My period is more like an Exclamtion point!!!! am I BLEEDING TO DEATH?? - Women's Health Message Board

DontWannaBsick · 01-02-2006, 08:10 PM

Chello everyone,

Let me give a quick history, 36 yr. old female with type 1 diabetes(in last 2 yrs), hypothyroidism, depression. In the past year or less My period has definantly become a whole different monster. The first 5 days of my period are pretty normal and then when my period is supposed to be stopped I start passing pretty large glots with excessive bloodloss. Next part is graphis so STOP

here if you are faintHEARTED.

i WARNED YOU TO STOP!!!!!!!

aNYWAY FOR THOSE OF YOU STILL READING. These clots are usually like blackberry jam. I got used to that but the past 2-3 months and tonite in particular these clots were what I would say more like little peices of liver with lots of blood attached. At one point I put a large tampon in and literally 3 minutes later it was flooding. I was cutting my childs hair and my daughter sais oh mommy you cut yourself. Ofcourse I knew it wasn't that. I couldn't get off the pot for 10 min. while I passed a few more clots. My question here is I want to know is this beggining of menopuase?????? Do any of you pass these kinda clots?. I have only passed these types of clots after the birth of my kids and they are both in elementary school. I had a pap-smear and a check for std's and all that about 5 months ago so it can't be that. I do have problmes with vaginitis, yeast and bladder infections from my diabetes. I really don't want to post all this in any other form because of men reading them. Hope to hear soon as I'm worried to death. I'm going to call my endocrinologist tomorrow, but I'd feel better hearingf from some of you seeing as he has never had a period

. Thanks in advance.

summertyme · 01-02-2006, 08:29 PM

The same thing happens to me except the clots aren't quite so big--maybe the size of a quarter or half-dollar. I can't even let my daughter into the bathroom with me when I am having my period because the toilet water is COMPLETELY red and looks like blood. I can actually hear the clots falling into the toilet when I use the bathroom. I am 34 and have two children, but mine are a little younger than yours. This started somewhat after the birth of the first child who is 5 now, and got MUCH MUCH worse after my second child, who is almost 3. I don't have any other health problems and I don't know what could be causing this. Nobody can give me an answer either. I have an appointment with a specialist in a few weeks and hope to find out what is wrong with me.

DontWannaBsick · 01-02-2006, 09:27 PM

Hi Summertyme, I'm a little relieved to hear someone else is doing the same thing. It's funny what you said about being on the potty, my 6 yr old daughter was in the bathroom with me and said "oh my goodness mom, your making a mess but your proably not gonna die". I explained to her that
"sometimes mommys do this but we have to go thru this sometime to have babies", and I'm too mean too die. That seemed to be a good enough answer for her. Since I've had children, I have forgotten what privacy is. I wouldn't know what to do if I were asked to close or lock a door(hee-hee).

Hopefully others will post here to let us know what their experience has been, but either way please post what you find out when you go to the specialist. Thaat info may help my gynecologist and my endocrinologist. Thanks for the relief you brought to me, just by saying you had been there and done that.

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Originally Posted by summertyme

The same thing happens to me except the clots aren't quite so big--maybe the size of a quarter or half-dollar. I can't even let my daughter into the bathroom with me when I am having my period because the toilet water is COMPLETELY red and looks like blood. I can actually hear the clots falling into the toilet when I use the bathroom. I am 34 and have two children, but mine are a little younger than yours. This started somewhat after the birth of the first child who is 5 now, and got MUCH MUCH worse after my second child, who is almost 3. I don't have any other health problems and I don't know what could be causing this. Nobody can give me an answer either. I have an appointment with a specialist in a few weeks and hope to find out what is wrong with me.

Mommyof3under4 · 01-03-2006, 09:26 AM

My mother had exactly what you are describing, she went to her gyno, and had an ultrasound done. They found lots of fibroids, and the doc said this is what is causing her clots, and abnormal amount of blood loss. She had an ablasion (sp?) done, and since then, her periods are sooo much better. Fibriods are still there, but aren't causing any harm right now.

tina76 · 01-03-2006, 09:48 AM

My periods used to be like that and eventually I was diagnosed with endometriosis. That type of bleeding is definitely 100% something to see your doctor about! Good luck, let us know what happens!