Re: Meat and Milk hormones--Belle: clotting?
From: Mary (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 12 Jun 2000 22:10:55 -0500 (CDT)
Well I get clots a lot and I can guarantee you it's never b/c I'm
pregnant.
Belle, how do they hurt coming out? Does it feel like a cramp? I am
wondering if I ever felt them coming out before but I don't have...any
sort of unusual pains I don't think. Tho the cramping can knock me to
the floor.I have had clots as large as thumb too but not bigger.
(yikes!) <:(
At Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Sonnet wrote:
>
>Someone told me that such heavy clotting during a period might mean a
>miscarriage - is that true for us too? Or since it is so common, no? My
>physician also told me that with PCOS, it was possible that we are
>conceiving every month, and having a very early miscarriage due to
>hormone levels, hence the clots. What do you know about it??
>
>And Belle, you poor dear - the size of your fist? You have all my
>sympathy! :)
>
>--
>Sonnet
>
>At Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Belle wrote:
>>
>>When I miss a period (or two), the next period is often characterized
>>with a multitude of clots that often hurt when they pass. Sometimes
>>they are small like an eraser, often they are as large as your thumb,
>>occasionally they are two - three times this size and once, as large as
>>my fist (thank Goodness that this was not a normal occurance!). This is
>>simply the uterine lining coming out. It is not something that you
>>should worry about unless it becomes excessive (you may have to worry
>>about anemia if this is excessive).
>>
>>This is not the same kind of clot that you would get from a cut on your
>>hand where the blood begins to clot from the white blood cells coming to
>>the surface.
>>
>>At Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Mary wrote:
>>>
>>>Wait, what do you mean: clotting (i assume you mean during period) is
>>>not normal? I read somewhere that blood that stands in presence of air
>>>for any length of time will clot--that it is normal.
>>>
>>>What are you referring to? Is this something I should be concerned
>>>about?
>>>
>>>I told my mother about the "belly
>>>>aches" I had before my period and was told it was in my head. I assumed
>>>>that the other problems like clotting were "normal". Now women can find
>>>>out that some of the things that we have been told by our mothers and
>>>>our drs are not correct so we search out additional information.
>>
>>--
>>Hope this helps,
>>
>>Belle
>>
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