I start my period here in the next two days but I went to use the bathroom & wiped saw a little spotting but looked in the toilet & saw this pink clot looking this came out. I also want to mention that I just got done with doxycycline for chlamydia. So I’m just wondering if it’s normal or not lol???

I’m 18 if it’s any way relevant and I first got my period when I was 11 up until about 2 ish years ago it was very regular (as in came once a month manageable cramps the same amount of days every month and predictable flow ect) the last while I keep missing months every once and a while like on again off again sometimes 2 months then off again.The length of my period has become unpredictable I went from a consistent 7 days to it sometimes being 8 sometimes being 4,my pain in my boobs and my back are unbelievable I bloat extremely badly and I get severely severely depressed.My cramps have also been getting worse sometimes it’s common enough to get mild cramps a day or two before u start ur period but I’m getting very painful ones days and days before that go for days on end.Today I almost passed out in college from extreme pain it was radiating into my back and legs and I could barely sit without moving around from be pain and I kept getting cold sweats (I also started my period unexpectedly not meant to get it for another almost 2 weeks).But what could this be ? Pcos,endo me being dramatic ? I want to try the pill but it scares me because of some side affects (weight gain mainly since I’ve gained a lot of weight the last year and getting depressed) and the fact it raises ur chance of blood clots and I vape which ik already risks my health but that’s another issue.I just feel rlly alone cause idk what’s wrong with me if anything at all im so tired of feeling so sad and overwhelmed and anxious on my period the unpredictability the bloating the fatigue and the pain so please if u have any advice I rlly need some right now.

For the past 9 years of getting my period, it's always been painful. Sometimes it was so painful that I couldn't eat, sometimes it was so painful that it made me physically tired. But as of 4 months ago, my periods have been entirely painless. No discomfort, just the slightly irritated mood, but besides that it's just a regular day. This never happened to me, and I'm kinda freaked out about it

Sometime I really hate the medicating Stigma that comes with periods. My friend has casted judgement on me multiple times for me apparently “medicating too much” on my period.

The difference bewteen me and friend is, I vomit if I’m in too much pain my period. It is a fact, It’s happened to my multiple times . I can’t just sit through the pain without meditating otherwise I’ll vomit which we know is not compatible with everyday life activities. Also my pain on some months is almost physically debilitating. I remeber a month where I woke up on my period and I was so weak to the point where I had to call my mother to pass me medication which was in my room.

So because of this I take medication carefully. I never take more than recommend. I never take tablets that interact with each other. Also I only experience this pain for a day.

This has really annoyed me due to the fact that this friends asks for tablets from me despite her views on me this had me more hesitant for me to give them to her.

I’m 5 days late and I started spotting today with clots with urine. No bleeding and no period pain. I did get brief abdominal pain but in my usual periods I get constant overwhelming pain. Is this a normal late period or could it be pregnancy related?

Hi guys, I just wanted somewhere I could rant about this. I haven’t had my period in months and this one is very heavy. I’m normally super irregular though. I would go months without a period so I feel like I’m having a lot of emotions. Well more like pain, I get bad back cramps and I can’t help but listen to the voice in the back of my head telling me I’m being dramatic. I think I’m not used to feeling this way. I haven’t had this kind of period in years. I also can’t help but think about how strong us women are. Props to the women who deal with this type of pain every month. I used to get so stressed when I wouldn’t get mine. Idk I felt less woman?? All the wonderful ladies around me talked about their monthly’s often and I couldn’t relate. Now I’m feeling a great deal of admiration towards those who do have a monthly. They have to deal with it often and just go about their days. And then we have men who try to tell us it’s not that bad. It is bad but I’m forced to suck it up as part of the norm. It’s also just shocking me how much blood is coming out.. like starting to get scared but I think I once saw a photo of how much blood we actually lose during this time. Anyway, I’m just feeling blah, tired and fugly. It’s not fun. But I will say, I am proud to be a woman.

I’m wondering if anyone has experienced something similar to this, I have a gyno appointment coming up but I’m curious to see what others say. About 6 years ago when I was 16, I experienced such an insane amount of cramp pain that they called the ambulance because I was SCREAMING and couldn’t move. They didn’t find anything wrong and because bleeding was heavy so I just assumed it might have been a miscarriage but nothing showed on the ultrasound. Now, at 22, I experienced the same thing again. The other day ambulance was called, I crawled into the ambulance screaming help me. They gave me morphine immediately but yet again, found nothing on the ultrasound, nothing in my bloodwork and sent me home. This time my period was light. I’m thinking there might be an underlying condition but I really don’t understand what could be going on.

