Spotting Before Period Since TTC

[NoodleSnack]

Don't think I'm stressed, but stressed out people may be the last one to realise it. I don't feel pressured to get pregnant in the last few months since we've only started. But I do get listless when it comes to the TWW, that sucks.

 

[beloved]

@Lauren - Glad to hear your OB visit went well Thanks for the info on Vitex... won't be looking to buy it now! If you are spotting right after ovulation, it sounds like ovulation spotting. Do you spot after ovulation, then stop, then start again?? I've read about it but never experienced it.

Still sounds like both our OBs are just not that concerned about the spotting and think we're too hyped up about it. I'm nervous about this weekend....that's when I am expecting my spotting to start. I'll let you know what happens.


@NoodleSnack - I'm totally with you....I HATE the TWW!!!!!!

 

[Firsttimer919]

Ladies! Update on Vitex--don't take it!! Turns out that while it may help with progesterone levels, it repressing FSH, which is the hormone (I believe) that stimulates ovulation. I am sorry for the misinformation I passed along!

My OB still wasn't concerned about spotting...she did say that it wasn't 'ideal', but didn't think it could prevent me from getting pregnant. I asked her about LPD and she said that it was a controversial topic and not all doctors believe it's an actual condition. She said that the ways to test the corpus luteum involved a uterine biopsy--which sounds ultra painful. That's something I'm going to pass on. I am going to schedule a pelvic ultrasound to see if I have a polyp or something that may be bleeding...The strange thing is that I always get spotting after ovulation. I guess it's because it's before AF?? Anyway, I didn't exactly get answers from her, but I did feel better after. Anyone else get any info on the spotting? My OB did skirt the issue when I asked whether she'd seen women with spotting go on to get pregnant etc. She said that some women who spot are conceiving and miscarrying each month, but that they would get a BFP first, so that's not what's happening to me. It's all mysterious...

Hoping this is the month for some of us!

LaUren! My n my dh bd lasted night and I had spotted which never happen.... Last month I swear I was preggo I just knew but like what ur oB said I think my body miscarried I had a light mp 3 day and it was all blood clots... Sorry tmi!! But Bpn.... Does anyone spot on their clomid cycle this is my first month...

 

[dreaminghopin]

Do you guys take prenatal? I started taking about 3 months ago, and notice my cycle is longer and I spot 2-3 days before AF, whereas before my first day was the heaviest. We have only started actively trying this month, so the first "abnormal" cycle couldn't have been due to a mc or anything to do with any defects.

I have thought this before... so many appear to report that once they start TTC that is when they notice they start spotting. So it can be down to a few things

1: had been spotting before but only starting to notice as they start TTC
2:

 

[dreaminghopin]

Do you guys take prenatal? I started taking about 3 months ago, and notice my cycle is longer and I spot 2-3 days before AF, whereas before my first day was the heaviest. We have only started actively trying this month, so the first "abnormal" cycle couldn't have been due to a mc or anything to do with any defects.

I have thought this before... so many appear to report that once they start TTC that is when they notice they start spotting. So it can be down to a few things

1: had been spotting before but only starting to notice as they start TTC
2:

oops sorry

I have thought this before... so many appear to report that once they start TTC that is when they notice they start spotting. So it can be down to a few things

1: had been spotting before but only starting to notice as they start TTC
2:start taking pre natals and this causes spotting for some us. I started taking folic acid the first month i 'noticed' my spotting.

Would be too scared to stop taking it just in case.....

 

[MRSD6811]

Itsreassuring to find that my situation is not unique and this is the first place I heard of luteul phase defect.It sounds like that is what's going on with me. Everyone is describing spotting but mine is heavier almost like a proper period without the pain. The first couple of days are spotting but then its red sometimes with clots.Then I get a full blown painful period. Got my day 21 result over phone-just got told that I had ovulated no mention of progesterone level. Going to see doc on fri-fingers crossed we can make somw progress.

 

[NoodleSnack]

Ladies! Update on Vitex--don't take it!! Turns out that while it may help with progesterone levels, it repressing FSH, which is the hormone (I believe) that stimulates ovulation. I am sorry for the misinformation I passed along!

My OB still wasn't concerned about spotting...she did say that it wasn't 'ideal', but didn't think it could prevent me from getting pregnant. I asked her about LPD and she said that it was a controversial topic and not all doctors believe it's an actual condition. She said that the ways to test the corpus luteum involved a uterine biopsy--which sounds ultra painful. That's something I'm going to pass on. I am going to schedule a pelvic ultrasound to see if I have a polyp or something that may be bleeding...The strange thing is that I always get spotting after ovulation. I guess it's because it's before AF?? Anyway, I didn't exactly get answers from her, but I did feel better after. Anyone else get any info on the spotting? My OB did skirt the issue when I asked whether she'd seen women with spotting go on to get pregnant etc. She said that some women who spot are conceiving and miscarrying each month, but that they would get a BFP first, so that's not what's happening to me. It's all mysterious...

Hoping this is the month for some of us!

LaUren! My n my dh bd lasted night and I had spotted which never happen.... Last month I swear I was preggo I just knew but like what ur oB said I think my body miscarried I had a light mp 3 day and it was all blood clots... Sorry tmi!! But Bpn.... Does anyone spot on their clomid cycle this is my first month...

