Bleeding concern

[jittabug]

Hiya, I'm looking for advice if you've experienced anything similar, or perhaps from a healthcare professional? Sorry in advance if this is a long post.

As a teenager I had painful, heavy, irregular periods. I started having the depo provera injection when I was 15 and stayed on it for 10 years, during which time I had no periods (apart from when I took a 3 month break, as advised by the nurse). Came off depo, took 4.5 years to fall pregnant but then had two babies in two years (they are now 21m and 8m). I've always had an irregular cycle when not on contraception, no two periods come in any kind of pattern. Longest break was 8m in between.

Since having my youngest by C-section, I've been back on the depo (no plans for any more babies). From Oct-April I had no bleeding. I started bleeding a few days before my 3rd injection, but this stopped the day after the jab (23rd Apr).

I'm not into fitness by any means and hadn't exercised since my section, but went to my first exercise class on 1st May, which was body combat - loved it, so fun and what a way to get out any stress! That evening I experienced some spotting but didn't think much of it and it stopped the next day. This Wed I went for the second time, had bad cramping that evening and more spotting. I spoke to the GP the next day and she suggested that I lay off any high intensity workout for another few months as it might have put too much stress on my internal section scar. Gutted but fair enough.

The issue is that I'm still bleeding on and off since then, with painful cramps alongside. Nothing too heavy but enough to change a thin liner about 4 times a day. Do you think I should be worried here? Could I have caused some internal damage from the class, or could this be a sign of anything else? Did the depo stop my periods Oct-April or did I just have my first one in April since my section, and if so why has it lasted nearly 3 weeks?

So sorry for the length of this post but wanted to give a full explanation. Thanks so much if you've read this through and even more so if you reply x

Oh god I set this out so nicely into paragraphs and it's lumped it all together 😤

Bumping x

I'm not a medic but I would be very surprised if combat was upsetting your incision 8 months post section--I went back 8 WEEKS after mine with medical clearance and had no problems. It sounds like "women's problems" brush off to me, and I'd be pushing for a bit more investigation.

Thank you for your reply. Going back to the doctor today to ask again. I did think it would have been long enough by now to exercise which is why I was confused!

"As a teenager I had painful, heavy, irregular periods".

These have a cause; in my case endometriosis was the cause of the pain. The irregularity of periods was caused by me having PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome). It is certainly in your interests therefore to get this properly investigated by a gynaecologist (some GPs are simply not up to speed on such issues and I feel that previously you've been fobbed off).