Menopause and spotting Hi Invertzoo As stated a woman who still has her uterus can be declared to be in post menopause once she has gone 12 full months with no flow at all not even any spotting I read everywhere that a woman must go 12 months without a period but I haven t read about going 12 months even after spotting 1 Is there any research into this and could you direct me to articles 2 I was wondering if perhaps after spotting the time to being declared post menopausal was less than 12 months Thank you