Could this be a miscarriage? Or just a really strange period?

[Shirttail]

I've been on birth control before, but I stopped for about a month and then started again. During the first week of taking them, my boyfriend and I had sex without a condom, but halfway through put one on before he ejaculated. We've done this a few times.

 

It's been about another month. During this last week, even though I have been taking the pills, I started spotting every day. Well I'm on my period now, and I've never had one quite like this. I'm bleeding so heavily I go through one tampon every two/three hours or so. I have a TON of little blood clots and passed one the size of a quarter yesterday, which surprised me, I had never seen that before. My cramps are so bad, there's also a little sharp pain in my chest, my back hurts, all my muscles are sore, I'm feeling extremely fatigued and shaky, and I feel nauseous, I think I may have a fever but I don't have a way to find out for sure. My periods are usually very light, and I only cramp a tiny bit the day it starts and ends.

 

I've never had a period like this, it's painful and a little frightening.

[soybeans]

I'm going through something pretty similar myself. But the only way you would know is if you had a positive result from a pregnancy test. It could just be clots and uterine lining from an off-month cycle.

[Shirttail]

Yah, that's what I'm thinking. I'm leaning towards it notbeing a miscarriage, but my mom was worried (I live with my boyfriend now and everything worries her though). Plus I haven't seen anything that looks like fetal tissue coming out.

[BellaDonna]

I think you should call your doctor if those symptoms continue.