help erratic bleeding

[bagpussmice]

my period started 8 days ago, bled heavily, as normal for 2 days then just light spotting for 2 days. Then 2 days later I started bleeding again, then it stopped for 2 days and now it's started again this morning. Today I also have slight pains in my tummy and lower groin (like a pulled muscle)... wierd!
I am 41 - not on the pill. My periods aren't normally like this so I am a bit worried, should I be?

can anyone advise here? seem to have fresh blood every morning and evening every couple of days. Period finished, or so I thought, 7 days ago!

Mine have always been completely tempremental! It could be the beginning of the... you know...

someone else will know more though, don't worry!

wondered if it was the start of the dreaded M word... just don't know whether to go to the docs or just bear with it and see what happens next month.

Have you stopped using any form of contraception at all? I say this because my depo ran out last Feb, had periods as normal until September and then had a period like this for what was 3 months in the end. I'd go to the gp and ask her advice if I were you. You hear horrible stories about cervical and ovarian cancer, so I'd get those ruled out. I was eventually told mine was probably due to dodgy hormones following the depo jab.

no - not been on the pill or coil for years and years.