*Miscarriage TW* Aware I’m being extremely paranoid but it doesn’t feel right

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Name changed and apologies for posting here, purely for traffic and hopefully quickish responses.

For clarity, I wasn’t pregnant that I know of.

I’ve had the IUD for around 5 months, fit when I was 9 months PP after being on depo and then the mini pill since giving birth. Periods still aren’t regular and since having IUD fit I’ve had regular bleeding in that it’s been relatively often, but not always weeks apart, and nothing heavier/longer lasting than normal.

On Tuesday I started spotting a little bit, then by the afternoon was saturating tampons much faster than normal. Took one out to sleep as didn’t think anything of it at this point, and then woke up later with what I’d say was a relatively significant amount of blood (enough so that it felt very unusual for me and what I’d experience during a period) down my legs and patches on the bed. I put a super tampon in and went back to sleep, got up around 5 hours later and was bleeding down my legs again with the tampon still in.

I went out for a couple of hours with another super tampon in, and a liner, and had still bled all into my trousers by the time I got home.

Now today it’s still relatively heavy, still accompanied by cramping and back/pelvic pain, and some odd coloured spots when I’ve checked tampons.

I know it’s incredibly unlikely I’d have even gotten pregnant with the IUD (stupidly haven’t checked it in a good month or so but assuming it’s still in place), and hadn’t had any glaring symptoms, but I can’t shake the feeling that this might not be just a heavy period.

I know my cycle is still all over the place really and the IUD can make periods heavier, but wouldn’t that have happened before I’m 5 months in with it?

I know this is a terribly sensitive subject and I probably sound crazy, and I certainly I don’t wish to seem insensitive by worrying and asking, but I was just wondering if this seems like I’m being overly paranoid and it’s just to be expected with the IUD?

I don't think you're being overly paranoid to be concerned.

I am not a doctor, but I do have an IUD. I am one of the ones who gets much heavier periods afterwards, but they're all consistently heavy. I've never had a period that was so much outside my body's norms, and if I did, I would think something was up.

Thank you, I feel crazy for thinking it but as you say, it’s just so outside of my ordinary. But then perhaps it’s because my cycle hasn’t really regulated again yet, I don’t know.

Can I ask, were yours all like that then right from when you had it put in?

Very heavy, straight from the off. I've had it about five years now, and the flow is a little bit lighter than it were, but still heavy. To give a ball-park figure, in the first few months, I saturated a super tampon in 45 minutes through, right though to the towel.

(I upgraded to using Super Plus and Super Plus Extra on the heaviest days after that.)

The first few cycles were more crampy, too.

That doesn’t sound far off what I’m experiencing, it’s just that it’s so out of the blue and so long after having it put in as well that’s making me feel uneasy.

I guess I’ll maybe give it another day and see if it wanes at all.

Take a pregnancy test as if it is a mc then it should still show on a test at this stage. Its possible to be a hormonal flux from the iud. They дджsay to wait 6 months for your body to get used to it though so could be a hormonal hiccup.