Hi. Never used this site before but a bit freaked out and hoping somebody can help to my mind at ease? I am going the docs for an emergency apt this morning but it's still 2.5 hours til I can book the apt!
Long story short - I have had about 10 periods in my life. 13th birthday, 13th Christmas, 14th birthday, 14th Christmas, 15th birthday, 15th Christmas, 16th birthday, 16th Christmas, Jan of the next year and then March of the next year. Had a blood test that didn't show anything odd. One month before turning 17 I went on Depo-Provera and even those non-monthlies stopped altogether. Came off Depo aged 18 for 12 months - no period. Went back on it when got back with ex just before 19th birthday and then came off it in February of 2012 aged 20.5 years.
Have used no hormonal birth control since then, so that's 16 months BC free so far - no periods. Have been with new partner 8 months. We use condoms but have had 3/4 accidents.
Periods that I did have as a teen were as follows. 7 days of really light bleeding during day, no bleeding at night at all. We're talking like 4 regular size tampons a day not being 100% full and 2/3 of the days just being spotting where only a pad was needed. VERY LIGHT!
Wake up at 7am yesterday to a literal gush of bright red, clumpy blood. Momentary panic, then figure it's just the return of my periods and my type could've changed since being 16. 7am yesterday to 1pm yesterday I ended up using 5 super-jumbo tampons and 1x pad - all ended up soaking, FULL and covered with stringy dark clots/tissue/stuff?
1pm - 6pm another 4 of the same super jumbo's full and a pad.
6pm - 11pm was 3 super jumbos full and a pad.
Between 11pm and now (5.30am) I have used 5 super jumbo tampons and 2 pads .... I managed to leak through a tampon and a pad to cause a right royal mess.
In the minutes it takes me to swap tampons stuff is just falling out of me into the toilet.
A girl in work recently had a MC and her description of what it was like made me buy a pregnancy test ... obviously during bleeding probably isn't optimal time to check, but it came back negative (it was a morrisons own brand if that makes a difference)
I am in pain in the abdomen/groin area but worse than I remember period pain being and sometimes it gets quite 'stabby'
Basically just while I am waiting to go the docs I am just wondering if A] Anybody has ever experienced a period like this? B] Is it normal sounding? C] does it sound like possibly more than a period to you?
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Please help ... I need reassurance that this is or isn't normal!
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bloodynuisance · 06/06/2013 05:39
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