My last period started 4th Feb as usual and lasted its usual 5 days. I dtd on day 5 (Fri 8th) and then although I'd thought my period had stopped I then started spotting brown blood and then sometimes fresh red blood which lasted a week. Highly unusual for me. After 5 days of this I made an appt with GP and could only get to see an out of hours nurse who did a smear for me (I was due one anyway). So after smear I spotted for a couple more days then it stopped. But since that-so for past week. I've been having pelvis/period type pain constantly. Bad enough that I'd want to take paracetamol. Also last couple of days I've had the stringy mucus in pants/when wiping like I do when I'm ovulating...but it's too late in my cycle for that.
I'm waiting for smear results but if they don't find anything do you think this should be followed up anyway?
I'm 46 so could it be period menopausal symptoms? Periods always been 24-26 day cycle.
Thanks for reading!