Spotting week before AF every month - anyone else?

[_Nell]

MrsPttc - great news about your appointment and the timing sounds good with your holiday - nice to have a good break and rest before embarking on treatment You sound very relaxed with your cycle, FX for a good strong O for you.

Lizc123 - I get crampy with my spotting and like you just feel i know it comes from the uterus (there's too much of mine for it to come from the cervix tbh).
I'm sorry you're having a tough time with the BD timing and pressure All I can suggest is just not telling DH when the right time is at all and just mutually agreeing to BDing alternate days (where possible). We used to BD every day around fertile time and have given up this last cycle, alternate days is so much more enjoyable tbh.

daydream - Good luck with the IUI, sounds like you have a great plan. I do think you need to 'feel' ivf is right, so think you're good to go with the IUI.....in a way like MrsHY you need to almost be excited about the prospect of IVF to get you through it!

dreaminghopin - 34 is good, it's only under 30 that can be an issue.....although I understand why you would worry about it since you miscarried I've taken cyclogest before so if you have any Q's ask away

Soili / Ginny/ almost / MrsHY/ Happyshopper - Hi

AFM: So back to my original thinking that my spotting has naff all to do with progesterone Heavy brown spotting arrived this morning, so combined with my progesterone draw from yesterday I'm guessing i'm about 6 or 7dpo. Have a rotten UTI to boot

 

[ginny83]

Does anyone mind having a look at my chart - a bit worried that my temps are low? I know it's just my first month temping, just want to see what other's think

 

[almosthere]

Does anyone mind having a look at my chart - a bit worried that my temps are low? I know it's just my first month temping, just want to see what other's think

your post ov temps do seem low but I think it still looks like you od. Just relax and see what happens. Everyone's body is different which can mean dif temps depending on the person.

 

[yum]

hi !

nell- sorry abt the awful spotting ! my prog was 26 but in us measure..i too had little uti last weekend & lots of cranberry juice helped i guess ! gl with fet in march !

mrsp- u sound relaxed & gud news abt ur appnmt...have a great holiday..little J here

redhead & ginny - omg ! my spotting is xactly like urs..started wen i went off bcp 5 ys ago..before bcp had spotting 4r 1 day( little beige) 4r 8 mnths ! my flow is now reduced to 1 heavy & 1 medium with spotting again 4r a week or 10 days

lilmiss- welcome ! sorry abt spotting b100 did nothing for me either xcept 4r gud af flow.

mrshy- gl with the ivf !

daydream - sorry abt the iui bust with all the changes in ur lifestyle & iui, hope u get bfp this cycle !

gl to all those in tww & fingers crossed !

to everyone else !

 

[MrsPTTC]

Thank you ladies! I am pretty relaxed I think I may have already ov'd but I had a tiny bit ewcm before so who knows! I think I'll leave it to CD32 to test as my cycles vary so much & it was long last month.

Sorry about the spotting Nell .

Ginny your chart looks fine, as long as you've got a shift!

Yum, how's you?

x

 

[ginny83]

thanks ladies for commenting on my chart - it actually went up a bit today

I tested this morning and got an evap line - it was a super faint line and I think it was only there when i held it up to the light in a certain way.

Let's see what tomorrow brings

 

[_Nell]

Ginny - good luck, your chart looks good to me

Yum - how are you? good to hear from you? Your progesterone sounds great too. I read you got your amh tested - what level was it? My AF is just like yours, short and pretty light in total.

MrsPttc - that must be frustrating with varying cycle lengths - has that stayed the same even with the clomid?

 

[MrsPTTC]

Ooh Ginny, its still very early so hopefully its the start of a BFP!!

Nell, the clomid gradually shortened my cycle to 26 days (which is just ridiculous when previously 32-34) but then last cycle it was 32. I've still got a 12 day LP so as I think I ovulated in the last few days I'm sure I'll have a shorter cycle this month. But will TRY (not promise lol) not to test until AF is late...there's a first for everything x

 

[_Nell]

But will TRY (not promise lol) not to test until AF is late...there's a first for everything x

I say that every cycle, then I just get to the point where i'd rather just know. I have no patience.......maybe this is my lifes lesson in patience!

