Change in menstrual flow when trying to conceive?

[Conceive81]

Hi Ladies,

I need your insight...I used pre-seed for the first time this month to aid in my mission to get pregnant. I used OPK's and detected my LH surge around December 19 and baby danced on all the fertile days. I experienced heavy cramping and nausea at least 5 days before my period (January 5). I got my period right on time, cd 29, and had tested negative the days prior to that. When I got my period, it was bright red (unusual for me since it's usually brownish at the very beginning) and it was heavier and more painful than I could ever remember it being in the past. I wonder, do you think sperm changes the chemistry in your body to react and change your menstrual flow? The other oddity to this was, day 1 and 2 of my period were SUPER heavy and then today, just spotting. Normally it's a gradual 5 day event but it started with a bang and feels like it's over. I was also freezing and my temperature was 96.9 the morning it hit (I started charting too).

I don't know....I just found it so odd and painful! I was a wreck at work and could barely think.

 

[MrsPTTC]

I agree, there's something that changes AF for me too, probably stress but who knows. I asked my doc whilst she was there and she said she's never heard other cases of that, but I know mine have changed. Spotting/cramping/sore boobs before AF for much longer than before TTC, and each time thought I had a chance at being pg but not. Frustrating isn't it?! x

 

[Trying4Angel1]

Hi Ladies,

I need your insight...I used pre-seed for the first time this month to aid in my mission to get pregnant. I used OPK's and detected my LH surge around December 19 and baby danced on all the fertile days. I experienced heavy cramping and nausea at least 5 days before my period (January 5). I got my period right on time, cd 29, and had tested negative the days prior to that. When I got my period, it was bright red (unusual for me since it's usually brownish at the very beginning) and it was heavier and more painful than I could ever remember it being in the past. I wonder, do you think sperm changes the chemistry in your body to react and change your menstrual flow? The other oddity to this was, day 1 and 2 of my period were SUPER heavy and then today, just spotting. Normally it's a gradual 5 day event but it started with a bang and feels like it's over. I was also freezing and my temperature was 96.9 the morning it hit (I started charting too).

I don't know....I just found it so odd and painful! I was a wreck at work and could barely think.

This is EXACTLY what has happened to me.. with last AF i was up all night with cramps so bad i couldn't sleep. It was also very heavy for about 2 days and then basically gone.. this is abnormal for me and has only started since TTC... it makes me wonder if maybe it was a chemical pregnancy? otherwise.. maybe it is just our bodies reacting to the sperm/stress?

 

[Trying4Angel1]

oh and i also used preseed... i wonder if that has something to do with it?

 

[Conceive81]

Hmmm...this is worth some research. Thank you so much for your replies, I feel so much better knowing I'm not alone. Perhaps it is the preseed? Maybe the preseed coupled with the sperm causes the chemistry change?

 

[flashy09]

This was my first month trying to conceive, I went all the way to day 32 (with a lot of BFN so not a chemical pregnancies) and then had the most awful, heavy, crampy period ever. I actually wonder if I conceived but didn't implant?

 

[Conceive81]

flashy09, I too knew I didn't have a chemical pregnancy because I tested from 9dpo every day until I got my period. Interesting thought about possibly conceiving but not implanting. Makes me wonder...the other thought I had is, I had a pap smear the day before I O'd..maybe that's why?

 

[Trying4Angel1]

I;ve been trying to find some more info on preseed but haven't found anything that links it to this... maybe you are right about conceiving but not implanting? I also tested and had BFN but i didn't know if that ruled out chemical pregnancys? Also, this doesn't happen every month. We have been TTC for about 9 months now i would say it has happened maybe 3 times... so i wonder...

 

[Conceive81]

Trying4Angel1, I guess we'll never really know whether or not they were chemical, huh? You said you have been ttc for 9 months now, have you always used pre-seed?

 

[wannabeprego]

I also have noticed changes to my Period since I have started TTC, my period used to only last 3 days, first two days heaviest and the last day light with the dark brown blood....

But now it lasts 4 to 5 days, sometimes starts out with dark brown blood on the first day, and light pink blood in the beginning as well... This is very odd for me because all of my life I have had a short 3 day cycle, with the first 2 days being the heaviest and the 3rd day being light with dark brown blood.. i dont even get the dark brown blood at the end of my cycle anymore either, it is very odd, at the end it is only light pink???

 

[wannabeprego]

and I also notice a difference in my symptoms since TTC, i dont know if it is because i am more in tune with my body since i started TTC or if it is because of some other reason... But i never used to get soar boobs right after I OV, and i didnt used to get cramps for several days before AF even arrives either...

I used to only have tender boobs right before AF arrives, and cramping right before AF arrives.. Very odd indeed...

One thing that always stayed the same with me was my OV cramps that I get on the day I OV, i have always had them, but before i started TTC I just didnt know what they meant and didnt know why i had mid cycle cramps...But, now i am a TTC Pro... LOL

 

[Trying4Angel1]

Trying4Angel1, I guess we'll never really know whether or not they were chemical, huh? You said you have been ttc for 9 months now, have you always used pre-seed?

nope we only started that 3 months ago, so i guess maybe that can't be the reason.. who knows! I don't if i like preseed or not. At first we were using it how they recommend (inserting it) but now we just use a tiny bit on my DH before we start. I don't know how much i trust preseed now that i've read some reviews on it

 

[Conceive81]

Trying4Angel1, I guess we'll never really know whether or not they were chemical, huh? You said you have been ttc for 9 months now, have you always used pre-seed?

nope we only started that 3 months ago, so i guess maybe that can't be the reason.. who knows! I don't if i like preseed or not. At first we were using it how they recommend (inserting it) but now we just use a tiny bit on my DH before we start. I don't know how much i trust preseed now that i've read some reviews on it

Interesting that you say that...because I decided to stop the 'inserting' part this month as well. I just put a little bit externally now since I do know I have fertile cm, just not tons of it sometimes. I had no idea astroglide was not sperm friendly until recently which is why we started using pre-seed. Fingers crossed for you this cycle - when are you testing? When is official O day?

