I was bleeding heavily for 5 weeks that resulted me getting anemic and had an ultrasound done and showed that I have a cyst on my left side of the ovary, about an 1". My ob/gyn said that I shouldn't be worried about it. He said that it would be monitored and wait 2 months more for another ultrasound and see if it might go away. I WONDER IF THE CYST AND THE BLEEDING ARE RELATED. After pregnancy, the last 2 months prior to this is when I started having periods again (light and medium flow, but no pain). This is the first time that I bled straight for over a month, but no pain. it just felt strange--like something cold in my uterus and it was very tender.) It started with 2 days of dark, dark brown (almost black discharge with a foul smell and very dark red heavy period with a "smell" the first week), the foul smell went away and the color changed to bright red over the duration of the menstruation. My history is for the past 10 years or so, I always have very heavy period with large blood clots similar to those liver pieces and painful for 5 days but most severe on the first 3 days. I get very bloated during the course of time, pale, and no energy.
I just turned 40 yrs., had a baby 8 months ago (natural birth) and still breastfeeding him. I also have hypothyroidsm, half of it was removed 7 yrs. ago (a year after my firstborn) since it gotten bigger. Sexual intercourse can get painful with a trace of whitishbloody discharge after. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks