Spotting week before AF every month - anyone else?

[KatieTTC]

Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear the news, Liz I will be thinking of you and your husband. I really hope more tests will show a way for you and your dh to conceive. Please, keep us posted on any updates

 

[MrsPTTC]

Ah Liz I could cry for you hun, so sorry to hear of DH results We are here for you if you need to chat, vent, cry whatever. Fingers crossed you get some answers or that there is an improvement. A friend on another thread is in the same situation and they gave DH drugs. I know DH and I discussed if our egg and sperm weren’t compatible and DH agreed we would use a donor, but I’m sure it’s very different if you’re put in that position and not an easy decision to make. Take care and thank you for your well wishes.

My pregnancy journal arrived and it is fab! Would certainly recommend. Will start writing it tomorrow. Can't wait for the scan on wednesday! Just praying it's good news. MIL has bought our moses basket already! I didn't want anything bought before 12 weeks but it was in the sale and was ridiculously cheap - only £18!! So I told her to go ahead but it's not stepping foot in our house yet I'm trying not to be so superstitious though! Did you preggo ladies wait until 12 week scan?

Hope everyone is well. I LOVED the Olympics opening ceremony last night, I came over all emotional, felt very patriotic and very proud to be British x

 

[Jellycat]

Liz - so sorry for your results hope dh is ok. Always here if you need us

Mrspttc - yay on a blueberry, glad to hear you are not getting ms

Katie - glad the move went well - any tips on moving would be great as we are moving soon hopefully once all the paperwork is complete

Almosthere - good luck for your appointment

Afm - AF arrived 3 days ago and I'm bleeding really heavily (which I get sometimes) and got a rash from an old face cream I used, so generally just feeling cheesed off really in two minds about taking a break especially as moving house, promotion at work and me & dh just arguing continuously ...... Ive never felt so fed up

 

[almosthere]

jellycat-sorry to hear things are so stressful right now-I feel like I am in the same boat! Spotting lots without sex egging it on, so def. will have full flow by tomorrow I would say....just fed up with this whole ttc thing at this point and just happy to see IVF is right around the corner for me...

 

[MrsPTTC]

jellycat. Maybe you should NTNP for a couple of months? I'm positive relaxation got me my BFP x

 

[almosthere]

mrspttc, i love your elephant pregnancy ticker =)

afm I am calling today cd1....actually excited for my FS apt this wed morning because I can get a legit timeline as to what my next steps are to start IVF and hopefully and finally get my bfp!!

 

[MrsPTTC]

Thanks Almosthere! Sorry got you, but at least you can get the ball rolling for IVF now! x

 

[KatieTTC]

Jellycat, my biggest advice on moving is start packing EARLY. Packing even one box a day will help you in the long run. I was absolutely exhausted packing everything for two straight days. I don't know how much time you have before the move, but I'd start putting those winter clothes, books and sheets in boxes now. I'm sorry you're feeling down, but sounds like you've got new things coming on the horizon - new job, new home, perhaps a new baby? You never know!

Almosthere, sorry about AF, sounds like you're one step closer to IVF, crossing my fingers! Just stay positive (I know it's not easy when ttc) and approach it with confidence

MrsP, I enjoyed the Olympics opening ceremony too. I thought British did a great job prepping for it. It's funny, the only reason I knew what NHS stood for (the whole scene with hospital beds and Mary Poppinses) was because of you girls referring to it on this site

 

[MrsPTTC]

Lol Katie, its amazing what you learn from BnB! Glad you enjoyed it too, I loved the NHS bit, the music & giant scary puppets etc.. . x

 

[Hope1178]

Hi Everyone,

I am new here to this website. I have lurked but this is my first post. I think I may have read some of this thread back in March (I started ttc in January 2012) and was having weird spotting for a week before AF until AF. Got SIS, HSG, and all the blood tests--DH SA is normal. My RE is unconcerned about the spotting, but put me on clomid, 50 mg, days 3-7 anyway to see if it would help anything. I completed one round this month (plus IUI and trigger) and am now 10 dpo, which was confirmed by ultrasound. I also did trigger shot and two IUIs because my insurance covers it and my RE is fine with the added bells and whistles. I also find it takes stress off DH and I.

