CountryBride
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Hi all 
I was wondering if any of you have experience with this--or have any advice to offer:
I have always had irregular cycles--usually 25-35 days. I went on the pill years ago and for the most part it fixed that. Then when hubby and I decided to have our first baby we got pregnant the very next month. Post partum my periods have been different. I went on the minipill around 3 months--but it did not agree with me so at 6 months I switched back to the combo pill. It's now been 6 months and my periods have still not regulated. Sometimes they come right as expected (middle of placebo week), but many times they come a week or even week and a half before--and no I don't mean I spot a little--I mean I start bleeding the third (active pill) week and continue until I finish the placebos and start a new pack. It hasn't really mattered until now that we've decided to start trying again. So I stopped after my last pack.
The problem is--how do I determine my actual LMP? I started bleeding on Oct 2, the first day of the third (active pill) week. Spotting, then light, medium, heavy, then it tapered back off and I stopped bleeding on the 12th. I finished the placebo week, not that it mattered, and just didn't get another pack. I've googled it and heard people say that "early" periods on the pill aren't a thing--that it's just breakthrough bleeding. I should count the "period" I get on the placebo week...But I was under the impression that we don't actually get a "period" at all on the pill, just a withdrawal bleed. Also, if my bleeding during the week before is more than just breakthrough spotting--and appears to be a full, normal period, just earlier and longer--should I then count that as my LMP date?
I have some apps to track this stuff, but it doesn't really tell me what to consider my actual LMP date--I know it's only the difference of a few days--but I've been feeling sick & pregnant for over a week now. (Although it could just be me coming off the pill) I really hope I'm pregnant--but I want an accurate date for my LMP because last time my doctor misdiagnosed my due date--my baby came what was supposed to only be 3 weeks early--but according to the doctors at the hospital they believe she was much earlier--slick feet and all that. I don't want to have that happen again.
Any ideas?
I was wondering if any of you have experience with this--or have any advice to offer:I have always had irregular cycles--usually 25-35 days. I went on the pill years ago and for the most part it fixed that. Then when hubby and I decided to have our first baby we got pregnant the very next month. Post partum my periods have been different. I went on the minipill around 3 months--but it did not agree with me so at 6 months I switched back to the combo pill. It's now been 6 months and my periods have still not regulated. Sometimes they come right as expected (middle of placebo week), but many times they come a week or even week and a half before--and no I don't mean I spot a little--I mean I start bleeding the third (active pill) week and continue until I finish the placebos and start a new pack. It hasn't really mattered until now that we've decided to start trying again. So I stopped after my last pack.
The problem is--how do I determine my actual LMP? I started bleeding on Oct 2, the first day of the third (active pill) week. Spotting, then light, medium, heavy, then it tapered back off and I stopped bleeding on the 12th. I finished the placebo week, not that it mattered, and just didn't get another pack. I've googled it and heard people say that "early" periods on the pill aren't a thing--that it's just breakthrough bleeding. I should count the "period" I get on the placebo week...But I was under the impression that we don't actually get a "period" at all on the pill, just a withdrawal bleed. Also, if my bleeding during the week before is more than just breakthrough spotting--and appears to be a full, normal period, just earlier and longer--should I then count that as my LMP date?
I have some apps to track this stuff, but it doesn't really tell me what to consider my actual LMP date--I know it's only the difference of a few days--but I've been feeling sick & pregnant for over a week now. (Although it could just be me coming off the pill) I really hope I'm pregnant--but I want an accurate date for my LMP because last time my doctor misdiagnosed my due date--my baby came what was supposed to only be 3 weeks early--but according to the doctors at the hospital they believe she was much earlier--slick feet and all that. I don't want to have that happen again.
Any ideas?
