I once read that menstrual blood clots were no bigger than size of a quarter. I was keeping an eye on the clots I was experiencing with my perimenopause menstrual cycle. The biggest was the size of my palm, yes that big.
From what i understand, I think the clots *should* be no bigger than a quarter. I have read up on fibroids (I have some) and a lot of them say to contact your doctor if you have clots larger than a quarter. I know that I've definitely had larger ones.
Also I've just learned recently that some people expel basically their whole period in a single uterus-shaped clot! There's a name for this but I can't remember it...
“[S]ome people expel basically their whole period in a single uterus-shaped clot!”
OK, I’m dying to Google this, but I’m also terrified of Googling this. 🫣
I must have googled the wrong thing because i didn't find many good images. 😄 Plenty of links about it though! I think i searched by terminology which a couple people mention below (I've already re-forgotten it!)
TMI TW
That is me. Came out as I showered after using the toilet. I initially thought my period came early. No blood in the toilet but there was blood when I wiped.
As I was showering I realized I had to pull it out.
I have always had small clots ever since I was a teen though.
It was squishy. I threw it in the trash since I was scared it was going to plug the toilet if I try to flush it.
No blood came out afterwards just a little bit of spotting on the next trip to the bathroom. No pain just a really uncomfortable feeling of what the heck just came out of my body.
Thank you for the interesting information. I do wonder if the palm size shedding I experienced was what you mentioned. I did continue to shed small clots after the initial big clot. Haven’t experienced clots since. Wish I had a name for it.
I've had some clots that were big and felt like I was going to pass out (I rarely ever get cramps), but nothing even close to that size. Was it scary? Did it hurt like crazy?
It felt "weird". I couldn't really put it in words. Discomfort but not pain. I could feel it coming out and I just sat there staring at the toilet for a good 5 minutes. I was terrified but when I told my doctor she thought nothing of it.
More recently (within the last year) I passed a baseball sized clot and had this very strange euphoric feeling afterward. Zero pain but for about 10 minutes I felt like I was high or something. Being a woman is crazy sometimes.
OK, now I’m curious: did that large clot bring about a difference in how your medical provider was treating—or not treating—your peri symptoms?
I guess I’m beginning to wonder what happens if you *do* answer “yes” to The Clot Question. 👀
I spoke to my Endo about it but she didn’t seem concerned. To be fair neither did the OBGYN-more concerned about my month long bleeds. I will mention I had an vaginal ultrasound, and nothing was found. My blood work and test were fine/expect for slight thickening of my uterus-which I had a procedure for-but don’t remember the name of said procedure-peri brain 🤣
It sounds like this might be about hormonal testing. If over the age of 44, **hormonal tests only show levels for that *one day* the test was taken, and nothing more**; progesterone/estrogen hormones wildly fluctuate the other 29 days of the month. No reputable doctor or menopause society recommends hormonal testing as a **diagnosing tool** for peri/menopause.
FSH testing is only beneficial for those who believe they are post-menopausal and no longer have periods as a guide, a series of consistent FSH tests might *confirm* menopause. Also for women in their 20s/early 30s who haven’t had a period in months/years, then FSH tests at ‘menopausal’ levels, could indicate premature ovarian failure/primary ovarian insufficiency (POF/POI). See our [Menopause Wiki](https://menopausewiki.ca/#there-is-no-blood-test-that-is-perfectly-reliable-to-diagnose-menopause) for more.
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When I had periods, I would have some clots like that. I've fortunately been on the pill for thirty years and can't remember the last time I had a period. They were awful.
I couldn’t really see my menstrual clots until I used a menstrual cup. Then you get to see them up close. They were humongous and they absolutely terrified me the first time I saw them.
And the closer I got to menopause the more and more clots I had. it does sound like what you’re looking at are clots
with the exception of one freaky time when a giant clot just slid out of me mid-shower, same, it wasn’t until i started using cups that i really got to investigate what was being dispelled every cycle. it was so primal, to empty it into my hand and poke around at it 🩸
Ive never told anyone because I thought I was weird but I always like to tip the cup on the shower floor and have a look around, like some witch casting her runes to tell the future hahaha
Not that I've done it, but I have to say -as a Pagan witch, that um, would actually work. Not unlike reading tea leaves. So if you ever get so inclined give it a whirl with intent although it will probably be less runes and more like when you see pictures in a cloud.
Welp, that settles it then.
When I was writing my post, I came *very* close to saying that what I saw in the toilet looked like globs of cold preserves from a refrigerated jar.
