Normal smears - but spotting after intercourse and a few days after.

[Linze16]

Hello, this is my first post. I’ve found this site after searching all night for answers. I suffer from major health anxiety, after loosing my mother to breast cancer. I am 40 next week. I have 6 children and my biggest fear is leaving them, and them feeling how I did after loosing my mother.

I’ve always had normal smear tests, and my last was April 2021. So only 8 months ago. I stopped breast feeding in March 2021, after 3.5 years, and 9 consecutive years or either being pregnant or breastfeeding or both! So I’m guessing my hormones are still settling down. I’m worried because in the summer, on 3 separate occasions, I had very pale pink discharge after sex, but it was between 1 - 4 days before my period started, so I didn’t worry too much. But then on Sunday, I bleed a little after sex. It was then fine until Thursday, when I had a little brown, followed by pink and then slight red, discharge. It’s now Saturday and there’s just a yellow tint. I’ve also had pelvic pain.

I often have pelvic pain, particularly by my left ovary. And also shooting pains around my vagina. I’ve had several scans for this, the last was February 2019. Where I was diagnosed with Adenomysis. So I’m assuming that’s all the reason for my pains.

I’m so paranoid that I’ve got something awful wrong with me. And when I Google the symptoms,( which I’m addicted to doing!! I know I shouldn’t do!!) it comes up with cervical cancer. I’m worrying myself sick over it!! But trying to assure myself that I’ve never had an abnormal test!

I can’t sleep, or eat or feel happy at the moment, as I’m just so terrified!! I have an appointment for an examination on Tuesday, but I’m so worried until then.

Could it be the start or peri menopause?!

Please help!

[Natsteveo]

Hi hun I’ve got this going on too at the minute painful during sexy time and bleeding I’m wondering if peri menopausal too I also have health anxiety so my minds thinking alsorts of bad stuff Nat

[Linze16 in reply to Natsteveo]

Hi,

Sorry to hear you’re having scary symptoms too! Mine turned out to just be ectropion! After a couple of weeks of worry, I saw a gynaecologist, and was immediately told it was nothing to worry about!

Thank God!!

I hope yours isn’t either. X

[Natsteveo in reply to Linze16]

I’m still waiting to see my gyno so hopefully mine is nothings to worry about glad yours has eased your mind though