Bleeding after sex

[Hastingscastle]

Just posting in hope others have had similar and it’s all been ok.
I started having heavy discharge shortly after my second baby was born, nearly 18 months ago. I’ve had a couple of tests for infection etc that have come back clear. I was due a smear around the same time anyway, and that also came back clear (I’ve always had smears and have never had anything flagged up from one). I then started bleeding after sex, this has been happening for pretty much a year now. I’ve had three ultrasounds in total (one I paid for privately with a gynae consultant, and they all came back fine, no signs of anything sinister, polyps or fibroids. I started having feels of a prolapse down below and so went back to the GP again and was referred to physio who confirmed the symptoms sound like a prolapse (although they didn’t actually check), I was sort of thinking maybe it’s because I had a big baby and she was right down the birth canal for ages before she actually came out (wishful thinking!). I’ve had the prolapse feeling on and off since, I can sometimes guess when I’ll feel it the next day (when I’ve walked a lot or picked up something heavy) I’ve been back to the GP again and have had a referral for gynae but having to wait for them to triage it. Periods have been normal for me, usually bleed for four days, but today after thinking my period had finished yesterday (I.e small amount of brown blood), I’ve now started bleeding bridge red blood again which seems to be getting heavier as the night goes on, it’s not heavy where I’d need A and E etc, if I hadn’t of had my period I’d of thought it was my period.

now I’m panicking thinking it’s definitely something sinister and it will be too late by the time I hopefully see gynae. I’m just hoping someone else has had similar and it’s turned out to be naff all!

You need to read the nice guidance on heavy menstrul bleeding in women and go forearmed to your doctors. You are having inter menstrul bleeding now which is not normal. Perimenopause is irregualr periods not inter menstrul bleeding. If you are obeses or have a family history of cancer or have bladder problems those are co-issues. Of course this could be something simple but I'd be asking for a hysteroscopy.
I've had womb cancer (stage 3 ) and it did not show up after an ultrasound and physical examination.

Has someone examined your cervix or have you just had ultrasounds?

Thank you both for replying.

I’m going to contact the gynae referral team and explain now about this bleeding.
I had a smear last October, two transvaginal ultrasounds and a third just over the abdomen. Dr and gynae consultant both looked at my cervix and said it looked fine. I’m just really hoping it’s hormones playing up. I had a blood test a couple of months ago with showed my thyroid was out of whack, an ultrasound on that yesterday showed it had previously been inflamed

I’d go back to the GP or contact the gynae team as you mentioned. If possible, call and put it in an email to the consultant’s secretary. I think it’s good to create a proper paper trail of changes that they can pop right in your notes (it’s how I got them to speed up my biopsy results).

Bleeding between periods is always one of those things you should flag up and don’t feel bad pushing them on it. It’s one of those things that can be absolutely nothing. I sometimes get bleeding because I have cervical ectropion and it’s touchy and it bleeds. I bled for 3 weeks straight when I was pregnant with my son because of it. It wasn’t cancer or a miscarriage (I had an otherwise healthy straightforward pregnancy). I also had another weird spell of bleeding (not pregnant) when I bled for 6 weeks straight. No obvious reason. It eventually stopped. Who knows what that was. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I have cancer, but not gynae cancer so totally unrelated. Sometimes these things do just happen, but you’re right to push to get it checked.