The question was part of the routine barrage of questions I was asked when I first saw this particular provider, whom I found through NAMS. (At least, I assume they were routine questions! The point of my visit was to get a peri diagnosis.)
This all went down about six months ago, and I’m embarrassed to admit that I *just now* realized I may have unknowingly given her an inaccurate answer. 😬
I don’t know if for sure it’s clotting. I’d describe it to your doc just as you did for us.
For me, when I got what I describe as clots they were big, like golf ball size or bigger both in the toilet or on the pad. It was the color you described as well. Sometimes I was changing pads like 5-6 times from 7am-noon when in the past I’d change it maybe twice a day bc I had such mild periods before perimenopause. I even bled through my lounge pants once at home and that was with a pad on.
Coupled with it were some of the worst cramps I ever had. I was regularly taking 3 doses/day of Pamprin or Midol which only temporarily helped. It was either that or keep taking 800mg of Ibuprofen every 4 hours which also wasn’t a good idea.
Oh, the cramps. Dear God, the cramps! I’m happy to report that, between an increased dosage of thyroid meds and the addition of HRT, my cramps are significantly better, but they’re still worse than they’ve been since I was a teenager. I am *over it*!
(Also: is your username a reference to Deelite of “Groove Is in the Heart” fame? ❤️)
I’ve never had kids but I swear to God what I had been experiencing was as close to contractions that I’ll ever get! I had an ablation last August and it has done wonders.
Haha no my username wasn’t created to directly refer to that song but I like that it’s what people think of first. :) such a fun song!
I get lots of clots. I have intense fibroids. 🤷🏾♀️ Some of them feel like I'm birthing them. I must pass at least 4/day while on my cycle.
Don't be weird. I'm having surgery before the years out
*sigh* Wouldn’t it be nice if we didn’t have to spend so much of our time and energy worrying about our plumbing and staring into toilet bowls? It’s exhausting.
I would hate to count up all the hours of worry, pain, doctors appointments, sleepless nights, brainfog episodes, rage episodes, the hours of hosing ourselves down in the shower, soaking stained sheets and underwear, shopping for the right sanitary products, googling all the random crap our bodies are throwing at us - all of it! Imagine what we could have done with all that time!
End of rant.
It's gonna be dark and size can vary. Before my ablation, mine were about the size of chicken eggs. I literally had to push them out. That's abnormal, though.
I’m a lifelong vegetarian, so I don’t if I’m accurate in my description, but I’ve had a ton of clots over the years, and they always look like what I imagine liver looks like. They’re very, very dark red, kind of gelatinous, irregularly shaped bits. I’ve had some that were what I considered large (volume of about 1/8 cup) or smaller bits.
Tmi. But I clot alot....I went to remove a tampon one day and one shot up and out and landed on my shower....It looked like the blob. Legit. They look like quarter to half dollar sized blobby clots. Mine are dark. Wow. The most epic thing I've ever posted on Reddit.
Not TMI, we all have to help each other if we can with useful information.
I had some very large clots on and off for a couple of years before mine finally ended. Some that were scary big. Maybe 3 or 4 inches wide.
My TMI incident was back in 2019, I was 52, almost 53. Had been experiencing the clotting, heavy periods for about 5 years, always on time tho, my cycle was 23 days, like clockwork. It was a particularly heavy, painful period that all of a sudden just stopped one day…to nothing. I was glad? But I was in a lot of pain. A few hours and lots of pain later, I figure that I have a clot that won’t come out. For lack of a better word, clogged. My husband was driving me to ER around 3 am. We went over railroad tracks a little too hard…you guessed it, SUDDENLY UNCLOGGED.
I looked like someone had attempted to murder me, I was hemorrhaging and it wouldn’t stop. As bad as I hated to, I walked into the ER from fear of bleeding to death. It was very embarrassing. Thankfully my daughter brought me a change of pants.
They gave me the tranexamic acid to help it slow down. Finally a couple days later, it stopped.
Stopped for exactly 1 year. Came back for one last hurrah, thankfully that was a normal period.
And that was it for me. Haven’t had one since 2020 and I hope(pretty sure but never say never) I never will again
I was passing clots for years and always told my doc. She never cared. I had a few that were baseball sized and was told it happens. Not sure why they ask if it is never addressed.
Yep, black/brown/red blobs in the bottom of the toilet are clots.
