I have been having late, early, heavy, VERY heavy and light periods for over a year now, I had a normal pap about 6 months ago, a couple months my period was so bad and major clotting that I became anemic.I am 42 and had my estradoil checked 1-24-06 and it was 68, then rechecked 3/2/07 and it was 40, my pcp and gyn says that I am not menapausal yet. so what does the numbers say? am I headed for it and can you start having irregular bleeding before the bloodwork shows perimenopause? my mother went through hers around 40.