Thank you for reaching out to us.
We are sorry to hear of your challenges in getting to mikveh.
Stains on white underwear are assessed individually, so if each individual stain was smaller in area than a
gris (which is just slightly larger than the area of a dime) then this did not affect your
clean days. Your new
hefsek from Thursday retroactively counts as a day seven
bedikah and you have completed your clean days and can go to mikveh any time.
Even if the stains were larger, they may not be from uterine bleeding. It sounds quite possible that you have some irritation related to the IUD, perhaps from the strings. We would suggest seeing a physician or
bodeket (
niddah nurse) to check if this is the case. If that is confirmed, then the staining that you saw could be attributed to the irritation,
dam makkah (bleeding from a wound), and did not affect your clean days. In that case, as above, your clean days are complete and you can immerse at any time. Learn more about
dam makkah here.
Your local rabbi or rebbetzin, or a kallah teacher, or a yoetzet halacha if there is one, should be able to help you connect with a local
bodeket. Making an appointment with your physician would still be advisable, though, to check the IUD and potentially trim the strings.
If a
bodeket or doctor did not find irritation that could account for the bleeding,
and if any one of the spots was potentially larger than a
gris, then it would need to be evaluated. If it makes you feel more comfortable with
sending to a rabbi, you can cut out the specific area that is relevant from the underwear and send only that. You can also check our
directory of yoatzot halacha, just in case there is one in your area.
Until this is all worked out, you may wear white pantyliners for the duration of this set of clean days. We follow the view that a stain on a disposable
pantyliner is considered a stain on a surface that is not subject to ritual impurity, and thus does not make a woman
niddah or interfere with her clean days. Learn more about staining in the clean days
here.
Please let us know if we can be of further assistance.
