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Bleeding after sex

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Hastingscastle · 25/11/2025 23:03

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!

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PersephoneParlormaid · 26/11/2025 06:21

Please don’t worry, it could be all sorts of things, and you automatically go to the worst case scenario. I’m assuming you’re not peri menopause age as that can mess with your periods. Bleeding after sex for me was ectropion and sorted with some treatment.

Hastingscastle · 26/11/2025 09:54

Thank you. I’m 39 in April, so not sure with regards to peri menopause. I think the extra bleeding after I thought my period had finished has rocked me, and the fact it’s been going on for so long.

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TheThingOnTheIce · 26/11/2025 10:04

I started bleeding randomly at 39
Was hormones
ended up going back on the pill to stop it

Hastingscastle · 26/11/2025 13:07

@TheThingOnTheIce did you have bleeding after sex too? I know my thyroid was out of whack, I actually had an ultrasound yesterday because of it, but according to the last blood test it’s starting to settle back down. I’m hoping it’s not wishful thinking but I do keep telling myself, I had two babies back to back (well 18 months apart) and the last baby was over 10lb!

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