So I'm not late technically, but I've had all my PMS symptoms that I do just a day or two before periods, which is that I get sick, i have horrible cramps, etc. Buut it's been 3-4 days since then, and yet no periods. I saw a small speck of blood while peeing, and then very minute little brown discharge after wiping once or twice a day, but no period still. Is this spotting normal?

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Hi everyone! I'm back with another update on my never-ending PCOS bleeding situation. 🥲

For some background, I've been dealing with prolonged and extremely heavy bleeding for months. In September, my hemoglobin dropped to 5.0, and I was hospitalized and given 4 units of blood and 2 units of plasma. I also received IV iron afterward.

Because I have mild mitral valve regurgitation, my gynecologist prescribed Slynd (4 mg drospirenone) instead of an estrogen-containing birth control pill.

I've been taking Slynd for about 11 days now, and unfortunately, my bleeding has gotten significantly worse.

I'm passing large clots, sometimes almost the size of ping-pong balls and bigger. The bleeding fluctuates throughout the day, sometimes slowing down to spotting and then suddenly becoming heavy again.

I went to my gynecologist today. She examined me, said everything looked normal structurally, and suggested that I might just be having a period. She told me not to stop Slynd and to give it more time.

However, my hemoglobin has dropped from around 10 to 9.4, and I've ended up hospitalized again. I'm receiving treatment for the anemia, but I'm really concerned about the bleeding itself.

I also asked my doctor about tranexamic acid (TXA). He said it might be an option, but we'd need approval from cardiology first because of my heart valve condition.

My main questions are:

- Did Slynd initially make your bleeding significantly heavier before it eventually improved?

- If you experienced large blood clots while taking Slynd, how long did that phase last?

- Did your bleeding eventually stop completely, or did you continue having irregular bleeding?

- Has anyone with PCOS and prolonged bleeding actually had success with Slynd?

- Has anyone taken TXA alongside Slynd to manage heavy bleeding?

I know irregular bleeding is common during the first few months of hormonal birth control, but I'm struggling to understand whether this level of bleeding is something other people have experienced.

I'm following my doctors' instructions and staying on Slynd for now. I'm just hoping to hear some real experiences, especially from people who started it specifically to control prolonged PCOS-related bleeding rather than for contraception.

I'm so tired of bleeding. I genuinely just want to have a normal life again. 😭

I am 30 years old and I admit that I have never been in touch with my menstrual cycle. The only ways I'm able to tell it's coming are occasional cramps, more acne, and PMS. I have had an IUD for over 5 years now which does make periods nearly nonexistent. That alone makes me feel out of touch with my cycle. Advice is greatly appreciated.

I have standard periods, meaning they arrive the same time, last 7 days. It ended last Wed. However starting Tuesday, I started bleeding a little- bright red, only when I wiped. Didn't think anything of it, attributed it to spotting. It went away over night, started again yesterday when I wiped, but more bloody. Last night, there were some dark blood spots and I started having VERY mild cramping lower right abdomen. This AM, everything was normal, wiped and some mucus. However throughout the morning, the bleeding has gotten heavier with darker blood. It's now in my underwear and the pain isn't bad, but more noticeable than last night. Is this ovulation? Or am I restarting my period?? I'm so confused. Pics are from yesterday, to this am and most recent

Hi! I'm 18F. My periods are irregular. Sometimes I do throw up and sometimes I don't. I have cramps sometimes. But is it normal to throw up when you get your period?

Yesterday I started feeling lightheaded. This isn’t a symptom I normally have but my period symptoms in general are getting worse as I age I’ve noticed. I wasn’t having heavier bleeding than normal but my flow does tend to be heavy especially for a few days for most of my cycles. I bought an iron supplement to take because I’ve also started in the past year or so experiencing a lot of fatigue around my cycle and being really exhausted every day leading up to it and during my bleeding. Does anyone else have this?

When im on my period im feel very uncomfortable, like my stomach feels weird and my back feels weird. It uncommon that i feel pain. But the uncomfortable feeling is rlly bothering me because walking, laying down everything feel uncomfortable. And i dont know how to deal with it cause painkiller dont fix it and using heat only works cause i feel the pain from the heat insted. Its like when ur feeling full a painkiller wont fix it you just gotta wait it out. But is there any way to make me feel better thats not chocolate and burning my stomach?

