has not lengthened my cycle. My period is shorter than it used to be but it certainly is different now; starts off with dribs and drabs and then I have one day with really heavy flow. Also much clottier (yuck). I will look into this Dong Quai. I don't want to take hormonal supplements either; from what I have read and learned I have come to believe that attempting to balance hormones from outside is way to complex, the body just keeps adjusting other things in response resulting in different issues.

My periods went all over the place as I slowed down breastfeeding with DS2...one month 21 days, then 35 (brought on by parsley tea)...it was driving me crazy. I actually went to the homeopath, and one treatment brought them back to regularity. Perhaps it could help re this as well?

Hi Doubtful,

Gosh...it’s true that our “dark clouds” can have amazing silver linings if only we’re able to see them.

I, too, bled like crazy in my late forties. My periods came closer and closer together until I bled continuously for one month. My most severe “bleed out” was a drama I’ve written about many times. From that experience I learned the uterus has the ability (and need) to purge itself, and that there are herbs to help with the process. I’m not an herbalist, so cannot speculate what those are. It seems the ovaries start shooting out eggs like popcorn, and the cyclical hormones involved build up and shed the uterine lining at a speeded up rate. Although “dysfunctional uterine bleeding” is a major indication for hysterectomy, it is well-known that peri-menopausal bleeding is almost always benign. I wonder if anyone has ever died from peri-menopausal anemia.

I don’t want to speculate about Nora. Hopefully in time enough women will ask her that question and she will become more willing to promote the Whole Woman work. I will say that post-hysterectomy women cannot sense the WW posture in ways we do - they simply can’t feel the effects in their pelvis - so are less inclined to believe it helps.

Heartfully,

Christine