This is going to be gross: I'm a 25 year old female. Until now I have had extremely regular periods which last 6 days with a 12-18 hour gap on day 5 (no idea why). I am not on any kind of birth control and have not been on any kind of birth control for over a year. This month's period began on the standard day, except now I'm going on my 14th straight day of bleeding. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 19, 2009 - 11 answers

So it appears I have a tear in my buttocks. Most likely NSFW details inside. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 24, 2009 - 14 answers

Please tell me what you know about endometrial ablation as a means of lessening or hopefully stopping my bleeding. (This is a female-parts question.) [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 10, 2009 - 5 answers

FemaleFilter: What is this discharge? (probably graphic or gross) [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 8, 2009 - 21 answers

TMI Medical Filter: Previously, I had sometimes crippling stomach pain. That went away. Now I'm, uh, bleeding. Rectally. Um. Yeah. But my HMO doesn't seem to care all that much. MetaFilter is not my doctor, but I can't go to my doctor to ask... should I skip my HMO and go to the hospital? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 11, 2008 - 26 answers

I was on depo briefly, reacted badly, went off as soon as I could, but the after-effects still linger. Do I wait for the drugs to flush out, or is this more serious? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Apr 3, 2008 - 13 answers

I had sex for the first time, and less than a week later I had period-like cramps and some blood spotting in my underwear. Was I, or am I now, pregnant? We took every possible precaution... [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 29, 2007 - 55 answers

Why am I bleeding? ACK! [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 29, 2007 - 17 answers

Sex is making me bleed. I am seeing a doctor this week. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 21, 2007 - 3 answers