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ask: orange period blood

By AmyLei August 27, 2009 - 9:03pm
 
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im having my period for the second time this month. The first time was brown,watery and goopy. Now is is heavy, very painful and kinda a funny color. Has a bit of orange-ness to it.

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Susan Cody HERWriter Guide

Hi AmyLei

Thanks for your question. It sounds like your first period was old blood and your current period is new blood. Is this a common occurrence for you?
Do you normally have painful periods? Are they normally irregular like this?

August 28, 2009 - 1:09pm
AmyLei (reply to Susan Cody)

yes they are always painful, no they are usually pertty normal. Last year i have 2 periods in one month twice. But this one is different, it is soooo heavy that i soak through a super tampon in like 2 hours and its not just opps gotta change it, its like running down my leg so heavy.

August 28, 2009 - 1:48pm
Susan Cody HERWriter Guide

AmyLei

That's a very heavy period indeed. That happened to me after I had my first child - I was worried I was having a miscarriage (I was not).

Do you think this is what it could be? It may be just a very heavy period that can happen out of the blue, for no particular reason, or it could be a miscarriage. Up to one third of pregnancies can end in miscarriage and some women mistake them for a very heavy period. I hope it's not the case (it probably isn't) but I just want to go over the possibilities.

August 28, 2009 - 1:56pm
AmyLei (reply to Susan Cody)

It is not a miscarriage, i was in the ER on sunday and they said my blood test was negative.

August 28, 2009 - 2:03pm
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