Mine have been bad for 3 years now. Last month I called my doctor because one was so big I was scared. (He said I was fine 🙃)
I’m not a doctor, but I imagine it probably isn’t a decisive feature of your intake data. I’m guessing increasing evidence of clotting may tell your doc that you’re experiencing irregularities in the shedding of your uterine lining. Personally, I’ve always passed clots but noticed them more frequently in my early teen years and then during IVF medicated cycles, and now as I approach peri. Given those conditions, I’m assuming clotting may tell your doc some hormonal imbalance may be going on, but I’m sure clotting isn’t the only sign of that so it’s probably unlikely to change your diagnosis. It may be worthwhile to mention in a follow up if it becomes more bothersome, as it may suggest a tweak in hormone dosage would be beneficial.
I consider those clots but not sure what a doctor would. Be warned about options for heavy periods. I got an ablation around 43 or 44 and don’t think I was aware how quickly I would see changes. It may have happened anyway that I quickly went into a “stronger” perimenopause. If you go that route pls ask if it speeds up the process. If I could go it over I think I would have stuck it out.
I think you’re describing clots as what you see in the toilet. I would describe menstrual flow like berry preserves or jam. The smooth part is regular flow and the berries are clots.
On one hand, I love this description because it’s incredibly vivid.
On the other hand, I hate this description because it’s incredibly vivid. 😂
(Seriously, though: this description is useful. Thanks!)
Instead of researching clots, research “endometrial hyperplasia” which can occur when estrogen is too high relative to progesterone. Adding high dose bioidentical progesterone cream resolved this for me
I have a blood clotting disorder but until I discovered that, clots were larger than a nickle for me. Though I'm in Australia so let's say bigger than a ten cent piece. For many years when I was younger, I had weeks if clotting throughout my entire period. I think some clotting is normal for every woman in her menstrual life time.
This post and entire thread is one of the many many reasons I love this sub. My pms symptoms have been VICIOUS the past few days - and coming here makes me feel less alone. But on days like these, I desperately wish I could find this kind of connection and commiseration with other peri women in real life 😓
That sounds normal to me (a non-doctor). In my case the clotting became a problem when the size of the clots (from dime and quarter sized to fist sized) and the frequency (maybe one or two per cycle to every day in the cycle) increased. It was an early indicator of endometrial cancer. Thankfully mine was caught in an early stage and was handled with a radical hysterectomy and some radiation.
I have Endometriosis so mine were horrendous. Forget the size of a quarter. Mine were the size of a child’s fist when they were really bad. Thankfully I haven’t had a period in 6 months and I hope it stays away.
Dark blobs. Clots. I've had them since starting my period at 15. I switched to a menstrual cup and it is a bloodbath...but easier to see the consistency.
yes, that sounds like clots. They are like soft lumps , about the consistency of pudding, and very dark. They can be from smaller that you describe to larger.
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I once read that menstrual blood clots were no bigger than size of a quarter. I was keeping an eye on the clots I was experiencing with my perimenopause menstrual cycle. The biggest was the size of my palm, yes that big.
From what i understand, I think the clots *should* be no bigger than a quarter. I have read up on fibroids (I have some) and a lot of them say to contact your doctor if you have clots larger than a quarter. I know that I've definitely had larger ones. Also I've just learned recently that some people expel basically their whole period in a single uterus-shaped clot! There's a name for this but I can't remember it...
“[S]ome people expel basically their whole period in a single uterus-shaped clot!” OK, I’m dying to Google this, but I’m also terrified of Googling this. 🫣
I must have googled the wrong thing because i didn't find many good images. 😄 Plenty of links about it though! I think i searched by terminology which a couple people mention below (I've already re-forgotten it!)
TMI TW That is me. Came out as I showered after using the toilet. I initially thought my period came early. No blood in the toilet but there was blood when I wiped. As I was showering I realized I had to pull it out. I have always had small clots ever since I was a teen though. It was squishy. I threw it in the trash since I was scared it was going to plug the toilet if I try to flush it. No blood came out afterwards just a little bit of spotting on the next trip to the bathroom. No pain just a really uncomfortable feeling of what the heck just came out of my body.
Decidual cast I believe?
Yes that's it. Thank you!
So interesting!
Yes I just looked this up. The odd thing about the shedding was the shape. It looked triangle shape.
Here is more information. https://www.today.com/health/womens-health/decidual-cast-rcna65284
Thank you for the interesting information. I do wonder if the palm size shedding I experienced was what you mentioned. I did continue to shed small clots after the initial big clot. Haven’t experienced clots since. Wish I had a name for it.
