Extremely confused...IB or early AF?

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Registered: 03-11-2005
Extremely confused...IB or early AF?
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Tue, 10-21-2008 - 1:51pm
Ok, I have no idea what to think here b/c I never had IB with my DS who is now 6. Yesterday (Monday) when I went to the bathroom after I woke up, sorry TMI, there was some pinkish orang on the TP. So I thought, ok, AF is a few days early. Then when I went again a couple hours later I swear I felt like it AF started full board, but there was this (TMI again) dark brown stringy discharge on my underwear. I have never ever had that before! Now I have had nothing since. Every time I go to the bathroom I expect to see AF starting but...nothing, I'm so confused! Now for the numbers lol! This is cycle 5. BD on CD 6 and 18. Today is CD 26. My cycles are usually 28-30 days long, 30 being rare. So technically those days of BD should be way off I would think. Is it possible to O late and but still get AF on schedule? I'm thinking my cycles don't follow the 14 days before AF is due is O date rule. I have no clue, any insight would be greatly appreciated! I'm also suppose to go for my annual exam tomorrow and I don't know if I should be going or rescheduling. lol! TIA ~Amy

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Registered: 09-27-2008
Tue, 10-21-2008 - 2:19pm

Do you chart?

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Registered: 08-15-2008
Tue, 10-21-2008 - 2:29pm

Hmmm...I'll tell you my experience with TTC#2 (so far).

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Registered: 03-11-2005
Tue, 10-21-2008 - 2:36pm
So if stress delays the actual ovulation, that would push the start of AF back? I have been under extreme stress this month, but no matter how hard I've tried the timing of around the 14 days before the next AF in any other month, I haven't gotten pregnant yet. With this late spotting or whatever it is, it actually did make me consider that maybe I "O" way later than I thought. I do chart a little bit, just when I have AF and we BD though. I know I should start BBT or else I'll never for sure when I "O" lol! I dunno, I just don't like this not knowing lol! I'm trying very hard not to get my hopes up though cuz the negative tests really stink! Although I didn't really know about the whole luteal phase thing so thank you very much for explaining that! ~Amy
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Registered: 03-31-2003
Tue, 10-21-2008 - 5:00pm

The thing is, you need to either temp or use OPKs so that you know when you O. That way you can know if your luteal phase is too short or what's going on with your cycle. If I hadn't been using OPKs to track ovulation, I would have never realized that my luteal phase was too short and the doctors would never have let me schedule a fertility consult after only TTC for 5 months (there are other issues at play with me, but the short LP was the biggy.)


Also, you can spot before AF and it could be normal breakthrough bleeding, it could mean AF is coming, it could mean early m/c, or it could mean pregnancy. Sucks, doesn't it? LOL. I had spotting from 4 dpo to 7 dpo. Then I thought I had a period on 9 dpo to 11/12 dpo. Then on a whim I tested at 14 dpo and got a positive. I'll know if the pregnancy is viable tomorrow when I go for my second blood test, but for now my hcg is at 150. So you just never know what the heck bleeding means until it's all said and done! (And you might never know or you might know after an ultrasound ... I bled from week 7 to week 11 with my son's pregnancy and it was due to a sub chronic hemorrage. The doctor saw it coming and warned me, but still did regular ultrasounds every week to reassure me.


Good luck!!!


Camille

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Registered: 10-27-2005
Tue, 10-21-2008 - 7:38pm

Amy -

if you O late, then AF would come late. However long your LP is, it will alwasy be that many days after ovulation.

this sounds a lot like the stringy brown mucuy IB i had for my first pregnancy - it came at 12-13 dpo, very late (apparently the egg doesnt always implant right away, it is usually 7-10 days, but was later in my case obviously.)

i got my BFP 2 days later, i hope that helps!!!



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