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6 week period
I am 49 years old. My periods have always been like clock work. Never missing one. This last period I was 2 weeks late starting. Now I am going into the 6th week. Non-stop and heavy blood clots. Anyone else have this experience?
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It sounds a bit like you have a fibroid near your cervix. Call your ob-gyn and get an appointment. In the meantime, take iron every day so you don't get anemic! (ps -- When I take iron, I also take a fiber gummy in order not to be constipated from the iron.) Good luck, fibroids (if that is what is doing this) are not serious, but I'd definitely take bleeding for 6 weeks as serious, not just because it is irritating but because you may need to have the fibroid taken out if it is doing this.
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Are you saying that your period was 2 weeks late and then lasted for 6 weeks?
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