Spotting week before AF every month - anyone else? - Page 97

MrsPTTC · Oct 21st, 2011, 17:26 PM

Oh and no they said the cyst has been there a while x

LaLa79 · Oct 22nd, 2011, 14:26 PM

Hi there ladies,

Do any of you have a tilted uterus? It may be one explanation for some incidence of spotting. Someone on another forum with a tilted uterus who spotted brown blood a few days before af spoke to Dr and he said it may be due to her tipped uterus, it takes period longer to flow so she had old blood making its way out. I know my uterus is tilted. The first smear I ever had the inexperienced ( I hope!) Dr said she couldn't find my cervix and asked if I come back!!

MZlady- I am going to try the red raspberry leaf tea this month if I can find any. Its supposed to strengthen and tone the uterus and I've heard good reviews for ttc and its recommended to take from af to ovulation. I wouldn't chance it after ovulation either but haven't got anything to lose and willing to try anything to that might help with the spotting and anything that claims to strengthen the uterus has to be good

IslandGrl · Oct 23rd, 2011, 17:59 PM

Hi there,

Welcome daydream!

beck87 - My spotting usually starts out pink and then turns red. I generally don't have brown spotting. When I was temping I found my spotting started once my temps started dropping. This leads me to believe my progesterone is dropping slowly.

MrsPttc - Sounds like clomid is working for you! Good luck this cycle, your odds are looking good. Interesting about the cyst. Let us know what they say about it and spotting or if it's a problem at all.

MrsHY - Sorry the witch got you

but glad to hear you are staying positive. It's not easy.

As for me I got a positive opk while we were away so now it's just a waiting game. I don't have a lot of hope this cycle since I was so sick the first half of my cycle. Time will tell. I hate this part of my cycle.

expatttc · Oct 23rd, 2011, 18:30 PM

Hi to all,
Lala79, interesting question about the tilted uterus - I'm going for a checkup next week and will ask, as my Mom had one. No one had mentioned it to me before, but then again, I've never asked and I've heard its more common than you think. If that's the reason for my spotting, good grief I'd be so happy. I"m so worried its something more severe that will affect chances of getting a bfp.
I'm just coming up on the dates for me to start using opk, so fingers crossed I won't get as much spotting this cycle. I've been taking a b-complex vitamin, as well as folic acid, so we'll see if that impacts anything. Only for a week though, so I don't know how much time you have to be on it to see any difference...

Mzladyk · Oct 23rd, 2011, 18:41 PM

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Originally Posted by LaLa79

Hi there ladies,

Do any of you have a tilted uterus? It may be one explanation for some incidence of spotting. Someone on another forum with a tilted uterus who spotted brown blood a few days before af spoke to Dr and he said it may be due to her tipped uterus, it takes period longer to flow so she had old blood making its way out. I know my uterus is tilted. The first smear I ever had the inexperienced ( I hope!) Dr said she couldn't find my cervix and asked if I come back!!

MZlady- I am going to try the red raspberry leaf tea this month if I can find any. Its supposed to strengthen and tone the uterus and I've heard good reviews for ttc and its recommended to take from af to ovulation. I wouldn't chance it after ovulation either but haven't got anything to lose and willing to try anything to that might help with the spotting and anything that claims to strengthen the uterus has to be good

I actually have a titled uterus and I have never heard of that before. Thanks for the info.

_Nell · Oct 24th, 2011, 02:55 AM

MrsPttc - sorry to hear you have a cysts too - did they say what sort? Good luck with the clomid, sounds like it's going great

Island girl - Good luck, hoping the sickness hasn't affected your chances.

expatttc - I've read with any vitamin/supplement you need to give it 3 cycles to see the full effect really, hope it does thw trick for you.

lala - most people have a tilted uterus, tilted is considered 'normal'. It really depends which way it's tilted though - anteverted it the most common. Retroverted i think is the one that could be linked to spotting, but tbh the Dr's i've seen don't think brown spotting is left over from a period....our bodies are designed to self-clean more effectively than that, although my GP said similar (but i think he was quite dismissive of the spotting!). Brown blood is oxidised blood that has released slowly, but for me I don't feel mine is 2 weeks old from my last period tbh.

MrsPTTC · Oct 24th, 2011, 06:20 AM

Hi, no they've not said what sort (I didn't know there were different sorts lol) just that it should burst on its own. I had another scan this morning, only 2 follies thank god, around 12-14cm so not ready to ovulate yet, got to go back for another scan wed. So hopefully DH will let us BD tonight as he refused at the weekend when there were 3!

I asked if the spotting could be to do with the cyst & she says 'probably not.'Everyone I've spoken to about it seems to not be bothered about my spotting!

x

_Nell · Oct 24th, 2011, 08:10 AM

Mrs Pttc - it's good they're not bothered about the spotting

yours is pretty late in your LP anyway isn't it? Implantation starts around 7dpo.
Re the cyst, there are endo cysts, dermoid cysts, haemorraghing cysts and 'simple' functional cysts - if they're expecting it to go on it's own yours is the last which is the best to have and most people get them at some point, usually you would'nt even knopw it had been ang gone without the U/S

AFM - AF is here and heavy (for me anyway). All is good though and just keen to get on with a fresh new cycle