In any case, I was depressed to find the beginning of the usual spotting yesterday afternoon at 9 dpo. I really thought the clomid was supposed to help with it. I found myself googling like a madmen and again found this thread. I read through several pages, but noticed a lot of you now are preggo (Congrats!). My RE doesn't seem overly concerned with the spotting, but I really think it is preventing me from conceiving. I went off the BCP in October 2011 and have been ttc since January (7 cycles).

Will some of you please tell me what you learned about all of this? MrsPTTC, I especially am curious to hear from you because I saw somewhere in here you were grappling with similar feelings on clomid. Please advice from ALL of you though on what you learned, should I be worried, or should I believe the RE and relax about it?

 

[MrsPTTC]

Welcome hope! sorry you've had to find yourself on this thread but they're a great bunch of girls. Well...I would trust your RE, I didn't trust my FS but he was right though I hate to admit it. The first 6 months of clomid I wouldn't say made any difference to my spotting, but my months gap in between I think was a bit better, then month 7 was AMAZING - 1 day before AF & a 15 day LP (usually 12) then lo & behold got my BFP on month 8 after a doubtful late ovulation! I don't think clomid is supposed to help spotting though affects your hormones so I suppose it could do. I'm positive my spotting was just the early onset of AF, despite being told I have fab lining at my 2 follicle tracking scans. Funny I never got any spotting my BFP month! Maybe it wasn't stopping me getting preggo, maybe it just wasn't my time? but it's some hell of a coincidence my cycle seemed to sort itself out then voila! I was so sure it would take IVF, but my FS was right for me to give the clomid another go.

Have you taken any herbs or anything? My spotting definitely got worse a few months after I started using vitex/Angus castus. GL with the IUI Hun, dont count yourself out cos of the spotting as it depends on the reason & plenty ladies on here had spotting as normal & still got a BFP

1 more sleep to go girls, eek! x

 

[almosthere]

Welcome hope! Not much to help you out, as most of us do not know why we are spotting-although some ladies spot due to low progesterone-so perhaps that is the case for you?

AFM-FS is tomorrow-I first go in for blood work and an US to count how many follicles I have! I am SOOOOO excited to start BCPS tomorrow-yes, I do not have to wait until sept-as tomorrow will be cd4 and usually for the start of IVF you can start as late as cd5....so I am SUPER happy to have learned this news today. Will give details about tomorrows apt tomorrow afternoon...yay!

 

[almosthere]

p.s. do any of you ladies know how i can put up my new bnb journal in my siggy with a title instead of an html?? i have nooo clue..hehe thanks for any help!

 

[daydream]

Welcome Hope. Sometimes clomid will help with spotting just by boosting your ovulation. By boosting the egg quality/quantity, there may be a higher amount of progesterone from the corpus luteum to sustain the pregnancy. When I was on stims, I would still spot, so my RE just went ahead and prescribed prometrium to help boost my progesterone levels after ovulation. It gives the egg a nice cozy lining to implant and helps stop spotting. For me, I needed the prometrium more directly to my uterus, so I took vaginally instead of orally (I was still spotting while taking orally). Hope that helps!

MrsP - so excited to see your scan and that LO!

almosthere - yay for getting started so quick! Can't wait to hear all the details!
Also re your question: Type out the title you want to display, highlight it, then click the Insert link button. See picture attached

 

[MrsPTTC]

Thanks daydream, can't wait but very nervous! Will update as soon as I can.

Almosthere that's brilliant news Hun!

X

 

[almosthere]

thanks for the instructions daydream-I think I may have done it, yay!

 

[Hope1178]

Wow! Thanks for all of the helpful feedback, everyone. So many congrats on the BFPs!!!

Mrs. PTTC: I have stayed away from taking the herbs. It got me too worried I would mess something up more and thought better of it. I decided to go to RE instead and he recommended to not mess with that stuff. Also, how did you hold out hope to get through all of those clomid cycles? I am only on my first one and already feel so depressed and like I am losing my grip on rationality. I tend to be an easygoing, fun person and I can't believe how much this spotting thing is impacting my mood!