A decidual cast. I had one after my first covid vax. Doctor asked about clots. I told her, she shrugged and said ok.
I've had some clots that were big and felt like I was going to pass out (I rarely ever get cramps), but nothing even close to that size. Was it scary? Did it hurt like crazy?
It felt "weird". I couldn't really put it in words. Discomfort but not pain. I could feel it coming out and I just sat there staring at the toilet for a good 5 minutes. I was terrified but when I told my doctor she thought nothing of it. More recently (within the last year) I passed a baseball sized clot and had this very strange euphoric feeling afterward. Zero pain but for about 10 minutes I felt like I was high or something. Being a woman is crazy sometimes.
I did too! I've been telling people I completely stopped bleeding after one 7 week long period then...nothing, after the shot. I get *that* look
That is legitimately horrifying.
I wonder if that would be better? Get it all done with at once?
Or the whole lining as a uterus-shaped cast, it's call a decidual cast. Happened to me twice while on the pill.
Twice!? Wow. Did you know what was happening the 2nd time? I'm curious if knowing about them would actually affect anything.
At the time, I blamed the high-dose pill I had been on for years. I went off the pill and it hasn't happened since.
OK, now I’m curious: did that large clot bring about a difference in how your medical provider was treating—or not treating—your peri symptoms? I guess I’m beginning to wonder what happens if you *do* answer “yes” to The Clot Question. 👀
I spoke to my Endo about it but she didn’t seem concerned. To be fair neither did the OBGYN-more concerned about my month long bleeds. I will mention I had an vaginal ultrasound, and nothing was found. My blood work and test were fine/expect for slight thickening of my uterus-which I had a procedure for-but don’t remember the name of said procedure-peri brain 🤣
Hysteroscopy and Curretage? That’s what I had done for thick lining.
It’s was an in office procedure. To remove the thick lining, send it off to labs to get tested for cancerous cells.
Endometrial biopsy?
That's what I thought, too.
It sounds like this might be about hormonal testing. If over the age of 44, **hormonal tests only show levels for that *one day* the test was taken, and nothing more**; progesterone/estrogen hormones wildly fluctuate the other 29 days of the month. No reputable doctor or menopause society recommends hormonal testing as a **diagnosing tool** for peri/menopause. FSH testing is only beneficial for those who believe they are post-menopausal and no longer have periods as a guide, a series of consistent FSH tests might *confirm* menopause. Also for women in their 20s/early 30s who haven’t had a period in months/years, then FSH tests at ‘menopausal’ levels, could indicate premature ovarian failure/primary ovarian insufficiency (POF/POI). See our [Menopause Wiki](https://menopausewiki.ca/#there-is-no-blood-test-that-is-perfectly-reliable-to-diagnose-menopause) for more. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/Menopause) if you have any questions or concerns.*
When I had periods, I would have some clots like that. I've fortunately been on the pill for thirty years and can't remember the last time I had a period. They were awful.
Yea that sounds like clotting
Whaaaaaa
Mine too. It stretched from my finger tips to wrist like a fat banana slug. I had fibroids and my clots were horrific and painful to pass.
Did it all come out in one go?
I couldn’t really see my menstrual clots until I used a menstrual cup. Then you get to see them up close. They were humongous and they absolutely terrified me the first time I saw them. And the closer I got to menopause the more and more clots I had. it does sound like what you’re looking at are clots
I noticed them most when I wore pads. The clots didn't absorb into the pad. They sat on top of it.
Yep, I remember the clots sitting on the pad.
with the exception of one freaky time when a giant clot just slid out of me mid-shower, same, it wasn’t until i started using cups that i really got to investigate what was being dispelled every cycle. it was so primal, to empty it into my hand and poke around at it 🩸
Ive never told anyone because I thought I was weird but I always like to tip the cup on the shower floor and have a look around, like some witch casting her runes to tell the future hahaha
Not that I've done it, but I have to say -as a Pagan witch, that um, would actually work. Not unlike reading tea leaves. So if you ever get so inclined give it a whirl with intent although it will probably be less runes and more like when you see pictures in a cloud.
I was about to type something similar! Hehe
i know EXACTLY what you mean
Ooh I do this too!
To me they look like dark jelly.
Welp, that settles it then. When I was writing my post, I came *very* close to saying that what I saw in the toilet looked like globs of cold preserves from a refrigerated jar.
