Spotting week before AF every month - anyone else?

[Soili]

MrsPTTC, what a bummer!! Sucks that as soon as you start thinking things are improving, something like that gets thrown at you.

I know it's better to just assume that you're out and move on to the next cycle. I don't believe anymore in staying optimistic when you're so sure you're out. The way I see it, at that point, there's nothing that can be done with optimism only And if by any chance I end up with a wrong gut feeling, then so much better for me

What's the plan next, hun??

Me here, still waiting to ovulate, CD15 today. I hoped that Met+diet would do some wonders this cycle. Well, they better hurry, if they're still up for a wonder! Overall, I'm starting to feel a bit indifferent about the whole thing. Maybe because my next FS app. is in a month, and I'm kinda leaving it to professionals to make me pregnant.

 

[MrsHY]

Hello all!
Wow it's been busy on here
TTC Spotting - Am thinking of you and keeping everything crossed that you get to see your bean soon
Nell - I'm so sorry you're having such a shit time. Didn't you use progesterone before, on one of your non-IVF cycles, and that kept the spotting away? Are you tempted to switch clinics for a second opinon? Oh, and I realise that this comes from a woman who has bought an artificial insemination kit when she has a perfectly functioning husband, but BACK AWAY from the Chinese herbs/acu/electro thingie. Or at least don't spend a total fortune on them. I'm convinced most of this stuff is to prey on vulnerable women (slopes off to book a reflexology session...have never been great at taking my own advice...)
Dreaminhopin - Good Luck! Wouldn't it be great if you had an 'ironic' BFP just before seeing your gynae?
ExpatTTC - Good luck to you too!
Chloe - I'm waiting too and it's SOOOO painful! My ovulations have varied from cd17 to cd24 on Clomid (at different doses). It sucks!
Jellycat - Good luck, let us know what they say after the u/s
MrsP - BOO to AF! So sorry hon. Maybe your body missed the, ahem, part of your husband that wasn't needed this cycle?!

AFM, bleurgh! Cd18 today and not a jot of EWCM, nada. No trace of a line on my OPK let alone a smiley. Have had one late O on Clomid (cd24) so I reckon this is another one. Oh well. SWI has been suspended until my lines start to darken (I usually have 24hrs warning before a smiley)/EWCM happens. I just couldn't do it to my poor husband! May resume tonight but not sure it's worth it.

Saw a friend last night who has been trying since early 2010 and is now 3 months pregnant - I was expecting her to tell me about months and months of failed attempts but actually it was months and months of not ovulating but just waiting it out, then after 2 months of injectables (so two ovulations) she got pregnant and it stuck. I'm over the moon for her but can't help thinking that she's a bit of a cheat for it happening so quickly! I know that's mean but I can't help it. Sigh.

REALLY looking forward to my IVF consult on the 16th. Am just hoping we can start more or less straight away - I need something else to look forward to!

 

[Soili]

Guys, I thought I'd pop up again to share some good news. I got my positive OPK!! Only CD15 today, VERY early for me! It's not the earliest it ever happened, I had one on CD11 once (still don't know how on Earth did that happen), but aside from that one glitch, it's the earliest for me! The previous one was CD22 and one before that CD17 and before that there was a year with no ovulation. So it would appear that Metformin and weight loss are actually doing something!

 

[dreaminghopin]

Mrs PTTC you are so right about 2 ww forum but I just can’t help myself. Anymore spotting today? Sending you lots of hugs.

Thanks MrsHY must admit that particular thought has crossed my mind but reality always sets in. Hope you ovulate soon and who knows you may be preggo when you visit your IV consultant. We BD so much in the run up to ovulation that we missed out BD day after which I always like to do to cover all bases. I think your right to only start BD when ovulation is near (despite guidelines etc).

Woo hoo Soili that’s great news  happy BD

 

[TTC SPOTTING]

Thank you for all your thoughts. Its been a tough week and I just want to see my little bean. I feel like this is the worst week wait ever( Still spotting brown a bit every morning on the subway. NYC is not a fun place to be pregnant!!

Girls, I know its hard to keep your heads up when you start spotting, but seriously, you are SO NOT OUT!!!! I ovulated on January 11th and on January 16th I had my normal, brown, crampy, (even a bit red) spotting. It lasted from the 16th to the 21st. I got my BFP on the 27th. So please try to be optimistic, I know its hard, trust me. The only symptom I had was weird burping while I was spotting. Ill be checking in. XOXO.

 

[_Nell]

Soili -hooray for postiive OPK, your cycles sound so much better now, you must be v pleased?

TTC spotting - hope you get to see you little bean soon hun x

MrsHY - I feel much like you do re alternative therapies tbh, in fact i think a whole heap of all this ttc stuff is targetting vulnerable women....but i have nothing western left to try for my thin lining so i'm 'open' to giving acu another go and the herbs are packetted up and seem harmless enough, i have nothing to lose right now (just cash!). Re my IVF's, yep have had 2nd and 3rd opinions and moved clinics, no one has much to say other than premature ageing of my uterus possibly restricting blood flow hence me trying massage, acu etc. persistently thin lining is just rare it seems

MrsPttc, sorry the spotting found you and you think your LP will be short, it doesn't sound like the clomid has done much to help you if it's shortening your LP? Hope you're wrong of course and this is IB after all.

