[passedconfused]

Okay, so this is it...

My menstrual cycle has never been regular... if there is such a thing. I am never alarmed when it shows up a week late or early, because that's what I've been used to for years. At the beginning of the year, (resolution: no sex! ) it started coming later and later but I still found no cause for alarm until March--when it didn't come at all. Not that it makes a difference how much, but I fell off the wagon twice and I was quite positive I was not pregnant. But to make sure, I made a gyn appt (although the earliest date I could get was May 12).

Almost two weeks after I saved the date, I began unfamiliar spotting. I figured it was my "tempermental period" and shrugged it off, that is, until the lower back pain started. This was unusual because I don't experience the usual menstrual side effects (no bloating, no cramping, no headaches, no irritability, no problems) The pain turned worse and moved to my abdomen and my sides. I still didn't fret because the appt was near. A week and a half ago I finally stopped spotting, and I fell off the resolution wagon again about two days ago. And now... everything is back! I also experienced a series of vaginal clots. (Ewww! ) A few hours ago, the clot that surfaced was stomach turning and "gi-normous". Still keeping in mind that the appt is less than a week away, how alarmed should I be? Furthermore, can they even do a pelvic with all of the activity going on down there (Gross me out!!)?

Does anyone have any clue what wrong with me?! (you know, so I can prep myself!)

[tickle]

Dherbs.com is a website that is a must for you to visit. It explains, just really (too much) what you are experiencing. I did some web searches but this one did not provide a link that you can access here. I did read through the information which was quite extensive and deamed it necessary for you to read, passedconfused. Good luck. I know you would probably prefer an answer right here, and often you can get that, but your particular problem is multi-faceted.