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?

[thewykitten]

i am 31 yrs old no kids, mensus has always been irregular and heavy. Now i have extreme pain in the groin area, almost like my innards are being ripped out and severe lower back pain to the point where i am almost crying. I experienced this a week before my mensus started and then again when it started. My mensus is black and sticky, not heavy and there is a slight odor. I haven't been sexually active for the past few months so i know i'm not pregnant. any suggestions?

[sharapoo]

i had my menstraul it is dark its not heavy it is thick what can be the problem is it cancer?

[aj1990]

hey i am 19 yrs old and had a baby 6 months ago! i never got my period bk till baby was 3month.. my last period came 4 days late and was black from start to end.. it lasted 8 days. iv also been expierencing really bad wind, stomach cramps and have dropped from size 10 t0 a 6-8 in the last month...anyone know wot is wrong with me?

[justpassingby78]

Has anyone ever had lower back and leg discomforts connected to your period cramps and dark color? I have been having problems with my back and legs for the last year and the level of pain fluctuates depending on where I am in my period. I've had MRI, ultrasound, X-ray, blood tests and a lap. The docs were thinking maybe I have endo but they didn't find ANY. My uterus has weird pigmentation on the outside and my doc thinks I might have adenomyosis. Anyone has anything similar happening?  

[Babes25]

I'm 31yrs with one child and currently having irregular periods and sometimes its dark brown or black. I'm trying for a baby and its not happening,could this be the problem? Has anybody experience this before? Has been to the Doctors but medications are not helping.

[yvett22]

oh BTW, there was no cysts or abnormalities in the ovaries or in the uterus on the ultrasound.
They said that many things affect the menses or create irregular menses (periods), like stress, lack of sleep, bad nutrition, and hormone levels.