WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for September, 2000: Re: unexplained bleeding for 10 days

Re: unexplained bleeding for 10 days

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 21 Sep 2000 19:56:09 -0500 (CDT)

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You will probably never know why this happened. The best thing is indeed ot wait and see what happens. If it recurs, then get in and get evaluated again.

RDB

At Thu, 21 Sep 2000, judy wrote: >
>i had sex with my bf for the 2nd time ever with him on day 10 of my
>cycle. had some pain from him hitting my cervix. that night i had a
>little blood in my cervical mucus. next day felt what i thought was a
>slight throbbing of my cervix for 10 seconds. 10 days later i am still
>spotting and have been doing so a little every day or every other day.
>
>i had a cervical cap fitting 2 days after sex. the nurse said my cervix
>looked fine, uterus felt fine & i tested negative for climydia and
>gonorrhea. maybe they tested for other infections too but i don't know.
>i haven't had sex or used the cap since the bleeding started.
>
>i have a long cycle and have been taking my fertility signs as well as
>using ovulation predictor kits and don't believe i have even ovulated
>yet. (so i assume it's not ovulation spotting, not that i've ever had
>that anyway.) took a home pregnancy test about 7 days after sex, was
>negative. (i'm NOT trying to get pregnant.) had a normal pap a few
>months ago (before i started having sex with my bf).
>
>my doctor says just wait it out till i get my period and see if it comes
>back. it's freaking me out, i have never had bleeding other than my
>period. if my cervix was hurt from sex why is it still bleeding 10 days
>later? is there anything else i am missing that i should be tested for?
>other infection? something i could have caught from my bf? or worse? is
>it ok to wait?
>
>i am 31 years old, and have had sex before with other boyfriends but
>never any bleeding (even though i've felt pain before from having my
>cervix hit). i have no other symptoms and feel perfectly healthy &
>normal otherwise. help, what could this be???
>
>thank you for your help. sorry this is so long.
>
>- judy

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