Insides Coming Out?! Or Baby?! Posted: 06-19-07 15:15pm
okay so i was stressing that i might be
pregnant, it's my first month on the pill
and i didn't know what to expect, or when
to expect my period, well i finally got it
today, and as i was changing tampons, i
found what looked either my insides or
maybe what was of a baby?! what is it and
should i call a doctor?! i'm really
scared! there were four finger tip size
peices... they looked skin like, and felt
like the inside of my vagina?! whats going
on! help soon please!
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Tylanas
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Posted: 06-19-07 15:26pm
Okay first of all, if you took the pills
correctly and used protection for the
first week (unless you started the first
day of your period) then you should not be
pregnant.
Having pieces of stuff in your menses (the
blood and stuff that comes out) is pretty
normal. Even if you were pregnant, it
would be way too small to see anything at
all. I don't think you were pregnant.
The pill changes how your body works, by
preventing you from ovulating. SO the
"period" you get during the off week is
actually just withdraw bleeding and not a
real period. Still, there is blood and
chunks of the covering that formed inside
of your uterus during your cycle.
During a normal cycle (and to an extent on
the pills) your uterus slowly builds up a
coating of blood-rich tissue so that if a
fertilized egg comes along, it has a nice
place to settle down in and receive
nutrients until it builds a placenta. That
covering is what comes out every time you
have a period. At the end of the cycle,
the body goes "oh well, no egg came along;
this covering is too old now and useless.
Time to get rid of it and start again",
and that's your period. Many women get
cramps during this initial time of their
period, because the uterus is contracting
similar as during birth to loosen and
squeeze out the lining.
On the pill, this covering often isn't as
thick or as well formed, and that's why
women often get lighter and shorter
periods on the pill. Still, chunks and
blobs are very common, and I wouldn't
worry.
The color of your period can vary too,
from pink, to red, to almost black! It's
all blood and tissue.
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Anne123
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 290 Location: Canada
Posted: 06-19-07 15:26pm
It sounds like they were blood clots.
They're very common and some women pass
rather large blood clots during their
period.
I think birth control can have an effect
on the incidence of and size of blood
clots, just as it can have an effect on
the length of and heaviness of your
bleeding.
I have small blood clots some months.
Other months I have none, and
occassionally I've had a large blood clot.
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Jhack
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Jun 2007 Posts: 9 Location: Texas
Posted: 06-19-07 18:12pm
okay, that you so much, this whole thing
is soooo new so thank you!
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