_Nell · Oct 24th, 2011, 10:55 AM

Me again, woohoo!! Just found out we got NHS funding for IVF

Not sure why or how I managed that as I was originally told it'd be 2yrs more wait.....maybe they just wanted rid of me

bec87 · Oct 24th, 2011, 11:06 AM

Hi everyone, I'm on cd16 and had a smiley face on the opk today aswell as a temp drop this morning. I'm expecting my temp to start rising over next 2days to show ovulation has happened. Is that right? Gonna have lots of sex to make sure we dont miss ov lol!
7days till progesterone blood test! Getting a bit worried about what the results might mean though

Hope ur all finding answers or having bfp soon! x

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MrsPTTC Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Washington, UK Posts: 3,771	Oh and no they said the cyst has been there a while x

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Oct 22nd, 2011, 14:26 PM	#962
LaLa79 Trying to conceive (TTC) New BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Cardiff, Wales Posts: 5	Hi there ladies, Do any of you have a tilted uterus? It may be one explanation for some incidence of spotting. Someone on another forum with a tilted uterus who spotted brown blood a few days before af spoke to Dr and he said it may be due to her tipped uterus, it takes period longer to flow so she had old blood making its way out. I know my uterus is tilted. The first smear I ever had the inexperienced ( I hope!) Dr said she couldn't find my cervix and asked if I come back!! MZlady- I am going to try the red raspberry leaf tea this month if I can find any. Its supposed to strengthen and tone the uterus and I've heard good reviews for ttc and its recommended to take from af to ovulation. I wouldn't chance it after ovulation either but haven't got anything to lose and willing to try anything to that might help with the spotting and anything that claims to strengthen the uterus has to be good

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IslandGrl Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 84	Hi there, Welcome daydream! beck87 - My spotting usually starts out pink and then turns red. I generally don't have brown spotting. When I was temping I found my spotting started once my temps started dropping. This leads me to believe my progesterone is dropping slowly. MrsPttc - Sounds like clomid is working for you! Good luck this cycle, your odds are looking good. Interesting about the cyst. Let us know what they say about it and spotting or if it's a problem at all. MrsHY - Sorry the witch got you but glad to hear you are staying positive. It's not easy. As for me I got a positive opk while we were away so now it's just a waiting game. I don't have a lot of hope this cycle since I was so sick the first half of my cycle. Time will tell. I hate this part of my cycle.

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Oct 23rd, 2011, 18:30 PM	#964
expatttc Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Posts: 567	Hi to all, Lala79, interesting question about the tilted uterus - I'm going for a checkup next week and will ask, as my Mom had one. No one had mentioned it to me before, but then again, I've never asked and I've heard its more common than you think. If that's the reason for my spotting, good grief I'd be so happy. I"m so worried its something more severe that will affect chances of getting a bfp. I'm just coming up on the dates for me to start using opk, so fingers crossed I won't get as much spotting this cycle. I've been taking a b-complex vitamin, as well as folic acid, so we'll see if that impacts anything. Only for a week though, so I don't know how much time you have to be on it to see any difference...

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Oct 24th, 2011, 02:55 AM	#966
_Nell Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,688	MrsPttc - sorry to hear you have a cysts too - did they say what sort? Good luck with the clomid, sounds like it's going great Island girl - Good luck, hoping the sickness hasn't affected your chances. expatttc - I've read with any vitamin/supplement you need to give it 3 cycles to see the full effect really, hope it does thw trick for you. lala - most people have a tilted uterus, tilted is considered 'normal'. It really depends which way it's tilted though - anteverted it the most common. Retroverted i think is the one that could be linked to spotting, but tbh the Dr's i've seen don't think brown spotting is left over from a period....our bodies are designed to self-clean more effectively than that, although my GP said similar (but i think he was quite dismissive of the spotting!). Brown blood is oxidised blood that has released slowly, but for me I don't feel mine is 2 weeks old from my last period tbh.

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MrsPTTC Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Washington, UK Posts: 3,771	Hi, no they've not said what sort (I didn't know there were different sorts lol) just that it should burst on its own. I had another scan this morning, only 2 follies thank god, around 12-14cm so not ready to ovulate yet, got to go back for another scan wed. So hopefully DH will let us BD tonight as he refused at the weekend when there were 3! I asked if the spotting could be to do with the cyst & she says 'probably not.'Everyone I've spoken to about it seems to not be bothered about my spotting! x

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Oct 24th, 2011, 08:10 AM	#968
_Nell Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,688	Mrs Pttc - it's good they're not bothered about the spotting yours is pretty late in your LP anyway isn't it? Implantation starts around 7dpo. Re the cyst, there are endo cysts, dermoid cysts, haemorraghing cysts and 'simple' functional cysts - if they're expecting it to go on it's own yours is the last which is the best to have and most people get them at some point, usually you would'nt even knopw it had been ang gone without the U/S AFM - AF is here and heavy (for me anyway). All is good though and just keen to get on with a fresh new cycle

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Oct 24th, 2011, 10:55 AM	#969
_Nell Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,688	Me again, woohoo!! Just found out we got NHS funding for IVF Not sure why or how I managed that as I was originally told it'd be 2yrs more wait.....maybe they just wanted rid of me

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Oct 24th, 2011, 11:06 AM	#970
bec87 Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 22	Hi everyone, I'm on cd16 and had a smiley face on the opk today aswell as a temp drop this morning. I'm expecting my temp to start rising over next 2days to show ovulation has happened. Is that right? Gonna have lots of sex to make sure we dont miss ov lol! 7days till progesterone blood test! Getting a bit worried about what the results might mean though Hope ur all finding answers or having bfp soon! x

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