I've read plenty of posts nowabout clots during peri and thought I would share this.... I started peri a couple of years ago at 43. Along with it came painful periods from passing clots mostly. I mentioned it to my doctor and he told me he could do an ablation but before we went that far he advised me to cut out caffeine during my period. I would drink one cup of coffee in the morning and probably 20 ounces of diet soda during the day. I cut it out for the few days before my period and during the next month and it was unbelievable what a difference it made! Now, I don't drink any at all (although, chocolate is still on my menu and it has caffeine) and my periods are no where near as painful and the amount of clots is way down. I hope that others benefit from this relatively easy thing to do.... :)

Wow, how remarkable!!! Thanks for the information!