I applaud this women for speaking out about this. Our society needs to stop acting like periods are gross and not to be talked about.

I've had this happen a few times in my life of cycles. Luckily I'm done as of last Feb. menopause over done. A few were intact and some were chunks so to say. The pain. The pain. It's like your tail bone is being shoved and broken inside you from the cramps. The cramps as literally one continuous shredding feeling to your belly button. Yes you want to vomit. Because you also want to poo and pee too. I didn't know of the heat pad trick so I would curl in a ball an wait for the blob to extricate itself. The first time was around my 20s. A few in my thirties. And one in my late 40s. I started menopause about 45. I'm 53 now so it ended at 52. It needs to be taught. Because if someone is sexually activate it can look like a miscarriage. And scare them horribly. They can think it's a miscarriage and they can't carry a child. If it happens try to get it into a baggie to bring to a dr to examine and explain everything you can. Better to know than not.

Sounds like the miscarriage I had.

Happened to me, if you google seems like it’s pretty common but just not talked about so they have no idea how ‘rare’ it is, can’t imagine there are many studies researching it

I wondered where this was going as the beginning of it is something similar that happened to me, I had such bad blood clots and heavy bleeding, then loads of cramps, which must have been contractions as my coil came out a little while later. It’s a shock to see something on the toilet paper that you’re not expecting!

Every.Month.... chunks, diarrhea, and excruciating pain.... Hours on the toilet and no tampon or pad could ease the flow for Five Whole Days... Ended when I was 32 and got an IUD. 21 years of wasted days thanks to a mother who wouldn't give me the pill ( not that it helped much ) and an OBGYN who wouldn't give me an IUD even after almost being dead after childbirth due to excessive blood loss. I am currently starting to menopause ( 44 ) and will be relieved when this all will be over.

Omg I had that before! At least 3 times, one time I thought I miscarried!

This happened to me a couple of times too. I always had extreme pain due to endometriosis so that part of it wasn't unusual for me. Can't believe it's about 50 years since the first time and I'm finally learning what it was. Thanks to the OP.

Okay but did her period stop after she passed it, then? Does your body know you're done shedding the uterine lining or does it just keep bleeding because hormones?

Dang :/

Don't google it. I did. Regret it. It's horrific. Sending love to anyone who experienced this.

damn!!! i get a lot of clots and im sixteen, i should probably talk to my doctor before THAT comes out of me.

I am now wondering if this has happened to me, and I didn't realize it because extreme menstrual pain is normal for me.....

Oof I googled that. That sounds and look terrible!

It's been happening to me for 9 years. The last 4 years almost monthly. I just sit on the toilet for hours to "freebleed". I can't use tampons because they make the pain even more unbearable! I thought I was just getting old and the periods were getting worse. I'm glad to know it's not just me, but I hate how many women are going through this! 😢 Kudos to this awesome nurse!! ♀️💪

there have actually been a couple of scientific papers that suggest that they have increased in frequency since 2021 due to a certain vaccine. And before anyone thinks that I am just peddling conspiracy theories I have read the papers. They say they can't prove that it is or it isn't because of the vaccine, but they do show an increase over he last couple years. There is one of the papers: https://www.thegms.co/publichealth/pubheal-ra-22041401.pdf

I googled this and clicked on "images" nightmare fuel! I'm so sorry for anyone who has suffered this

This is terrifying. I would have been sobbing and scared out of my mind.

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Ugh. Found out I'm passing the mesh from my bladder tie up in 1997. Getting a CT next week.

Doctors/nurses/etc aren't taught this because anything medical related to female only has basically never been studied, all but ignored. Medicine is very much male-centric.

So....anyone know if you still continue to have the rest of the cycle after this ordeal? Because that would really be the worst but I can see my luck being that bad

I honestly had this, or something a little lesser but just as messy and astonishing, in my 40s. Honestly, if I knew it was just my lining deciding to get gone in one go, I'd be okay with it over 7 days of tag-teaming pads+tampons to get through the work day without staining my clothes.

I always had horrendously painful cramps. Many visits to hospital ERs. I had this happen to me at least once a year. While I have 3 healthy children, I always though something was terribly wrong down there. Thanks for the info. Hopefully now it becomes common knowledge because of you!

Oh yeah let's not forget, this only happens to biological women. Not men pretending to be women. As a biological male, I can only empathize with real women on this issue. I hope my wife never has to go thru this but I will be there for her and with her if she does. Thanks from the bottom of my heart for what all real women have to suffer to bring forth life. You have my respect and my gratitude.

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There has been research showing a 2000% increase in decidual cast reporting in 2021. It has gone from increadibly rare, to merely rare. There have been suggestions that it may be linked to the 2021 version of the Covid 19 vaccine, which has been shown to have occasional side effects with clotting. No causal relationship has been established at this time. I found it interesting to note the correlation with covid and the vaccine, and the very significant increase in reporting of what was previously such a rare thing. https://www.thegms.co/publichealth/pubheal-ra-22041401.pdf Edited for clarity