brown and black menstrual blood

[Half-Pint]

Hi, I am 39 years old with a 13 year old son who has severe special needs and a perfectly healthy 3.5 year old girl.  My son was born to my first husband (ended in divorce) and my daughter to my second husband.  After I remarried I became pregnant in Oct. 1998 and had a missed miscarriage in Jan 1999.  I ended up having a D&C as the tissue just wouldn't pass. I became pregnant again in May of 2000 only to miscarry again in July of 2000.  This pregnancy miscarried naturally.  In 2001 I became pregnant again and delivered my healthy little girl.  I became pregnant again in August of 2004 with twins and miscarried both in October.  I did not have a D&C but I really felt that my body did not pass everything.  I became pregnant again in January of 2005 and miscarried in March of 2005.  I so desparately didn't want to have another D&C but was forced to when after waiting it out I began bleeding heavily and ulrasounds showed large amounts of tissue still present.  I have a strong feeling that tissue from the twin pregnancy was still in my uterus and then I got pregnant on top of that.   Anyway, I had my D&C in April 2005 and didn't get my period until exactly 8 weeks after that.  My periods since then have been very scant and the blood is brown to almost black!  I did not have this problem when I had my D&C back in 1999.  Has anybody ever had this similar experience.  I have been trying to conceive since June, but no luck so far.  I am worried that conception might not be possible with this kind of blood. Any thoughts?

[mmg162]

i'm 35 years old and have had four children. tubes have been tied and periods have always been irregular. just recently (six days ago) i started to spot but its not the normal reddish color more of a brown color, there is no odor and no pain but it has never happened this way. after having intercourse with husband i bleed but only for a shot time then it stops, but by the morning it s a dark brown again. has this ever happened to anyone?

[amelle_19]

hi i am 19. i have been having the same problem. typed it in on google and this blog thing came up. i havent got kids and dont think ive ever been pregnant, buit my friend said to me that it could be a miscarriage. my period is black and has little lumps in it .. it has kind of a funny smell and im pretty worried. a week before i came on i had the morning after pill .. does anyone think that this could affect my period? or maybe if i had conceived would it have killed it? or maybe is there something else wrong? ive read all of ur answers but nothing doesnt give anything conclusive . .

[melxo]

hi im 16 nearly 17 and ive been looking for help on the internet for help. since i started my periods at 12, they were always irregullar. however just a few months ago i've been having black blood when im having a period, its never happened before and i havn't been the doctors about it yet. plus ive been with the same boyfriend for 2years now and its only just starting to feel uncomfortable when i have sex why is this can anyone help???

[Seianna]

I am 22 years old and I have always had an irregular period. I have gone 6 months without having a period(still a virgin), and sometimes my cycle will last for a month or longer. Several times over the past few years I have also gotten large clots and a very and I mean very heavy flow. I sarted having brown/black blood after my just month long cycle. This cycle was different then all my other because it was very light, like a little more than spotting. My boyfriend and I have had unprotected sex a few times but 98% of the time we use condoms. I dont't know if I could be pregnant or if something is wrong. Last time I went to the doctor I told him all of this and he really didn't give me an explanation and just put me on bc to regulate my cycle. This was 2 years ago, and after I got my papsmear it said I had cervical dysplasia(basically cancerous cells in the cervix). So can someone please help me or shine some light on my situation? I just wanna know if it sounds like there is something wrong or maybe I'm pregnant.

Thank you

[helplz189]

Hi everyone i am 25 yrs married my period last month was all clot blood for about 4 days like a dime to quarter size i thought it was ok since i was in a cold country for vac but this month my period start brownish with just one red drop then it went to black colour im worried is something wrong with me .

[trying_to_help]

I dont know if you guys are still checking this out or if your still worried, but i had the same problem I had a dnc june 1 09 and then had my period and then had my period early then had sex with a condom (but we all know that is not 100% effective) and then my period was 2 wks late.  I had just started my period OCT 15 09 and it was black like tar or something and of course i freaked the same way everyone else did i was thinking all kinds of scary ectopic preg losing another preg I mean im 27 and have had my period since i was 7 and it's always been on time and normal.  so hears what I found out and its correct information girls sometimes your period can start out brown then go normal rather soon after and for those who start brown spot a little and stop that pre-preg bleeding you guys are most likely preg.  then the ones who have dark brown or black it should go normal in a few days if not something is wrong and it very well could be a ectopic preg if their is pain because dark dryed blood with pain is the main sign for it.  So ladies if your having problems and its not going to normal then yes go to the doctor because something is wrong.  So it can start out thick black dark tar brown color but in a few days it sould lighten not to a bright red because that is a serious proble but you know the normal not so dark blood color with the normal discharge in the toliet and if not Please call your doctor if you have an ectopic preg and your tube bust you can die quickly your body will go into shock you'll pass out and have to be rushed to an ER where you can lose your tube or die.  So I  hope this helps some of you and for the ones who are not for real not having sex you have nothing to worry about unless its a cist or cancer which is unlikely.  So now I hope you have the answers you need and if anyone finds anything else out please post it