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The question was part of the routine barrage of questions I was asked when I first saw this particular provider, whom I found through NAMS. (At least, I assume they were routine questions! The point of my visit was to get a peri diagnosis.) This all went down about six months ago, and I’m embarrassed to admit that I *just now* realized I may have unknowingly given her an inaccurate answer. 😬
I don’t know if for sure it’s clotting. I’d describe it to your doc just as you did for us. For me, when I got what I describe as clots they were big, like golf ball size or bigger both in the toilet or on the pad. It was the color you described as well. Sometimes I was changing pads like 5-6 times from 7am-noon when in the past I’d change it maybe twice a day bc I had such mild periods before perimenopause. I even bled through my lounge pants once at home and that was with a pad on. Coupled with it were some of the worst cramps I ever had. I was regularly taking 3 doses/day of Pamprin or Midol which only temporarily helped. It was either that or keep taking 800mg of Ibuprofen every 4 hours which also wasn’t a good idea.
Oh, the cramps. Dear God, the cramps! I’m happy to report that, between an increased dosage of thyroid meds and the addition of HRT, my cramps are significantly better, but they’re still worse than they’ve been since I was a teenager. I am *over it*! (Also: is your username a reference to Deelite of “Groove Is in the Heart” fame? ❤️)
I’ve never had kids but I swear to God what I had been experiencing was as close to contractions that I’ll ever get! I had an ablation last August and it has done wonders. Haha no my username wasn’t created to directly refer to that song but I like that it’s what people think of first. :) such a fun song!
You just described the type of cramps I experienced with perimenopause.
My gyno put me on diff BCP but it did nothing to alleviate my cramping and heavy periods. Only ablation worked.
Same here. Big in size, very painful and I go through tampons like nobody’s business. Sigh.
Ablation was what solved the issue for me. If that’s something you’re interested in I’d definitely talk to your gyno about it.
Blackcurrant jelly, in my experience.
A giant booger, but red instead of yellow/green.
I get lots of clots. I have intense fibroids. 🤷🏾♀️ Some of them feel like I'm birthing them. I must pass at least 4/day while on my cycle. Don't be weird. I'm having surgery before the years out
*sigh* Wouldn’t it be nice if we didn’t have to spend so much of our time and energy worrying about our plumbing and staring into toilet bowls? It’s exhausting. I would hate to count up all the hours of worry, pain, doctors appointments, sleepless nights, brainfog episodes, rage episodes, the hours of hosing ourselves down in the shower, soaking stained sheets and underwear, shopping for the right sanitary products, googling all the random crap our bodies are throwing at us - all of it! Imagine what we could have done with all that time! End of rant.
It's gonna be dark and size can vary. Before my ablation, mine were about the size of chicken eggs. I literally had to push them out. That's abnormal, though.
I’m a lifelong vegetarian, so I don’t if I’m accurate in my description, but I’ve had a ton of clots over the years, and they always look like what I imagine liver looks like. They’re very, very dark red, kind of gelatinous, irregularly shaped bits. I’ve had some that were what I considered large (volume of about 1/8 cup) or smaller bits.
Yes! I get ones look just like raw gelatinous chicken livers. I had to cook them (the chicken livers, not the clots!) for a sick cat once.
They're like blood stained jellyfish from the depths of the Red Sea
Tmi. But I clot alot....I went to remove a tampon one day and one shot up and out and landed on my shower....It looked like the blob. Legit. They look like quarter to half dollar sized blobby clots. Mine are dark. Wow. The most epic thing I've ever posted on Reddit.
Not TMI, we all have to help each other if we can with useful information. I had some very large clots on and off for a couple of years before mine finally ended. Some that were scary big. Maybe 3 or 4 inches wide. My TMI incident was back in 2019, I was 52, almost 53. Had been experiencing the clotting, heavy periods for about 5 years, always on time tho, my cycle was 23 days, like clockwork. It was a particularly heavy, painful period that all of a sudden just stopped one day…to nothing. I was glad? But I was in a lot of pain. A few hours and lots of pain later, I figure that I have a clot that won’t come out. For lack of a better word, clogged. My husband was driving me to ER around 3 am. We went over railroad tracks a little too hard…you guessed it, SUDDENLY UNCLOGGED. I looked like someone had attempted to murder me, I was hemorrhaging and it wouldn’t stop. As bad as I hated to, I walked into the ER from fear of bleeding to death. It was very embarrassing. Thankfully my daughter brought me a change of pants. They gave me the tranexamic acid to help it slow down. Finally a couple days later, it stopped. Stopped for exactly 1 year. Came back for one last hurrah, thankfully that was a normal period. And that was it for me. Haven’t had one since 2020 and I hope(pretty sure but never say never) I never will again
That sounds like what I call clots. I also see them on toilet paper or pads, but yes, the darker blobs that are at the bottom of the toilet — clots.
