I need help identifying something.

[katelynsuzanne.livejournal.com]

I was put on Loestrin 24 by my gyno for PCOS. I never cramp when I'm on my period (when I'm not on the pill). Today was the first day I started my period on the pill and I was cramping like I've never cramped before. I couldn't move and the pain as unbearable. It felt like diarrhea and cramps at the same time only when I would try to use to bathroom nothing would come out. After pushing so much, something came out of my vagina. It looked like a clot at first, but it was huge. I fished it out of the toilet with an instrument and put it into the bathtub. I washed the blood off of it to see what it was but everything I've researched comes up empty. Could you please help me identify it? I put my finger next to it to show its size. The picture was taken while it was still under water.

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[poppleshatesyou.livejournal.com]

Looks like uterine lining to me! Check out this (http://community.livejournal.com/vaginapagina/13324012.html#cutid1) photo or this (http://community.livejournal.com/vaginapagina/12402944.html#cutid1) photo to see other examples of uterine lining.

The severe cramping is probably from passing such a large clot, since you are on HBC you aren't really having a "period," you are having a withdrawal bleed. The different formula of hormones that you are taking and then stopped taking, could be behind the more painful withdrawal bleed, and/or cause your uterine lining to shed differently then it did before. I wouldn't worry about it too much, but it might be worth mention to your doctor.

[katelynsuzanne.livejournal.com]

OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I was freaking out. I thought maybe I had miscarried, or something important had fallen out of me haha.. I'm pretty sure it's uterine lining after seeing so many people say so and after looking this picture up...



That's practically the EXACT shape of what came out of me so I can conclude that's what it is.

[poppleshatesyou.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! Definitely doesn't look like you miscarried nor lost anything vital, just some uterine lining, which is what should be happening during your withdrawal bleed. The size of the clot might be worth mentioning to your doctor though, PCOS could likely have a hand in that.

.I'm not really sure what that picture shows exactly...but i think the pictures i linked you to above will lessen your fears a bit as well.

[queensugar.livejournal.com]

Isn't it interesting? Apparently it's quite normal -- I've read some studies calling it "very rare," but we actually get lots of questions on VP about a similar phenomenon, so I suspect it isn't as rare as some experts think.

It appears most common in females taking progestin (i.e. in hormonal birth control), especially when starting -- I can't dig up the link now, but progestin was linked to a certain process in the uterus that makes shedding the uterine lining cast more likely.