Well I think I might have found what was causing some of the worst pain. I could be crazy - but - late yesterday afternoon, I passed a VERY HARD clot - we're talking it was the feel of hard rubber. It wasn't very big - maybe an inch and a half long, and not as thick as your little finger.
however, after that, i passed some smaller, softer clots, and it seemed the intense pain around my cervix when using the restroom has eased A LOT. I am actually thinking that thing may have been stuck in the cervix for the past few days, and every time I sat on the toilet it was causing pretty strong pain.
I woke up this morning feeling somewhat normal. the cervix still hurts when I sit down, but it's not suck in my breath and breathe fast for a minute until the pain subsides, pain. Just 'there'.
I've read about pain easing after clots passing, and I am not sure if this is the end of the pain, or if I'm really turning the corner, but it's nicer to not feel that intense pain anymore.
Seriously though, a HARD clot? what the heck? the other ones have been as expected, soft/jelly like, but this thing was like rubber. Could it have been tissue/placenta do you think? it was black/red like a clot, but I can't imagine a clot being so hard. I know blood dries and scabs, but inside you it can't dry out, so I'm lost.
oh well. At least the worst pain is gone it seems for now and hopefully for good!