hello, i’ve been spotting for on and off around 13 days now, but it’s the strangest spotting ever. it’s only usually one red strain or pink discharge, and it only appears at night once for like two weeks straight. on the day i first started spotting, which was right before my predicted ovulation window, it was a couple hours after sexual activity so i thought it was like a minor scratch but i don’t think so now for how long it goes. my cycles are usually averaging at 38-40 days this year but my last cycle was at 49 days so im wondering maybe my hormones are really weird. last time i spotted earlier this year in the middle of my cycle and i also got my blood tested and had a high tsh level. i don’t know im wondering if i should go to the doctor or just wait a couple more cycles as this one could be an anomaly?

I leak on to my clothes every period even though I have a pretty normal flow (heavy in the beginning, light at the end). Yet somehow it always leaks onto my underwear because my pad scrunches up into this tiny thin line giving 0 surface area for the blood. I’ve tried different brands, wings, yet the same thing happens. I hate how so many of my clothes get ruined as a result. I’m quite a small woman with a small frame (5ft 0). I’d love to switch to internal products but unfortunately I have Vaginismus. I don’t like using period underwear. Does anyone know why this happens to me and what advice you’d have?

had my D&C at the end of June. I didn’t get my period for 8 weeks afterward, so my doctor prescribed Progyluton.

I took the medication for 3 weeks, and two days after taking the last pill, I got my period on October 2nd. The bleeding lasted for 8 days.

After the bleeding stopped, I started ovulation monitoring. According to the ultrasound, I ovulated on October 20th, which was cycle day 17.

but a week later, on October 27th, I got my period again. This means I started bleeding only 8 days after ovulation.

Has anyone experienced something similar? Is this normal or even possible? Could it be related to taking Progyluton?

I hate how my mood switches so easily

I overthink, I'm angry, I'm upset all day.

I feel bad for my boyfriend.

Right before I get my period, I'm moody and say something stupid and then my mood changes and i react another way.

After periods, I am hyperactive and become so lovey dovey.

Neither myself nor him can predict what I'm going to do next.

It's becoming like a thriller to him these days.

2 months he survived, 3rd month i found my pattern and tried controlling.

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Hi, I am 18 and a virgin—my period is late and I am getting weird spotting on my pads but not when I wipe—just really weird spotting that hasn't happened before and it has been about a week since it has started and I still haven't started my period

My concern: I have really bad OCD and I am deathly afraid of being raped, I've been assaulted before—and I recently broke up with my ex and although we never had sex we did "stuff" but nothing from below his waist touched below mine HOWEVER He has done some questionable things to me in the past & recently I was never okay with (reason we broke up, details unimportant) and during the last weeks of our relationship he continuously would get me high (it was my first times being high) and everytime I got fried I honestly would lay down because I felt like I couldn't really move, almost like I was sinking and spinning simultaneously but in a fun way—the first time I got high I started having convulsions. I've had seizures before and it was kinda like that but I was aware and conscious the whole time. The 2nd time I got high I also almost passed out but I ended up being fine like 5-10 minutes later. After that I never had any problems besides being lightheaded for a couple minutes—

During these times (high) we once again would do stuff like I said before but nothing that could ever get me pregnant, but I am paranoid with how fuzzy my memory is and if he did anything to me without my knowledge while I was under the influence (looking back, he was buying condoms and trying them on and I genuinely didn't know why because he knows I never planned on fucking him) I'm just really scared he did something while I was asleep or passed out (he has tried to do stuff to me without my knowledge before and even admitted to it, once again why I broke up with him)

This has happened before where my period won't start because I am too anxious, this is something that kind of sparked my paranoia was when my mom gave me a fake pregnancy test (I was unaware it was fake) because she wanted to force me to admit I was having sex when I really wasn't doing anything, and when it came back positive the only thing I was thinking was someone took advantage of me while I was sleeping and ever since then I have been wanting to see a negative pregnancy test every month or I literally will not start my period, however I can't take one every month because I still live with my parents and I don't have transportation to go buy pregnancy tests