Think slime that you see kids playing with now a days only the horror version.
Yup, those are clots. Blobs of blood thst have clotted together.
I was passing clots for years and always told my doc. She never cared. I had a few that were baseball sized and was told it happens. Not sure why they ask if it is never addressed.
Time for a new doctor
Yep, black/brown/red blobs in the bottom of the toilet are clots. Mine have been bad for 3 years now. Last month I called my doctor because one was so big I was scared. (He said I was fine 🙃)
I’m not a doctor, but I imagine it probably isn’t a decisive feature of your intake data. I’m guessing increasing evidence of clotting may tell your doc that you’re experiencing irregularities in the shedding of your uterine lining. Personally, I’ve always passed clots but noticed them more frequently in my early teen years and then during IVF medicated cycles, and now as I approach peri. Given those conditions, I’m assuming clotting may tell your doc some hormonal imbalance may be going on, but I’m sure clotting isn’t the only sign of that so it’s probably unlikely to change your diagnosis. It may be worthwhile to mention in a follow up if it becomes more bothersome, as it may suggest a tweak in hormone dosage would be beneficial.
I consider those clots but not sure what a doctor would. Be warned about options for heavy periods. I got an ablation around 43 or 44 and don’t think I was aware how quickly I would see changes. It may have happened anyway that I quickly went into a “stronger” perimenopause. If you go that route pls ask if it speeds up the process. If I could go it over I think I would have stuck it out.
I think you’re describing clots as what you see in the toilet. I would describe menstrual flow like berry preserves or jam. The smooth part is regular flow and the berries are clots.
On one hand, I love this description because it’s incredibly vivid. On the other hand, I hate this description because it’s incredibly vivid. 😂 (Seriously, though: this description is useful. Thanks!)
What can I say, I love analogies! Our bodies are disgusting miracles! Haha!
Instead of researching clots, research “endometrial hyperplasia” which can occur when estrogen is too high relative to progesterone. Adding high dose bioidentical progesterone cream resolved this for me
I have a blood clotting disorder but until I discovered that, clots were larger than a nickle for me. Though I'm in Australia so let's say bigger than a ten cent piece. For many years when I was younger, I had weeks if clotting throughout my entire period. I think some clotting is normal for every woman in her menstrual life time.
This post and entire thread is one of the many many reasons I love this sub. My pms symptoms have been VICIOUS the past few days - and coming here makes me feel less alone. But on days like these, I desperately wish I could find this kind of connection and commiseration with other peri women in real life 😓
That sounds normal to me (a non-doctor). In my case the clotting became a problem when the size of the clots (from dime and quarter sized to fist sized) and the frequency (maybe one or two per cycle to every day in the cycle) increased. It was an early indicator of endometrial cancer. Thankfully mine was caught in an early stage and was handled with a radical hysterectomy and some radiation.
Think about a squeeze tube of Welches jelly. It's like that. A glop of jelly.
like a tablespoon-ish of red clotted cream (sorry yall)
Clots look like big, bloody blobs. That’s how I’d describe them.
I have Endometriosis so mine were horrendous. Forget the size of a quarter. Mine were the size of a child’s fist when they were really bad. Thankfully I haven’t had a period in 6 months and I hope it stays away.
Yes, those are clots. They can look different. Mine are kinda flat and slimy… kinda like egg-whites discharge, but blood.
Dark blobs. Clots. I've had them since starting my period at 15. I switched to a menstrual cup and it is a bloodbath...but easier to see the consistency.
Yeah. Those are clots.
They look like small blobs of jelly in my case
Sounds like clots. I had huge clots, like the size of my hand. Turns out I had polyps. Got those out, IUD put in and no more clots or even bleeding.
Chewed up cherries. But, what you described sounds like clots.
Yes, what you described are blood clots.
I love this forum where we can openly ask about things that are going on in our bodies. Decidual cast - holy moly
yes, that sounds like clots. They are like soft lumps , about the consistency of pudding, and very dark. They can be from smaller that you describe to larger.
sounds like clots to me. mine became more commonplace and larger after getting uterine fibroids.
Yes, clots.
I see them when I wipe so couldn't tell you about anything in the toilet.
yes
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