Depo Provera, weird bleeding after orgasms.

[lindsey-nichole.livejournal.com]

I have been on Depo Provera as a treatment option for Endometriosis as well as BC since August 05. Aside from alternating between moderate spotting, light bleeding, and gushing blood occasionally non-stop since August... I adore it. It's helped out with the endo pain immensely. And I'm not a stranger to looonnng painful periods - so bleeding with no pain is a nice change even if it had become a constant in my life.

However, I recently stopped bleeding completely about 2 weeks ago (right after my 4th shot) and was hoping maybe my perioding had ceased altogether. It was a bit unnerving at first because bleeding has become the norm - but it was also nice.

My problem being this. My boyfriend recently moved away for the summer for an internship last week. The last two times we had sex - when we finished his penis was covered in blood. Okay - nothing new. But I wasn't bleeding at any other time. At first I thought maybe we were just irritating my cervix as we were having fairly rough sex and the blood was definitely fresh and not old.

Today I was masturbating in the shower - with very minimal finger penetration and certaintly nothing anywhere near my cervix - and after I finished and got out I was gushing blood. Bright red and very thick blood. This is my first orgasm since the last two times he and I had intercourse. It was very heavy and all gushed out at once. Now two hours later, not a speck of blood to be found. I haven't had the slightest amount of spotting for three weeks - but I'm gushing blood after orgasms.

Is it probable that my orgasms are causing utertine contractions enough to push this blood out? And if so, why isn't it old blood? It's definitely not a scratch or a tear, it's the consistency of period blood. Why am I not bleeding all the time?

Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

Comments

[hoodwink.livejournal.com]

I googled your situation:

http://www.actionlove.com/cases/case9607.htm

Maybe that would be something to ask your gyno about.

[lindsey-nichole.livejournal.com]

Possibly. I don't really know how a luteal phase would play into this, or if I even technically have one at all since I'm on bc.

They also aren't painful or violent orgasms in any way.

I really don't feel like bugging my doc about this since there's no pain involved or anything like that, but if it is something that continues long term I definitely will.

Thanks for the link.

[frolicnaked.livejournal.com]

I just read the link briefly, so I might have missed something in there, but my input is:

1) No, you don't techincally have a luteal phase since you're on BC. (If I'm remembering correctly in thinking that Depo prevents ovulation.) The luteal phase begins at ovulation, so no ovulation = no luteal phase.

2) Depo is already a pretty hefty dose of progestin. I'm not sure how that ties into stuff, only that... it doesn't seem likely that you need more progesterone in your system.

I dunno.

[lindsey-nichole.livejournal.com]

The link was really hard to follow. I agree with the luteal phase thing because depo does prevent ovulation.

And depo is all progestin. So.

Who knows.

Like I said, it isn't painful or anything, just odd.

Thanks for your input!

[o0psydaisy.livejournal.com]

i was also on Depo and i had the period from hell for the entire 3 months the first round. i didn't have what you had after an orgasm, but i had it two mornings in a row. we had had sex the night before. blood would gush out, with some clots, and then i would go back to almost nothing the entire day.

[lindsey-nichole.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's just odd because I've been bleeding since August, and it stopped and now this.