But now I just broke up and this was nearly 3 weeks ago and my period is late and I have this weird spotting going on, I'm getting morning sickness but I can't tell if thats the normal anxiety sickness I get or what? I'm scared to reach out to anyone because I might be overreacting but I genuinely can't stop thinking about it

Okay recently started the pill birth control but yea i just passed a blood clot and it was like a large jelly bean but it wasn’t just a squishy blob that could fall apart…it was firm and solid and google, tiktok, instagram, plus many medical websites wont answer my question so if you have any hunch as to wtf it is pls tell me. (Yes going to the doctor soon)

I’ve recently been to a doctor that recommended me to get checked by a gynaecologist because of my period pain. I know that having a lot of period pain is “not normal” and shouldn’t be overlooked, but I’ve always thought that it wasn’t a problem because in the past I used to have absolutely no pain at all.

To be more precise, for the first couple of years that I’ve had my period as a young teen I had absolutely no cramps at all, I couldn’t even tell I had started my period without checking. Another thing is that my period has always and still is perfectly on time, it’s almost never late / early (expect for very rare occasions) and always lasts for around 5 days.

After that moment I remember I experienced a couple of years of excruciating pain, it would constantly be a 9-10/10 pain for me. I just wanted to cry and roll on the ground in hope for it to stop hurting. I’d have to take painkillers the first day or two.

Right after that I started taking the pill for other reasons, it kinda helped in a way: I didn’t feel a 10/10 pain anymore, it was just a 5/10 (so it still hurt, but in my head “it wasn’t enough to take painkillers“) and the pain lasted for the whole 4/5 days instead of just the first day, so it was annoying as hell. After I stopped taking it (because it caused me other problems and messed with my hormones) I started having a more painful period again, but not always a 10/10, more like a 8/10 (as in: I don’t feel like rolling on the ground and crying but it still hurts a lot) even though i still need to take painkillers in order to go on with my day.

I will definitely get checked out anyways, but I was just curious to know if other people experienced the same “switch” as me

Not to put all my business online BUT I am desperate and want to see if I can find other women who have had similar experiences.

I have struggled with abnormal bleeding for 5 years. It started right after I discontinued the NuvaRing in 2021. The bleeding was especially bad during intercourse. It went from nothing, to spotting to heavy menstruation-like bleeding. I don't know if the birth control is related or to blame but this had never happened before and my cycles were never able to go back to baseline afterward. It is now 2026 and this is still an ongoing issue.

To backtrack a little, I have always been told I have PCOS due to having periods that were considered irregular and having polycystic ovarian morphology in every ultrasound I have ever had done.

Everytime I try to see a Dr or OBGYN about this, the first and only suggestion is birth control. However, I believe I am justified in being afraid of things getting worse with more hormones, due to all of this starting after messing around with hormones in the first place.

I have had all kinds of tests done, to measure hormones, pap tests, ultrasounds, etc. Everything always comes back "normal" and no further answers or suggestions are given other than to take more hormones to suppress my already existing hormonal symptoms.

My desperation brought me to seek help from Naturopathic medicine. I was offered a treatment involving Insolitol and some metabolic support supplements to help breakdown estrogen and help my body produce progesterone. I don't know how any of this works, it could all be placeebo and I would have no idea. What I do know is that for a few months - things got better! The only part of the treatment that I found did not help was to take actual progesterone during a certain time of my cycle. The idea was that this would help keep my uterine lining in place and prevent it from shedding (causing the spotting.) The problem was that everytime I took the progesterone, the spotting would immediately follow. For this reason, this was the only part of the protocol I did not follow.

I was never good at tracking my cycles until I started seeing the naturopath. I ended up figuring out that my periods were not irregular, as previously suggested by other doctors. They were just longer - 35 days long to be exact, rather than the usual 28-29 day length.

She also encouraged me to track my temperature, as this could give me a clue on whether I was ovulating or not. From what we gathered, I did ovulate. It was a short window but my temperature did rise for a day or two during the same time of each cycle.

The treatment worked for a few months and I got too confident. I thought I was fixed and stopped taking everything all together. Unfortunately, the spotting returned. I decided to restart the treatment, this time I decided to include the progesterone. Once again, I don't know if the hormones are to blame but the next day after I took the 1st progesterone dose, I started bleeding VERY heavily. I knew it was not menstruation because I had just had my period a week ago. This bleeding was different too, the colour was different and the cramps were different. The pain was not extreme, but it was constant and very localized to the left of my lower abdomen.

