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Bleeding after sex
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I have done a search but didn't quite find the answer I was looking for... (please pardon all the detail, but here goes!)
I slept with my boyfriend for the first time on Sunday morning. I'm nearly 21, lost my virginity nearly four years ago and have never had any problems before. It's been about six months since I last had sex, but there have been gaps longer than that so I didn't think that would be a problem. My bf is, shall we say, on the large side (lucky me!
) but I thought I was turned on enough for there not to be a problem there (okay, I know I didn't follow all the advice I'd been given in my other thread in the Sex forum - definitely know for next time!) but perhaps not! It didn't hurt at the time but later I had what felt like period pain type cramps (and felt like I wanted to go to bed with a hot water bottle!) and I've also been bleeding ever since. It's light and bright red (sorry, but makes a difference!) but still enough to warrant the odd tampon or two!
Thing is, I've never bled before, not even my first time. I know my blokey is big and it was deep (probably as deep as ya can get!) but it still shook me up a bit. I know it's probably nothing to worry about and not something I'm going to bother my doc about, but just wondered if over 50 hours later it was heard of (won't say "normal"!) to still be bleeding??
I'm on the mini-pill and haven't had a period because of that for over 18 months, so I don't think it could be that.. hence mentioning the colour earlier..
*puzzled*
I slept with my boyfriend for the first time on Sunday morning. I'm nearly 21, lost my virginity nearly four years ago and have never had any problems before. It's been about six months since I last had sex, but there have been gaps longer than that so I didn't think that would be a problem. My bf is, shall we say, on the large side (lucky me!
) but I thought I was turned on enough for there not to be a problem there (okay, I know I didn't follow all the advice I'd been given in my other thread in the Sex forum - definitely know for next time!) but perhaps not! It didn't hurt at the time but later I had what felt like period pain type cramps (and felt like I wanted to go to bed with a hot water bottle!) and I've also been bleeding ever since. It's light and bright red (sorry, but makes a difference!) but still enough to warrant the odd tampon or two!Thing is, I've never bled before, not even my first time. I know my blokey is big and it was deep (probably as deep as ya can get!) but it still shook me up a bit. I know it's probably nothing to worry about and not something I'm going to bother my doc about, but just wondered if over 50 hours later it was heard of (won't say "normal"!) to still be bleeding??
I'm on the mini-pill and haven't had a period because of that for over 18 months, so I don't think it could be that.. hence mentioning the colour earlier..
*puzzled*
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I would have thought the most likely explanation is that you've just brought on a period through having sex but sounds like it's worth a trip to the doctor if you're bleeding constantly! Yes indeed.
It honestly doesn't hurt as in sore - if it hadn't been for the rough sex, I would have just assumed it was a period, but having not had one for so long and then this happening right afterwards, I put it down to a cut (or three!) somewhere... But after two and a bit days I'm starting to wonder if this should be happening...
Just to warn you.
You say that you "didn't follow all the advice I'd been given in my other thread in the Sex forum" - I have not read your other posts, but, can I assume, this means that you have not used any lube
Now, I think that if it is "light and bright red" it would mean the bleeding is definitly vaginal rather than from the cervix or uterus which would be a lot darker and potentially more serious.
If the bleeding has already managed to soak through a tampon and has already lasted more than a couple of days - You need to see your GP Your GP would be the best person to advise you - and I think you should definitly make an appointment - ASAP!
I wasn't meaning to over-emphasis it at all.. It was purely another explanation as to what could have caused this - something that makes it different from all the other times with others (only three others, I hasten to add). I'm sorry if it came across somehow differently..
It could be a cervical ectropion which has been annoyed by your boyfriend bashing into it.
I'd suggest you make a routine appointment with your GP to discuss, and if you are due, get a smear done whilst you're there.
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Aww I wasn't being serious!
Ohhh...
I have booked an appointment for Monday morning (earliest my Docs could do!).. am due a repeat prescription of my pill anyway
I went to my docs today and he put my mind at rest. He said it wasn't something he was worried about and didn't think it was a sign of something more serious. He thinks the "impact of the mechanics of intercourse" (his exact words!) on my cervix and womb brought on the bleeding. Said it shouldn't happen again or "re-start" my periods - he was fine with me not having a period for 18 months, and explained that the only reason the combined pill was designed in three-week cycles was to make it more "pyschologically attractive" to women who believed they had to have a monthly bleed :nods: Apparently!
He did say to go back if it happened again and they would probably do a smear just to reassure me further, but it honestly wasn't something to worry about. Smear tests were mentioned in general too - said I should think about "building up the courage" to have one (he seems to think I might be shy?! :eek2: And yet I'll tell him all the above rather matter-of-factly!) sometime in the next couple of years. Apparently I have to have had one by the time I'm 25 or our particular practice won't prescribe the Pill anymore til you've had one!
Hope things go well for you and your bf in the future.
Hope this Helps
Peter
You don't need to reply to every thread that has ever been posted on the Health board.
:rolleyes:
Hope this helps.
I laugh because its true
*chuckles*