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I'm 29 yrs. old and I've been having my menstrual cycle for 3 weeks to 1 month with about a 2 week break between each period. Along with my period I have huge clots. This has been happening since I had my daughter in 2006. I saw a doctor about it and he just put me on birth control pills to try and regulate it, but that just caused me to have blood clots in my lungs. I went on Coumadin and my period was normal while I was on the meds. Now I'm off Coumadin and my period went back to being long again and with the huge clots. Is there something my doctors should be testing for? Why am I having a 3 week menstrual cycle? Can this cause complications with conceiving again? What is wrong with my cycle?
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I'm 18 and in this situation now and your story sounds like mine I haven't been to see a doctor yet but I will be making an appointment which I will advise you to do aswell as I've been told its not really good as you could be losing to much blood and end up being/having anaemia
July 12, 2016 - 10:28amThis Comment
I'll have to tell you the same thing is happening to me I wish I knew what was going on I want to see my gynecologist and he basically said he has birth control will see how that does like he's late I feel like nothing is wrong and I've been bleeding for over three weeks and I've never really had this happen before it stops and then comes again unexpectedly thinking I'm done but then I'm not done
June 10, 2016 - 5:29pmThis Comment
Same thing is happening..... Almost 4 weeks.... Some days light and then heavy red and clotty with abdominal pain....
Went to the doctors and they did ultrasound and he said everything came back fine, and sent me home.
Said it was normal but I don't feel normal.....
How am I suppose to go through my day feeling like this?
February 8, 2016 - 9:12pmThis Comment
I am experiencing exactly the same thing! Have seen the doctor and asked to do pelvic ultrasound, blood test and pap smear (can't be done as I am still bleeding). Will see what the doctor said when I see her during my appointment today.
February 3, 2016 - 2:19pmThis Comment
Im concerned with my period of it is . Im 18 and my period normally lasts 5 days . 2 weeks ago i had my peruod it wasnt nor al because it was brown but then i got my normal period and it last for another 5 days after that ended my boyfriend and i have intercorse and then my period cameback and it's basically 3 weeks that i have my period . And at times it goes brown when its about to end but me and my boyfriend have intercorse and then it goes back to red ? Whats going on . Im worried
November 4, 2015 - 2:20amThis Comment
same thing is happening to me right now and I am worried
August 23, 2016 - 2:42pmThis Comment
I have the same problem.. :/
November 26, 2015 - 12:45pmThis Comment
what do i do
September 23, 2015 - 9:20amThis Comment
I'm irregular and I can have period that can last up to 5 months a while ago the doctor said I was pre cancerous after doing all the test it came out negative. He put me on birth control to try to regulate it but that didn't do anything but make me grow hair .As I stressed it stays on I went for regular Pap smears and everything came back normal. I found out when I have my period I do not lose my eggs so that might be the cause of my body is still trying to release it
August 19, 2015 - 9:52pmThis Comment
I have been experiencing the same! I was on birth control for years and I finally got off 2 years ago last August and my cycle hasn't been normal since! I never know when I am coming on and never know when I'm going off. I always figured that my body was trying to catch up and get back on the normal 5-7 day schedule with my cycle because I never had them when I was on depo, but now I'm convinced it's something else. I started my cycle around July 15th and I am still on! Bleeding very heavy at that with blood clots! I may go to bed one night and use the bathroom and think that I am off of my cycle (but still where a pad to bed), but wake up the next morning to find that I am actually still on. This is very frustrating!
August 6, 2015 - 4:49pmThis Comment