Did your gynecologist perform a papsmear or have a look around? Do you use tampons? Did they do a pregnancy test first? How long have you been on the pill?
If the answer to the former is "no," it honestly looks like it could be two tampons fused together or a tampon completely ripped open, which happens when the tampon becomes soaked and/or gets left in too long.
If the answer to the third question is "no," then question one obviously does not apply.
There is a chance that you miscarried, but, with a clot that large, someone would have noticed either through a pregnancy test or symptoms. Sometimes tests can give false negatives.
There is also a chance that you simply passed a very large piece of uterine lining, and the increase of hormones in your system was the catalyst that knocked it out, as though it were cleansing your uterus so that no more (or very little, actually) uterine lining could build up.
Regardless, I think that you should preserve the clot, and take it to your doctor as soon as you can. You could put it in a plastic bag in the fridge if it won't be too long. Or, if you can't get in soon enough, you might ask them how to preserve it in the freezer without messing up the texture.
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Date: 2009-05-07 05:56 am (UTC)If the answer to the former is "no," it honestly looks like it could be two tampons fused together or a tampon completely ripped open, which happens when the tampon becomes soaked and/or gets left in too long.
If the answer to the third question is "no," then question one obviously does not apply.
There is a chance that you miscarried, but, with a clot that large, someone would have noticed either through a pregnancy test or symptoms. Sometimes tests can give false negatives.
There is also a chance that you simply passed a very large piece of uterine lining, and the increase of hormones in your system was the catalyst that knocked it out, as though it were cleansing your uterus so that no more (or very little, actually) uterine lining could build up.
Regardless, I think that you should preserve the clot, and take it to your doctor as soon as you can. You could put it in a plastic bag in the fridge if it won't be too long. Or, if you can't get in soon enough, you might ask them how to preserve it in the freezer without messing up the texture.