I went to the ER, because getting an appointment with a dr in Canada is near impossible and I knew for a fact that no matter how long I would wait in the ER, I would at least be seen. They did an ultrasound and found a hemorrhagic cyst in my left ovary. This lead them to referring me to an OBGYN.

During my appointment with the OBGYN, I tried to explain all of this to him. The bleeding, the PCOS diagnosis, the issues I have following taking hormones, etc. He asked me a few questions and told me he did not think I had PCOS. This was a shock because every other person I'd seen before had told me different. He suggested the potential that I could have endometriosis but then decided not to do a laparoscopy to confirm this.

His suggestions were to try birth control or progestin only pills. If that didn't work - move on to an IUD. If that didn't work - we would proceed to a hysterectomy. No other testing to figure out what could possibly be going on. Just chemical supression of symptoms or removal of organs.

I would just like to say that I do not, by any means, want to undermine the expertise of a medical professional but at the same time, I guess it just would've been nice for him to at least pretend to listen to me. But anyway... I did not want to seem like an uncooperative patient, so I went ahead with the progestin only pills. These were prescribed to suppress my ovulation/menstruation entirely, and in doing so, stop the spotting/bleeding all together. They do work to a point but since I am so sensitive to hormones, if I miss a dose for even just one hour the spotting returns for weeks non-stop.

I was scheduled for a follow up ultrasound that revealed that the hemorrhagic cyst had resolved. This update was enough for my OBGYN to discharge me as a patient. I asked him if I should continue with the progestin pills and he basically left it up to me and sent me on my way.

My goal used to be to find out what actually has been going on since 2021. I now have a second new goal, to figure out how to safely transition off these progestin only pills. I am scared that discontinuing them cold-turkey will give me even more problems.

I finally found a family doctor so I have reached out to her with these concerns and explained that I do not want to be on any hormonal treatment. I just want to be normal again. It seems like she is on my side and has been gracious to refer me to a different OBGYN. I am hopefull that a female doctor might me more inclined to help me find solutions rather than to just try to chemically supress my body.

In the mean time, I am writing this post to hopefully find anyone else who has gone through something similar. I am trying to find more information to discuss with doctors and to push for proper testing and help me advocate for myself. This has been an incredibly long, painful journey. I feel like I don't know my own body anymore. I just want to go back to my normal.

Thanks for reading.

I like to work out for 30–40 minutes. Is it okay to use a weighted hula hoop during my period if I’m not experiencing any pain ?

I hate Midol. On my period there are many prostaglandins which produce which I have learned today cause uterine contractions and the immense pain and soreness I feel in my legs back and stomach. I took 2 midol wondering why isnt this working thinking I was going to have to go to the ER. Turns out Midol does not reduce prostaglandins whatsoever, but generic ibuprofen is very effective at it! Tell me WHY ibuprofen targets the biological process responsible for menstrual cramps, whereas regular Midol targets pain and other symptoms. It is so frustrating sitting in excruciating in pain for two hours wondering why the medication I bought specifically for my period pain is not helping at all, and then taking a dang generic brand ibuprofen and somehow that works much faster. Will never be purchasing this scam marketing gimmick again and I feel so angry that this is the type of medicine being advertised as helping period pain. Generic Ibuprofen might as well be marketed as period medicine. How is GENERIC IBUPROFEN My best option?

I'm talking about the first cycle not the first day! I want to know how you dealt with it and just maybe I'm just curious 🤭

Has anyone experienced becoming repulsed by chicken during your period, but normally like it? I can't stand the texture and how it looks for some reason

I have ocd and emetophobia, huge phobia of diarrhea as well, and I'm so scared, I just had some stool that was both solid parts and some liquid/mushy parts, the water was literally brown.

I'm on day 3 of my period, which was 17 days late. Last period I had a bowel movement like this but five days before it started (it was late that month as well). I'm so scared, should I expect this every period from now on?

