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A lighter period than normal can be caused by many things, including pregnancy, stress, illness, and other things. Sometimes a woman will have spotting and think her period is about to start and not see any more bleeding. This is usually implantation bleeding that has been mistaken for a menstrual cycle.
So fibroids are rarely the real cause for heavy flow and are not a reason to treat very heavy flow any differently. Early in perimenopause when cycles are regular, approximately 25% of women will have at least one heavy period. Perimenopausal estrogen levels are higher and progesterone levels are lower (4;5).