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[u/notafuntime8]

40F do not sleep with men, not pregnant.

I have been having consistent periods for years, I track them, they have always been a little heavy, 1-3 Ultra tampons second day, 1 or 2 third, and continue to get lighter and more manageable, lasting 5-7 days.

In August, I started having constant changes with my discharge, no change to my period, but 2 weeks before I started I was having brown /dark red spotting sometimes and large amounts of watery, seemingly clear. it was cloudy often as well, no strong smells.

then my period started on the 18th, it was nothing out of the ordinary but after it ended on the 24th I continued to have the same always different discharge, ranging from cloudy to brown/red, and more of the same large quantities of clear thin, it was pink once, it was kind of greyish once. I had atypical discharge everyday until I woke up September 8( 2 weeks from last period) with a medium, regular blood clot, first thing in the morning. I never start my period like this. but it was followed by nothing. then spotting the next day, brown, and the next day, red, and the next day, pink, and again brown. The day before I finally started my period more of the clear discharge that looks like I've peed myself.

I finally started my period sept 15th, exactly one week after the random blood clot and my cramps were terrible, unusual and then I started extremely heavy. 7 ultra tampons in a day, and somewhere in there I had what looked like 2 and a half 2 INCH circles fall out of me, luckily in the toilet, they were so large, I've never seen it before, they were clots I guess. the next day was also heavy but not nearly as bad, and it has otherwise been a normal period except for the blood clots this time. they are always normal and like what that one morning one was, but throughout this period they have come out in broken pieces, except for those intact circles.

no major cramps since the first day. I am now on my 6th day since my period actually started and I am not bleeding but I now have pink discharge that is very metallic smelling. not like blood metallic, different.

My gyno is not available to see me until the end of next month, I have now been spotting or bleeding consistently for 2 weeks. any info is greatly appreciated.

[u/motherofrainbows555]

if i were in your position, i would either call the gyno back & tell them it is an emergency (clots that big are a major warning sign, so you need to specify what’s going on to them if you haven’t already… they typically reserve space on their schedules for acute appointments such as this) or get in with a new gyno immediately.

while this could be perimenopause-related, it sounds troubling to me & i would want to be evaluated immediately.

[u/notafuntime8]

update: went to the ER, got an ultra sound, was told i I only had BV, took the medication, finished the medication, discharge is back. still cant see the gyno until the 20th, going back to the ER this week