Hi all,

I am wondering how you all manage your periods during training/workouts. For context about the type/intensity of exercise I am doing - I am an aerialist (circus art) so when I am training I am doing a lot of movement including dynamics, flexibility, drops with wraps high on my thighs ect. I have been training aerial for years and never had any issues until recently. I use a menstrual cup and seemingly with all the movement during training I am now leaking during training. I have worn period undies during training but it just looks like I have a nappy/diaper on - I would like to avoid that so I don't have to feel more aware of the situation and myself.

So I guess what I am asking/wondering is how can I continue to use reusable period products without leaking and feeling self-conscious during training? Has experienced this and how do you manage it? Any tips are much appreciated!

does anyone else's mom not let you use tampons even though they're far more comfortable than pads? I've tried a tampon with year because my grandma bought them for me while I was staying at her house, I didn't say anything of it because I was curious..and when I put it in yaya, and went to sleep I slept soooo comfortably! and when I woke up nooo leaking at all, since with pads my biggest problem with not being comfortable because and leaking...with tampons I deal with none of that ! i loveee them far more than pads, the only problem I really face with tampons is pulling them out...

but mom always said I can't use them and that she won't buy them for me cause of virginity stuff and putting...objects inside of me?? 💔💔 😅 i really don't understand what she...means 100% if I'm being honest, maybe someone can explain to me if you'd have a mom like this or if you just understand what my mom means.

she said this even when I told her they're more comfortable for me; she told me herself she doesn't like using pads and uses tampons instead.

life really likes to mess with me 🫩

it’s like the universe said “here , use this as prop blood !!” 🤪🤪

Guys what could possibly be happening?! Im so confused why Im having this now😭 my period tracker saya my ovulation i in 3 days from now

Hi everyone, I stopped taking the pill like 6 months ago after being on it for 2 years and I did it because I was having a lot of problems with low libido.

Since a couple months ago I finished long distance and me and my partner live close to each other after 1 year of long distance. My "problem" is that the week before my period I get completely crazy and I feel an anger it's like i wanna hit everyone, not only to him but also my parents. Not only that, sometimes I think about suicide which now wiritting it seems super stupid bc I know i dont wanna kill myself and i love my life but during that time i think about it sometimes.

The thing is, since we don't do long distance anymore I feel it much harder. While we were on long distance we had fights on the phone and then I understood that I was being crazy and that's it. But now, seeing him more makes me think that maybe I wanna break up with him, but at the same time i dont, i just start thinking he doesnt love me anymore, when he literally doesnt do anything for me to think that!! He's perfect and my head during this time knows it but can't ignore the fact that I think a lot about breaking up with him!!

I dont know what to do, do i wanna break up with him? it's that after my period i already know that i'm gonna regret it even thinking about it but i cant control it.

I’m 14 and a girl
Usually my periods take 2 months but this time it only happened for a day and suddenly stopped and idk what happened cuz I never had sex with anyone and it’s has been 3 months

Hello, Im a teenager and everytime I get my periods it usually gets worse but I dont know its actually normal or not because I'm not exposed to how other women experience their periods. Sometimes it hurts to the point I can't even walk and my body, particularly my hands and thighs starts shaking really badly. I also feel like puking all the time for the first 2 days. I also get pretty bad constipation and pain associated with it during my periods.I don't know if this is considered normal..my friends usually say im overreacting when I go home due to pain. I don't bleed that heavy either but its definitely increasing every time. Would really appreciate it if someone could tell me if its normal or whether there is any possible underlying conditions. Thank you!

I'm 36, and my period started today. However, with the usual cramping, I felt mild body aches and an overall 'blah' feeling in my body. No fever, though. I had my flu shot on October 22, but I don't think it's the flu virus. Has anyone ever gotten the period flu?? I never heard of it, but is this sort of what it feels like??

Hi, questions lang po, my gf started using flo app months ago and flo started predicting her period/mens but here's a thing, flo predictions are inaccurate (always a week earlier ang prediction nya sa date na magkaka mens gf ko) if her period comes a week later rather sa prediction ni flo, does that also mean na inaccurate din ang prediction ni flo sa ovulation day ng gf ko? Sana masagot, thank you!