 

[_Nell]

MrsHy - sorry yes the progesterone crinone stopped my spotting or at least until about 10dpo which is more normal, but that won't help me get pg as i don't have low progesterone anyway.... i'm still not sure if it stopped it anyway or just 'clogged' me up tbh so it didn't make it to a liner.

I'm so angry all these GP.s say spotting isn't important. it blatantly is otherwise more people of this thread would be falling pg faster surely?

Anyhow, i stopped my provera yesterday and the witch arrived, onwards to a new cycle

 

[MrsPTTC]

Thank you ladies . The spotting is lighter now & just there when I wipe, I really thought AF was coming as it was bloody this morning. I 'think' I am 7 or 8dpo today though could be 9, & I was expecting Saturday or Sunday. We'll see... To top it off though TMI ALERT, I'm really sore down below, I hope its not thrush, urghh.

Mrshy yes maybe my follies wanted some lurve action & they're playing hard to get! .

Soili, yay for early +opk!

X

 

[Soili]

MrsPTTC, I girl I know here on the forum who got bright red blood IB at 7DPO and BFP 2 days later! And then some more spotting later on. And she's not a regular spotter. Not to raise your hopes too high, but it does happen like that too

 

[MrsPTTC]

MrsPttc, sorry the spotting found you and you think your LP will be short, it doesn't sound like the clomid has done much to help you if it's shortening your LP? Hope you're wrong of course and this is IB after all.

Yeah I know I think my LP is worse since starting clomid.But if you remember my FS seemed to count the LP differently to me, my first cycle follicle tracking he reckoned it was 14 days & I thought 12, I count from the day after ovulation to the day before AF, I'm sure that's right? x

 

[MrsPTTC]

Thanks soili! There's always hope!!! x

 

[Soili]

I kinda have this feeling that your immaculate conception idea should be productive... we'll see!

 

[_Nell]

But if you remember my FS seemed to count the LP differently to me, my first cycle follicle tracking he reckoned it was 14 days & I thought 12, I count from the day after ovulation to the day before AF, I'm sure that's right? x

I count the same as you do

 

[Jellycat]

Soili congrats on your +OPK

Mrspttc - fingers crossed its not AF arriving

Nell - really hoping this next cycle is the one for you

Afm - went for my scan and left feeling absolutely deflated and emotional. They barely said anything to me just kept pointing at the screen and nodding to each other . I was asked if I'd been referred to a specialist and had I had my hormones checked. Booked an appointment for next Wednesday morning to go through my results. I just felt upset and not sure why , I suppose it's the realisation that things are going to be difficult TTC and worried that they can't or won't help.

 

[expatttc]

Jellycat - I can't believe they were that rude to not tell you what was going on during your scan! Things can be stressful enough; I guess we're just lucky when we have people around us who understand the emotions that come with these things. It's not like the treatment is for something like a sprained wrist -- this is about fertility! Those that don't really listen to women coming in with these concerns...well, I can only be sad for them that they really don't understand what an important role they could play in our journeys.
Right - sorry for that rant. It's just so frustrating to track everything, spend time every day understanding our own bodies, but then having to place our trust in someone else to help us out. Maybe I need to read more positive stories of awesome doctors I'm SURE they're out there!

 

[Soili]

Jellycat, you see, hun, I'm not surprised at all. At my first FS app there were two doctors. One older and another I assumed an intern. The intern did the scan, she had the screen tilted her way and during the whole time she was ONLY talking to the doctor. It went something like that "Yeah, the right ovary appear polycystic... The left one... as well, obviously." And when they went into calculating my BMI, they were discussing between one another if I'm supposed to be considered obese or just overweight. How lovely, isn't it??

It wasn't any better when I was going to a private doctor. She simply wouldn't say ANYTHING, because there was no one else there for her to talk to (obviously I don't count as a person and someone interested in hearing stuff about my health ).

I'm used to that already and it doesn't surprise me one bit. It's not to say there are no doctors out there that TALK and tell you things and discuss options with you. But the majority is the "do not worry, all cool, just take those pills and you'll be plenty pregnant in no time" kind They must think it's the kind of answer most people are looking for.

Anyway, if you really wanna know things, you gotta bring a list of questions and don't be afraid to go "Why??" if they tell you something that doesn't make sense to you or if you don't understand it.

I hope you get some answers next Wednesday!

 

[dreaminghopin]

Sorry to hear that you had a bad experience. How dare they treat you like that. So unhelpful. Hope you have a better experience next time.

I'm on a bit of a downer today. 8dpo and started spotting. This is the earliest ever. I normally don't spot until 10 or 11 dpo. Was so hopeful that vit b complex would work magic but appears to have made it worse. Has this happened to anyone else taking vit b?

 

[MrsPTTC]

Aw sorry dreaminghopin it looks like we're both in same boat, I'm between 8-10 dpo too. I took vit b complex 2 cycles ago & for half of last cycle & wouldn't say it made it worse x

AFM, stabbing pains on my right side of my abdomen today & bbs usually tender by now but they're not. Spotting is barely there. Hoping it is good news x

 

[MrsPTTC]

Just spotted my ticker, 17 months today x

 

[dreaminghopin]

Aw sorry dreaminghopin it looks like we're both in same boat, I'm between 8-10 dpo too. I took vit b complex 2 cycles ago & for half of last cycle & wouldn't say it made it worse x

AFM, stabbing pains on my right side of my abdomen today & bbs usually tender by now but they're not. Spotting is barely there. Hoping it is good news x

Sounding positive I so hope this is your month x