WTH? Pain, short Luteal, short AF...?

Osteoblastic

Hi all!

I'm a pretty religious BBTer, but yet again, for the second full cycle of temping, I failed to take my temp on O day (we were at a cabin, left thermometer at home!). OPK was negative the 11th and the evening of the 13th. So I'm not sure which exact day O was. BUT, the 13th and 14th there was extreme pain after BD. I called Dr Tuesday morning, got scheduled for an ultrasound on the 21st (haven't got results yet... urgh!). The 13th I had all my other symptoms of O day: headache, nausea, cramping, etc. So I'm guessing Sunday was O day.

Anyway, my temps started to dropped, as you can see. So I'm thinking, here comes AF. And sure enough, that day I had some pink and brown blood, barely enough to show on a pantyliner but enough to show when wiping. And yesterday, lots of dark red when wiping all day but not enough to fill a tampon (sorry if tmi!). I put it as "spotting" so it would be on one chart, but it was more than spotting. Definite cramping both days. BUT, this would have made my luteal phase 7-9 days, when last time it was 11. That seems pretty short.

So I'm thinking for sure I'm out, and maybe now I have to worry about a short luteal phase on top of everything else. BUT, today, it's all gone. Barely a few pink spots when wiping, and no cramps. AND my temp was 98.08, and it's never over 97.7 outside of luteal phase. And I've been a bit sick, but I never get a fever on BBT when sick. So... after maybe 7 days, I get noticeable bleeding but not enough for a pad, and it's gone in 2 days then temp goes up again? I think it was too heavy for implantation bleeding, plus my temps were falling over three days before going back up. That doesn't sound like an implantation dip to me.

I guess I'm not even looking for answers, I'll wait and see what my BBT does the next day or two. But this is so weird it's driving me crazy. I'm not even sure if I have started a new cycle or not! Does this sound familiar to anyone else here?

Osteoblastic

Well, my temp this morning went back down to 97.56, and there's some more spotting. POAS and it was negative. No idea what my body's doing, but it ain't pregnant

riveridgional

Just wanted to say sorry you are going through this. My body had weird, early spottig this cycle after my most promising pre-O monitoring. It definitely sucks and is incredibly frustrating. Hopefully you'll get some answers soon. I wound up having 5 large cysts, and I'm not sure if that caused the strange spotting. I'm planning to ask my nurse when I go back for monitoring on 10/6.

turtle148

@Osteoblastic Any results from the ultrasound? Same thing happened with mine this cycle. It was because my lining had thinned out too much. Stupid uterus why can't it just do it's job! Fx for you.