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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[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.