Thread: Bleeding for SEVERAL MONTHS!

Hi. I have read about other people having this problem, but I need some help. My periods are months long. Sometimes more than 3 months. I have never been 100% regular, but my period is getting to the point that I cannot function normally. This time, I have been bleeding for 3 months. It starts out light, where you can barely see it, and just need a pantiliner. Then it gets heavier. There are days that it is so heavy, that I soak an overnight pad every 30 minutes, with clots that are the size of a bouncy ball. It is extremely hard to work when everytime I strain, I pass these giant clots and have to go to the bathroom every 15 minutes and check to make sure I'm not leaking through my pants. I'm a nurse's aide so yes, I do alot of straining and don't have time to go to the bathroom. Sometimes, the bleeding will stop and I'll think it's over, but as soon as my husband and I have sex, it starts again. Even if we don't have sex, it will start in a few days and catch me off guard. I have been like this for as long as I can remember, mostly in the past 4-5 years (I'm 20). I am finally getting fed up with it because I'm starting nursing school and have to wear head to toe white. This is not going to be good with my raging bleeding. Plus, my husband and I would like to start trying to have children in the next year or so, and this won't happen the way I am. My gyno said it's because I'm overweight, which I am. Can getting on birth control for a while fix this? I want my period to be regular so I can conceive when I am ready. This is also putting a massive damper on my sex life... I am young and I hate having to plan sex around my raging period. My husband is very loving and understanding, but I feel so guilty because he could be with a normal girl and not have to put up with this. My question is really, can I fix this with birth control? If not, what can I do to get this to normal, because it's ruining my life and my husband's life, whether he will admit it or not. Thanks.

And I failed to mention: I am trying to lose weight, but it is very hard. I eat healthy. But exercising sucks when you're bleeding so hard that you can't get anything done.