I too am wondering about menopause as I think "Mother Nature" has me permanently on her list. I will be 58 in March and continue to have regular periods and haven't missed one yet. When I ask my doctor he says "Oh that should happen at 52 so I guess you are a little slow" which wasn't too helpful. I'd like a different doctor but in good old rural Ontario, doctors are in very short supply and many people don't even have a family doctor so changing mine is practically impossible.