Long, But Advice Needed Plz
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Long, But Advice Needed Plz
| Mon, 11-01-2004 - 9:12pm |
I've been on Ortho Lo for almost a month now. I will have taken my 3rd placebo pill tomorrow. For a week now, I've been experiencing spotting that has gotten progressively worse over time. A few days into the spotting, I started having some cramping. About 3 days ago, the cramps started getting so bad that they would wake me up in the middle of the night and I wouldnt be able to go back to sleep. Around the same time the cramps started getting so bad, I also started passing not just blood, but some tissue as well. Today and yesterday I've noticed that they are a lot larger than what I normally pass just on a normal period. This morning in the shower, I actually HEARD one of the larger clots hit the shower floor. On day 14 of taking the pill, I had sex w/o a condom. My partner and I used condoms every time we've had sex up until that point. I was talking to a friend today and she said that if by some chance I had gotten pregnant that time or another time prior to that, that there was a good chance that all the major bleeding, cramping and clot passing has actually been stages of a miscarriage. I've been taking an OTC pain reliever, but it doesnt really help with the cramps as much, just keeps them at bay I guess. Although I have pain all throughout my lower abdomen, it seems to be greater on the lower right side. I seem to bleed worse during the day, but cramp the most when I lay down. Is it normal to bleed this much and pass all this tissue if you're just "spotting" getting used to the pill, or do you think it possibly is a miscarriage? I would like any feedback you may have. Thank you.

(((HUGS))),
Jill
I've had some hideously clotty and painful periods in my time, but never a miscarriage. ;) Hang in there! It will be over soon....but a call to your doctor might reassure you too.
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