TMI Warning: I think there's poo coming out of my vagina.

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Not sure what to do and sorry for the tmi.
Hoping for some MN wise advice. I've just been to the toilet and when I wiped front there was some soft stool there. Because it was not just a skid mark but say 10p size I didn't think I was wiping badly back to front.

I then showered to make sure I was properly clean and stuck a cotton bud up and it's coming out brownish... so could be just a discharge, I can't smell it as bad. Or could be poo.

Now I'm feeling an ache but not pain. And am not sure if it's my imagination and if I should just wait and see if happens again.

Anyone had any experience or advice?
Not sure I wanna run to A&E but am a but worried.

Aibu to worry ?

Poo can't come out that way. They're not linked. It'll be discharge. Is there any smell to it, you have pain? You might have an infection.

You should always wipe front to back

It could be a fistula. Have you recently given birth or had surgery in the area?

Thicklegs, not quite true. Fistulas (connections) can form between cavities like the rectum and vagina.

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Thanks. Yeah I'm thinking maybe a fistula. Not recently given birth and had surgery maybe 2 years ago to drain an infection.
I'm mid 50's

Are you due a period? Could you be miscarrying? It could be blood.

Could it be period blood/clot?

This happened to a friend of mine and it was a fistula from bowel surgery. It’s worth getting it checked.

Ah not likely to be a miscarriage if you’re in your fifties. Do you still have periods? If not, any possible bleeding should be investigated (as should a possible fistula, obviously).

Not a miscarriage as he's had the snip and I'm menopausal.

On HRT and recently had a period.

It's probably old/dried blood - very common after a period.

Are you sure not brown blood? Common with menopause I just had a brown blood period for a few days - Gyno said it was my last hurrah - last period sort of thing.

When I wiped it was 100% poo.
However once washed and out a cotton bud in me to looked more like ery dark discharge. So am not sire if I wiped badly first time.

Do you have wind coming out of your bladder when you pee?
Could be a fistula, especially if you have had recurrent UTI’s or diverticulitis

Is there a whistling sound or when you do a wee? What sort of surgery did you have for infection? If diverticulitis or crohns this could be a fistula ( abnormal connection forms joining bowel to another organ eg bladder ). See your GP or if you feel unwell go to ED.

Get GP appointment early next week to discuss. If you are rwally worried, call 111. But does not sound like an A&E job.

Never even heard of fistula, just googled and still confused. Does the anus then open into the vagina? New paranoia unlocked ha.

If it's fistula then it will recur.

Get it checked out by your G.P. I wouldn’t personally go to A&E unless you’re 100% positive. Ring 111 if you are concerned.

This happened to a relative and it was a fistula. Were you having a bowel movement when it happened? Or was it just there? Your OP isn’t clear.

Reported.

Same.