 

[Kadan82]

I have had the same issues with my cycle changing since we started ttc about 7 months ago. I get sore @@'s right after I OV until af shows and that use to just happen a couple of days before af arrived. My cycles changed from 28 days to about 33 now. My af is heavier and longer, it use to last about 4 days and now it's at least 7. Also I have been having cramping for 4-5 days leading up to af but use to I wouldn't start cramping until af showed. I'm happy to hear I'm not the only one who this has happened to! We used preseed for the first time this cycle so it can't be what has caused these for me. If anyone figures it out let me know cause it's kind of weirding me out!

 

[piccolo]

Me too me too! My periods have been way heavier than normal the last few months, and I've had terrible cramps. A couple of those months I spotted for 4 days beforehand. It is like the entire flow comes out in about 36 hours, and I'm filling my menstrual cup in a couple of hours. I don't use preseed so it's not that for me. I've been worrying that I had developed fibroids or something but it helps to know I'm not the only one - maybe it is just stress?

 

[Kadan82]

Me too me too! My periods have been way heavier than normal the last few months, and I've had terrible cramps. A couple of those months I spotted for 4 days beforehand. It is like the entire flow comes out in about 36 hours, and I'm filling my menstrual cup in a couple of hours. I don't use preseed so it's not that for me. I've been worrying that I had developed fibroids or something but it helps to know I'm not the only one - maybe it is just stress?

I was wondering the same thing about possibly having fibroids. Also a couple cycles ago my af went for 10 days...very abnormal for me! And on that same cycle I had horrible cramping on the 7th day of af, it was just on one side and it was so bad I thought I was going to have to go to the hospital! So I was thinking maybe I had a cyst and it burst. It's been crazy!

 

[Trying4Angel1]

Trying4Angel1, I guess we'll never really know whether or not they were chemical, huh? You said you have been ttc for 9 months now, have you always used pre-seed?

nope we only started that 3 months ago, so i guess maybe that can't be the reason.. who knows! I don't if i like preseed or not. At first we were using it how they recommend (inserting it) but now we just use a tiny bit on my DH before we start. I don't know how much i trust preseed now that i've read some reviews on it

Interesting that you say that...because I decided to stop the 'inserting' part this month as well. I just put a little bit externally now since I do know I have fertile cm, just not tons of it sometimes. I had no idea astroglide was not sperm friendly until recently which is why we started using pre-seed. Fingers crossed for you this cycle - when are you testing? When is official O day?

I am testing on the 23rd if i can wait! According to my CBFM i ovulated yesterday or possibly today, so we've been busy What about you?! FX for you too!!!

 

[Conceive81]

Trying4Angel1, I guess we'll never really know whether or not they were chemical, huh? You said you have been ttc for 9 months now, have you always used pre-seed?

nope we only started that 3 months ago, so i guess maybe that can't be the reason.. who knows! I don't if i like preseed or not. At first we were using it how they recommend (inserting it) but now we just use a tiny bit on my DH before we start. I don't know how much i trust preseed now that i've read some reviews on it

Interesting that you say that...because I decided to stop the 'inserting' part this month as well. I just put a little bit externally now since I do know I have fertile cm, just not tons of it sometimes. I had no idea astroglide was not sperm friendly until recently which is why we started using pre-seed. Fingers crossed for you this cycle - when are you testing? When is official O day?

I am testing on the 23rd if i can wait! According to my CBFM i ovulated yesterday or possibly today, so we've been busy What about you?! FX for you too!!!

I'm technically ovulating on the 20th (I've been using opk's, charting for the first time this month). I should be able to test on the 31st..but knowing me, I'll probably start on the 30th (10 dpo).

 

[Rachel B]

I have a similar period too. last week I bled lightly-thinking it was my pre bleed since I spot before AF quite often, it was dark and didnt even come at night-just during the day and sooo light, then really bad cramps, on day 6 with no blood, then that evening blood when I wiped, the next day there was blood when I went to the loo in the loo and on paper and on sanitize towel, same the next day (so heavyish for two days) and now its back to a dribble.... that coupled with a wierd side twinge near my ribs and full feeling has me freaking out

 

[Trying4Angel1]

Trying4Angel1, I guess we'll never really know whether or not they were chemical, huh? You said you have been ttc for 9 months now, have you always used pre-seed?

nope we only started that 3 months ago, so i guess maybe that can't be the reason.. who knows! I don't if i like preseed or not. At first we were using it how they recommend (inserting it) but now we just use a tiny bit on my DH before we start. I don't know how much i trust preseed now that i've read some reviews on it

Interesting that you say that...because I decided to stop the 'inserting' part this month as well. I just put a little bit externally now since I do know I have fertile cm, just not tons of it sometimes. I had no idea astroglide was not sperm friendly until recently which is why we started using pre-seed. Fingers crossed for you this cycle - when are you testing? When is official O day?

I am testing on the 23rd if i can wait! According to my CBFM i ovulated yesterday or possibly today, so we've been busy What about you?! FX for you too!!!

I'm technically ovulating on the 20th (I've been using opk's, charting for the first time this month). I should be able to test on the 31st..but knowing me, I'll probably start on the 30th (10 dpo).

How do you find charting? I tried it a few months back but couldn't get the hang of it!!! Maybe i will resort back to it next month.. any tips?