I have never had a nice predictable menstrual cycle. Being on the pill was the only thing that made it regular, but that's not real hormones anyway. Maybe it was because of this that I didn't much bother keeping a record and trying to anticipate the next one. Or maybe I was just not that interesting and once it was gone I tended to forget about them until the next time. So in June I sat back and expected another long wait. I only realised that the last cycle was down to 21 days by checking the date of my previous post here. It confirmed for me that the discomfort is definitely in decline. I remember, when I was pregnant with Lewis, asking my mum about labour pains. She described them as being like period pains but worse, and this didn't help me much as I had not at this point experienced any period pains. After my pregnancies I found that I did start getting pains, not severe, I have always been a take-a-pill-and-get-on-with-it kind of person. But in recent months I have noticed that I have not been bothered by cramps. So there you go, I've found another positive benefit of the menopausal process.
