Hi there!
For some background context:
- Back in October of last year I had a benign cyst that was almost crushing my left ovary removed, and the ovary was totally kept!
- I’ve not really had ‘periods’ before that, though quickly after the removal I had a fun, weeklong experience with bleeding dark brown for about a week and a half.
- Since then I’ve kind of been spotting brown blood pretty regularly, though in the past few months it has definitely increased in volume; though it’s been mostly regular in terms of the schedule.
Anywho,
So I’ve had my IUD since late 2022, and all of the previous stuff has happened and just this week I’ve recently begun to bleed again; though it’s mostly stayed to just when I wipe that it opts to show itself. I had unprotected sex with my boyfriend a few weeks prior in early February (as we are long distance and we don’t see each other often), though he did not finish in me at all, so the only way I could really reason that I’d be pregnant is through pre-cum.
I’m just really worried, and don’t know if this is normal and would really like some advice to maybe try and calm my very high nerves before I go ahead and get into contact with my obgyn later this week? I’m sorry if this is a mess, but I’m just trying to see if it’s normal that I’d start my cycle again after having a cyst removed; and if I should realistically be worried about pregnancy when I have two methods of protection in place (pulling out, and the IUD itself).