I got my progesterone tested before going to my RE and it was slightly low at 8.5. For some reason, my RE doesn't think it's necessary to keep checking progesterone as it fluctuates throughout the day. I try not to question him as he does have a great reputation and DH is a physician and found scholarly articles backing that idea up. He similarly doesn't believe in progesterone supplementation. Daydream, do you think it was the progesterone that finally helped you get your BFP? In reading through the threads, it does seem like more people then not didn't have spotting the months they had their BFPs. Mine is yucky and brown and often has tiny pieces of dried blood so it just seems like I'm losing lining and it cant possibly be a BFP cycle. So depressing.

Almosthere: what is BCPS? Also, I noticed in your signature that you have only been ttcing 10 months. I'm just curious what made you decide to go to IVF so quickly. I have been thinking the same, though it is just my first month of clomid/IUI and 7th month of ttc. My insurance covers though, so I thought maybe after 2 more clomid cycles I would try it. But, I then get worried until the spotting is resolved even that won't work. Curious to hear of your experiences and how you came to this decision.

My apologies if I am hijacking the thread, or asking too many questions. I am just so worried about this and worried bfp will never happen for me because of the spotting.

 

[Jellycat]

Welcome Hope

Mrspttc - good luck for your scan !

Almost there - have everything crossed for you tomorrow that things go as planned

Afm - not much to report on cd6 .

 

[expatttc]

Hi Hope, Just wanted to pop in and share my spotting story with you. I had been a spotter for years after going off the pill. Once we started to TTC, I thought that it was the reason that a baby wouldn't 'stick', as I had a chemical pregnancy (where you get a + test but it then goes away). I had progesterone levels and everything checked out, as did DH, and no reason was found for my spotting.

However, the specialist that I saw was GREAT and he prescribed me clomid (though I knew that I was ovulating) and duphaston (a progesterone supplement). While on my first cycle of these two combined, I got my bfp, and I stayed on the progesterone supp. until the end of my first trimester to make sure that my body kicked in.

That all being said, I really think that what let me get pregnant and stay pregnant was me finally relaxing. AFTER that specialist appointment, DH and I had a huge long discussion (tears, frustrations out in the open) on how we were feeling about TTC, and we decided that if our first clomid cycle didn't work, we would stop and take it easy for a while. After that night, I was so much more relaxed than I had been since we were TTC, with the thought of not having to take opks, or worry about drugs, and I enjoyed wine with dinner and dtd when we wanted, rather than panicking about missing a day. Like MrsPTTC, I think it was this calm that let our bfp happen.
In any case, welcome to the thread, and ask as many questions as you want!! We all have

 

[almosthere]

Hope-BCP means birth control pills. And now your q about IVF! I am very shocked I am about to delve into IVF so early and so young. As I wrote in my journal, I never thought I would be in a FS (fertility specialist) office AT ALL...let alone at young 23....but it is happening. We are doing this so early because A. we are very fortunate to have done tests early (all my tests are clear, it is DH whose tests are abnormal and not clear at all unfortunately). Because of DH's mix of poor sperm count and poor mobility, we have no choice according to the FS but to go right to IVF....IUI is what I was expecting, but it does not provide us the assistance we need. I am shocked myself that this is all happening, but taking it with a grain of salt. We could wait to start if we wanted....but insurance covers IVF 80% which is fantastic, and I just know in my heart that this is the right choice...and call it intuition...it is weird because I told DH before TTC...(you know, when you have to bug your spouse to start?? hehe) So I did this and one of the reasons I told him we should start early, is because you never know if something may be wrong-fertility wise. I think I have had this feeling/intuition before even starting that we were going to be having trouble. Lastly, it has been very, VERY emotional for myself, and now DH too. I know there are woman who have been trying for several years, and I know I just cannot emotionally hold out that long. If results came back normal with DH of course I would wait even up to 2 years-but that is not the case and we are so ready to build a family now! =)