You sure its not brine shrimp? Because I heard this story about a woman involving a lobster from my best friend’s roomate’s cousin’s manager and it just HAS to be true 
I’m with the blood clot crowd here. I would mention it to your gyn, though, just in case. (Although I am the paranoid type, I’ll admit.)
But really, I wouldn’t worry. The mottledness is probably some endometrial material. It can look sort of brown and goopy sometimes. The iridescense was probably some mucus mixed in there. Starting on Depo-Provera did some weird stuff to my own personal secretions. After some break-through bleeding, I had all this mucus. It was like my vagina had a cold- it was extremely thick and clear, and there were a few…STOP NOW IF YOU ARE MALE AND WISH TO BE ABLE TO EAT AGAIN…vagina boogers. Yes. The first time I unearthed one, I freaked and called my gyn right away. She assured me everything was normal, and goodness, how pleasant it is to call a doctor in a panic because your Area 51 is a bit phlegmy.
On the upside, thanks to the miracle of modern medicine, I haven’t menstruated in over 4 years. I can finally splurge and buy the really nice underwear. 
Area 51? Wow - I like that one!
ratty:
I’d like to know – really – what it’s like to stop menstruating? My mother in law just hit her “change of life” and I’m sure it’s a strange thing to experience after so much time. Your story sounds a bit different, but please cut me slack, I’m a man, after all.
Well, I’m eating General Tso’s, recovering from a stomach bug and this thread still didn’t phase me.
Do I win an award?
Yes. You are now an honorary woman.
I vote bloodclot, too. The “mottled” appearance is probably a combination of endo lining and congealed mucus. Isn’t that special?
Oh honey, you’ve hatched! I think this happens to all of us at one time or another, and as others have contributed, particularly after childbirth. I passed my first after having a LEEP biopsy of a small lesion on my cervix. The doctor told me I might have some small breakthrough bleeding, but I certainly wasn’t expecting the blob.
In short, don’t sweat it.
faints
You got me with the “standing up to remove the tampon” thing. I mean, who does that? Anyhoo, sounds like a fairly normal happening, alien as it may appear. If you don’t feel so hot today, maybe call a doctor.
Oh. And, ewwww…
I can’t remove a tampon unless I’m standing. I can’t get the angle right otherwise. So I go V-E-R-Y S-L-O-W-L-Y to avoid accidents.
I HATE tampons but sometimes they’re a real lifesaver. Especially during that first night when I’m bleeding like a stuck pig and would rather not ruin my sheets.
I’ve never seen anything like the subject of this thread. I’m grateful.
Surely you’re not splurging any more…?
Actually, I think there was a thread around here about exactly this topic not too long ago. But I can answer your question, if you like. (Sorry for the hijack- I promise I’ll get back to the grossness in just a minute.) Anyway, it’s great. I love not having a period. It’s just very, very convenient. I don’t have to worry about when it will strike, I don’t have to bother about tampons and such, (always hated pads) and it’s just all-around neat. It was a little strange at first, because as a woman you spend years with it, every month going through those few days of bloat or cramps and then the floodgates open and it’s time to break out the granny-panties in case of spillage. Now keep in mind I’m only 24; menopause is extremely different, and has a whole host of other physiological changes. But just not having a period is great. I recommend it to everyone.
jjimm: Cheap, cheap. 
Any new developments on the egg sac front? I’m sure you disposed of the evidence, but I have to ask: have you heard any suspicious rustling from the bathroom these past few nights? Because they mostly come at night. Mostly.
I’m buying my wife flowers today.
((((((Zsofia))))))
I’ve never passed anything like that during my period. Even if I did, though, I’m the sort of person who would be more like ‘Hey, cool! What is this?’ poke poke after the initial ‘AAAA, WTF?!’
Just to show that I am a complete and utter newbie, what exactly does TMI stand for?
Gotta go with the blood clot camp. I’ve had a few of those, really impressive ones too, including several after a LEEP, and now I just try not to look. But I’m still waiting on the answer to the “what was your paper doing on the floor” question.
Oh, and can I pleasepleasepleaseplease have this as my .sig?
TMI stands for Too Much Information.
OK, another guy here - what exactly is “breakthrough bleeding.” I have formed a theory based on context, but I’ve learned when it comes to Area 51s (that’s an instant keeper there!!) that it’s wiser to ask than guess.
Breakthrough bleeding is bleeding between periods. It’s usually a little heavier than spotting, which is exactly what it sounds like, and is often related to starting or changing hormonal birth control methods.
And I have to go with the blood-splotched mucus theory, myself. I tend to have a lot of clots, myself, and once frightened myself by passing one so big I felt it come out. Not a fun thing at 6:30 in the morning when you’re half asleep.
its when you bleed and your NOT on your period:o :smack:
I get them back in the mail, and I sometimes read the mail in the bathroom. I should really pick up after myself to prevent, er, casualties, but it wasn’t anything really important.
And yeah, I kind of have to at least be semi-standing to get the right angle. I just usually don’t, um, lay anything.
Area 51 - fantastic.
And now I got a question - I’m assuming these clots we’re all talking about form in the uterus, right? Because there’s no room in the vagina proper with a tampon in there, I’m thinking. But I was under the impression that the cervix had a leeeetle tiny opening, and that the only time you dilate is when you’re having a baby of the human sort. And I don’t think this particular creature could have escaped whole, unless it had powers of shapeshifting that were not made apparent by poking at it. So how exactly does that work?
No mysterious splashings as of yet, but perhaps I should put the toilet lid down, just in case. I prefer to think it’s breeding down in the sewers, turning albino and losing its eyes and all that.