Strange bleeding/periods.

[emma_llew]

I'm 19 and started my periods when I was 9.... so I've had 10 years of getting to know my cycle... and I know it very well.Only the last 2 periods have been strange, especially the last one.
Normally I have pains about 3 days before coming on.. and my periods are always medium and last for about 4-5 days.
However the last one (strangest one) couldn't really even be called a period. It was more of just one big gush of blood. In the evening I had a thick brown discharge (and I never have any discharge) and then went to bed... during that night I had a lot of pain, so much I couldn't sleep. Felt worse than any period I've ever had.... and the next day I woke to find I had had one huge gush of blood. Since then, there has been no bleeding at all (none of my normal 4-5 day bleeding) just that one bleed. And now, today I have a strange pain in the one side of my back that goes down, like a nerve pain. I had this pain last month, and I've never had it before. It got me thinking that maybe I was pregnant last month, and that was what the back pain was... there were other pregnancy symptoms also... so in that case, would this have been a miscarriage?
The only thing is that I only had sex with my partner about 3 times in one week, which was 2 months ago... and he's had a vasectomy... so it's very unlikely. And there has been no sexual intercourse since then. Just those 3 times.
Has anyone had any similar situation... do any of you know what this could be?
Thanks for your help in advance.

[xxlisa]

You should get checked out medically to be on the safe side

[crisgal]

hi emma,
you know that everyone on here is going to say the same thing! It does sound like a miscarriage, but everyone is different aren't they?
You poor thing, whatever it was you shouldn't put up with such pain and discomfort. go and see your dr in the morning.
x x

[emma_llew]

Well actually.... the thought of a miscarriage was always in the back of my mind, but because it was so unlikely for me to get pregnant in the first place, I just thought I was overthinking it. You end up feeling silly for telling anyone in the first place that you suspect you're pregnant when your partner's had the snip. xx