I took plan b on the 26th of September, I had bleeding on the 3rd of October, and it ended on the 7th of October. It was dark brown. I was supposed to get my period on the 14th of October. I’m still waiting…

Hi all,

My [23F] periods have always been kind of strange, but they've changed a lot recently. I had *super* heavy periods all through school. In recent years they've been less heavy but I still have to wear overnight pads during the day. They've also always been incredible painful. I'd miss days from school every month because the pain was so bad. Also recently they've gotten less painful but that could also just be me getting used to it?

Anyway, the story goes: I got my period from the 1st to the 5th of July and then didn't get it again until the 21st September with one day of spotting on the 1st September. I can't say my periods are completely regular but it really hasn't been this long between periods before. From the 8th October to the 14th I had brown spotting along with passing clots every day. Today (15th) my period came on suddenly and heavy and only lasted for around 5 or 6 hours before stopping. This has never happened to me before.

I thought I would come here first in hopes of an idea of what might be happening/a similar experience. I've been to doctors many times about my periods, they gave me ultrasounds but nothing ever showed up. Just looking for some advice before I go and spend heaps again.

TIA!

i am 20F. i had pcod but then my periods were regular from dec 2025. then i missed my periods in August 2026, in September 2026, i had very less flow. and for like 10 days I'm daily getting a drop of blood in the morning when i wake up from bed. (Only a drop) I am physically inactive. Is it normal? Besides that I'm okay, i cannot feel anything abnormal

I get painful ovulations with occasional spotting month to month, but this month I felt myself ovulate from my right ovary & had significantly more bleeding than I usually do. Then the next day I felt ovulation pains coming from the left ovary. I continued spotting for 4 more days & the pain has continued for a week. The pelvic pain is only present when my bladder is full, at the start of urination, and when passing gas. I have a gyno appointment but any ideas what this could be? I'm not pregnant or trying

So uh, I haven’t had my period since July. It’s almost been three months and I’m a little worried. Obviously not pregnant and not on birth control. Already skipped my period two times this year so it’s been pretty irregular.

I’m in my late 30s and have never been on birth control. I don’t want any birth control. I’m also not currently sexually active.

My periods have always been very predictable. They can fluctuate by a day or two, so starting a day early isn’t unusual for me.

Typically, my periods are heavy for the first day or two, then gradually become lighter until I’m down to spotting by day five. I’ve also always experienced blood clots, sometimes large ones.

This month, however, things are different. My period arrived about a day early, which isn’t unusual, but the bleeding pattern is. The flow isn’t particularly heavy, but it isn’t light either, and I’ve barely had any clots, which is unusual for me. I’m also experiencing cramping.
I’m now on day five, and I’m still bleeding at a regular menstrual flow rather than tapering off to spotting as I normally would.

Since starting my period as a preteen, my period has generally been consistent with minimal changes, this change is concerning to me. Aside from being pregnant, my period has always been regular with no dramatic changes.

Has anyone experienced something similar? I’m worried something is very wrong.

Pushing tingling sensation in vagina urge to pee
Bleeding just black and some brown for past 6 days
Unprotected sex 2 weeks ago
Took morning after pill 3 days after sex
I getting some cold flashes but dont known if i just have a cold / virus going on
Im so extremely exhausted
Some pains in vagina muscle aches
I have a few red bumps on bum
Started bleeding 6 days ago

So, I had my weird bleeding on the 7th, mid cycle. Got freaked out. I’m going on holidays in a week and was hoping to be ovulating. So to figure out where my hormones are at I bought advanced clear blue kit. Started testing on the 7th day of the cycle (if that bleeding was a period), had to empty days , and today on the 9th day of the cycle I got a flashing smile which means it detected that my oestrogen is rising. Flo predicted that my fertile window would open today too. Do you think it’s still posy that I’ll ovulate on the 25th of October ?

Hello everybody! I've only recently got my period and I had one last month, which was pretty sucky bc I had a lot of cramps, but this month I'm aleady late by like, 2 weeks, which everybody says is normal when you just barely got it, but I've been having extreme pain, not full on I can't do anything but it is very very annoying, and I've also had diarrea and stomach pain these past few days. I already went to the doctor and he says it's probably some kind of disorder (runs in the family) but he just gave me medicine for the stomach pain but like... hey you just dropped that I may have something very wrong with me please elaborate??? like hellooo?? really just wanted to vent a little cuz like. This genuinely sucks soooooooo much.

I’ve always considered my period irregular and I started logging it to keep track but it’s so unpredictable. Is this serious enough to go to a doctor or is this normal enough where it shouldn’t be a problem?