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To think mid cycle bleeding is common

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Fakinguntilyoumakeit · 11/11/2024 20:35

Hi, I have been suffering from midcycle bleeding for 3 or 4 months. I get pain on my left side, which feels like a dull ache. It goes around to my hip and lower back on the left side. The bleeding is light, and only when I wipe and pinky red coloured. It is intimittent stopping and starting again over about 2/3 days. I am also constipated. I am 39, no pain during sex and no vaginal dryness.

What could this be? Has anybody experienced similar symptoms?

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35965a · 11/11/2024 20:43

It’s not common or normal, no.

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Fakinguntilyoumakeit · 11/11/2024 20:40

LaLaLaurie · 11/11/2024 20:37

I don’t mean to alarm you but those symptoms are red flags and should be checked out. Are you up to date with your smears?

I have never missed a smear, last one I had was at the start of the year. My Mum had benign ovarian cysts, one was large, and had to be surgically removed, incase it ruptured. Could it be something like this? I am not sure if this is genetic. I am fine the rest of the month, these issues seem to only be happening midcycle.

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WorldMap24 · 11/11/2024 20:40

I wouldn't consider recurrent mid cycle bleeding common, no. I would get checked out by your GP op so you can be reassured all is OK.

mindutopia · 11/11/2024 20:40

If it’s around ovulation, it’s very normal. If it’s random, it could be of concern, though potentially from a cervical ectropion if it seems to correlate with the constipation. If you don’t think it’s happening at ovulation time, it is something worth getting checked as ovarian issues could potentially cause all of it (a large ovarian cyst, or worse, cancer, can cause constipation). But yes, I often get spotting at ovulation, only lasts a day though, very obviously ovulation.

Maverick101 · 11/11/2024 20:39

Another chiming in to say you need to discuss these changes with a doctor.

Newsenmum · 11/11/2024 20:39

Fakinguntilyoumakeit · 11/11/2024 20:37

Can it get suddenly worse with age? It is always my left side too.

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Or maybe something is wrong? Blows my mind you won’t get this checked out.

Newsenmum · 11/11/2024 20:39

I really wouldn’t call it common! Have you spoken to a doctor?

Didimum · 11/11/2024 20:38

Book in with your GP. It can be normal for some women, but it’s not normal for you if it’s only been occurring for the last 3-4 months and you have not had it investigated. No one on the internet can tell you what it is. It could be any number of things.

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Fakinguntilyoumakeit · 11/11/2024 20:37

Ohwhatshoestobuy · 11/11/2024 20:36

Ovulation

Can it get suddenly worse with age? It is always my left side too.

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LaLaLaurie · 11/11/2024 20:37

I don’t mean to alarm you but those symptoms are red flags and should be checked out. Are you up to date with your smears?

Ohwhatshoestobuy · 11/11/2024 20:37

Although I think it usually switches sides from
month to month

Ohwhatshoestobuy · 11/11/2024 20:36

Ovulation