I once had blood clots in the middle of the cycle as well, and it wasn't possible for me to be pregnant then, it's not that unusual. Sometimes it's left over blood from your period. I think we look for too much symptoms when we're ttc so we "feel" pregnant when we actually are not. It's better to assume the best case scenario and think that your hormone is just fluctuating over the whole thing, instead of assuming that you miscarried until you know for sure. Hope it works out well with clomid.

 

[NoodleSnack]

Do you guys take prenatal? I started taking about 3 months ago, and notice my cycle is longer and I spot 2-3 days before AF, whereas before my first day was the heaviest. We have only started actively trying this month, so the first "abnormal" cycle couldn't have been due to a mc or anything to do with any defects.

I have thought this before... so many appear to report that once they start TTC that is when they notice they start spotting. So it can be down to a few things

1: had been spotting before but only starting to notice as they start TTC
2:

oops sorry

I have thought this before... so many appear to report that once they start TTC that is when they notice they start spotting. So it can be down to a few things

1: had been spotting before but only starting to notice as they start TTC
2:start taking pre natals and this causes spotting for some us. I started taking folic acid the first month i 'noticed' my spotting.

Would be too scared to stop taking it just in case.....

I don't think it's 1. I mean it's not something we can avoid noticing when we're spotting. I know my period used to be the heaviest the first day. I would still take the prenatals, because I don't think the spotting affect pregnancy or anything, so I'm not that worried, just curious whether there's an effect.

 

[Firsttimer919]

Ur right noodle... We start think all kinds of stuff

 

[lauren26]

Yes--I think that the worrying over the spotting is my problem I mean, it's only since we've been TTC that I check the toilet paper every time I go to the bathroom! I may have been spotting this entire time and not known it.

Another question for you ladies: I have been charting, and I've noticed that some of my post-ovulatory temps are falling right above my cover line. I don't know if this could mean that I have low progesterone--has anyone else had this experience?

@beloved - This is the first month I've charted and thus really been able to tell when I ovulated. I spotted right after, so that probably was ovulatory bleeding (which I didn't know about until reading this book). I got that for a day or two, and now am not spotting at all. I am 7dpo, so I will see if it starts again. My cycle lengths have not been regular, so I don't know how many dpo I usually spot...I generally just count back from my period start date to see how many days I spotted. Anyway.

Glad to know so many women on here have the spotting in different varieties and that overall there's not necessarily a cause for concern!

 

[MRSD6811]

We I went to see my doc today. My blood test showed I had ovulated and my progesteros were normal-never told ne a number though.So my doc says-"you just have long periods and it's not doing you any harm." I expressed my fear that if I did have a fertilized egg that it would be shed through this bleeding and he said that's not how it works and that I should keep ttc for another 6 months. I just can't see that my body will look afer any potential baby while this is going on.

 

[beloved]

@Lauren - It definitely sounds like ovulation bleeding, especially since it has stopped. Regarding the low post-ov temps....I have read that so long as the temps are over the cover line, you are fine. Sometimes mine have dipped down pretty close to the cover line, but then gone back up. Are they consistently low?

@MRSD6811 - Did your OB explain WHY the spotting wouldn't affect the implantation of a fertilized egg? Ugh!! All our OBs seem to be telling us the same thing..."not to worry"...but they never tell us WHY we shouldn't worry!!

 

[MRSD6811]

No not at all but i'm in the uk where we just see a general practitioner not an ob

 

[lauren26]

@beloved - That's reassuring!! The temps are kind of up and down, sort of zig-zagging. But they have not fallen below cover line. Just hovered above once or twice. So interesting how specific the charting is! Kind of amazing. Yes, so I think that I usually get ovulatory bleeding and then also pre-menstrual bleeding.

@MRS I am curious, too, why it's not a problem...I am starting to feel like the spotting happens to a LOT of women, so maybe that's why the OBs are not concerned. Hm. Curious to keep learning.

 

[lauren26]

OK ladies, I'm at day 25 in my cycle and have only had very minor spotting so far--taking this as a good sign that my hormones might be regulating or that my recently lowered stress levels are evening out my cycle! Will let you all know how it goes...How is everyone else's month going?

Happy Valentine's Day!

 

[beloved]

@Lauren - Yay!!! I'm at day 25 too (are we the same person?!) and no spotting yet either! I am really thinking it is the lower stress. Keep us posted!! Happy V Day

 

[lauren26]

@beloved - Hahaaa! I know, I had the same thought! Crazy similarities. Glad to hear you don't have the spotting, either! I am at 11dpo, I think, you?

Over Sunday night/Monday morning our sister-in-law (wife to husband's brother) went into labor and we were able to meet our first nephew! It was really amazing and *somehow* distracted me from the tww. It was really nice. I've also never been around someone in labor!

 

[beloved]

@Lauren - I am at 9-10dpo. Trying really, really hard not to worry that I'll find spotting the next time I pee.

Congrats on your new little nephew!! I love being an aunt...it's so fun! Enjoy it!!!

 

[lauren26]

Ok I spoke too soon--just got spotting. 13dpo, though, which is later than usual for me, I think. We'll see how this month turns out, though I have some light cramping at this point, so I feel like this probably indicates AF approaching I am applying for new insurance right now, which would start on 3/1, so I guess it's a win-win this month; if I am pregnant, obvious win, and if I am not, I won't get declined for insurance!

Anyway, I also just learned that if any of us on this thread get a BFP we can't post it here. Just fyi...I didn't know that.

 

[lauren26]

14dpo and I think AF is starting This was only my first cycle charting, so trying to keep my hopes up!