Do women on bio–identical hormones have periods again?
Many women who are in menopause are concerned that if they take biologically identical hormones that they will have periods again. Sometimes, until their correct dosage is established, women may have periods or break through bleeding. Although this is upsetting and frustrating for some women, being patient leads to not only the elimination of menopausal symptoms but, with the establishment of the correct amounts of hormones in a woman’s body, a woman can eliminate the health risks that come once her hormonal levels decrease below the level of hormones that she had during her reproductive years. There are individuals who believe that women should use bio–identical progesterone in amounts and in a manner that allows them to have regular periods the rest of their life. However, anthropologists point out that, before the introduction of the birth control pill in the 1960s, most women had less than 50 periods in their entire life (between their first period and menopause). This was a result
