I purchased a new saddle and didn't try it out until race day. I started my monthly cycle the week before the race, but it was extremely light (more like spotting). Anyway, rode the new saddle, was terrible uncomfortable due to it rubbing me the wrong way and literaly rubbing me raw. So, after the race, I continued spotting blood for 4 more weeks!!! WTF???

Fast forward a month from race day, I FINALLY stopped spotting blood for about 4 days and another race arrived. I've been super busy with things going on in my family (mom is really sick) so I haven't been back on the bike since that last race. Stupid me, I didn't learn my lesson from the first try and thought maybe it was a poorly placed string that caused the rubbing problem and raced on the same saddle (made a minor adjustment though). Well, following the race, I go the restroom and see I'm spotting blood again!!! This time, it only lasted two days. Since then, I haven't had any spotting (it's been about a week plus I had a race last weekend and used my old saddle).

So, my question is, could the saddle have caused all the problems in the last 1.5 months or was it just coincidence? Has anyone ever had a saddle cause such chaos on their system??