 

[mindyloo]

Hi Ladies,

I am new to B&B but not new to TTC! Hubby and I been trying for 15 months been to see loads of specialists and finally had all tests back (including hubby's love juice!) and all OK. Apart from my progesterone which was 27, this is borderline they like to see at least 30 and my specialist told me he would like to see between 40-80. He said it is the difference between trying to grow something in the sahara desert instead of a rice field! quite nicely put i think. Anyway i also used to have bleeding anywhere between 7 and 2 days before period, my specialist has just told me why and its my progesterone. Apparently its a tell tale sign of a hormone problem, this i never knew and will explain why some months it is more than others.

He has put me on Clomid 50mg, first month and so far so good. Lets see if this works

Baby dust to you all and good luck xx

 

[_Nell]

Hi Mindyloo - so the clomid fixed your spotting just like that? a few of us haven't been so lucky, bit if it has worked for you that's brilliant

 

[curiouscat6]

I just wanted to chime in here to give you ladies some good cheer. Like most of you, I started spotting (brown then gradually to red) 4 to 5 days post ovulation. My husband and I tried for over a year to have a baby. I tried everything--taking vitamin B6, eating tons of Goji berries, cutting out caffeine and sugar--but nothing helped so then I went to see an RE.

After one cycle of Gonal-F injects with an IUI, I'm now pregnant with twins. I was found to have a glitch in my egg ripening process. Many of us who spot have a small glitch in the way our eggs prep for ovulation. My advice to you all: If you've been spotting don't despair--but don't waste precious time either. Go to a reproductive endocrinologist and get checked out. And don't be afraid of IUIs or IVF. The IUI was painless and well worth it. I wish all of you the best and just wanted to share my story to let you know it's still very possible for all of you to succeed. You just need to be proactive.

 

[MrsPTTC]

Welcome mindyloo Welcome to BnB! I'm on clomid too, hope it works for you!

Curiouscat! Huge congrats hun! And twinnies too! I thought you'd been MIA a while. How far along are you? What is gonal-f hun? Did you still spot your BFP cycle? Bring on my IUI!

x

 

[daydream]

Thanks curiouscat, congratulations on your twins!! did you still spot on your BFP cycle?

 

[daydream]

haha MrsP - like minds

 

[Jellycat]

curiouscat - fantastic news!

AFM - finally AF arrived last week but only with slight spotting 2 days before so nothing like normal. Got ultrasound results and been diagnosed with PCOS explaining my irregular and sometimes anovulatory cycles. Been told to lose weight and be given meds in 10 months to help alleviate symptoms if haven't fallen pregnant

 

[ginny83]

Jellycat - at least you have some answers now. How come they want you to wait 10 months before giving you meds? Is POCS something that can be controlled by weight?

AFM- tested again this morning and got a very clear BFN. I think i'm only going to test now on the Tuesday when AF is due.

 

[Soili]

Hi guys! I posted a question about collecting SA sample on LTTTC https://www.babyandbump.com/problem...ecting-sa-sample-need-help-your-partners.html I'd love some tips, if you have any

SA is scheduled on Monday, that's CD13, so we might miss a chance to BD on time completely this cycle. I would at least like to know it wasn't pointless...

 

[_Nell]

curious - that's amazing news, congratulations - see those lone 2 follies you were worried about were just perfect!!!

so what was the glitch, do you know? was it your lh surge or something?

yay for a BFP on this thread and you had low amh too didn't you hun?

MrsPttc - I *think* curious got her BFP somewhere around Christmas time. Gonal F is an injectible form of FSH to boost your own production and help you produce more/better follicles. Usually on stiumlated cycles you don't spot like normal because the meds take over your cycle and force all your hormones to be 'right'

 

[MrsHY]

Congrats Curious!
I shall be on gonal F during the stimming part of my IVF but the objective there is to get me to produce as many eggs as possible! Can I ask - did you have your progesterone tested 7dpo/chart or anything? Were the eggs actually being released? How did they diagnose the egg ripening thing? Sorry for all the questions, and I don't think it will affect the decision we've made to progress with the IVF, just makes me wonder if IUI could have been an option for us too!
Hello to everyone else. Apologies for the super quick post - will catch up with everyone properly again soon x