xp: first AF after m/c?

cg0112358

I am just wondering, for those of you who have gotten your first AF after your m/c, how did you know it was AF and not just more residual bleeding?I have been temping and FF predicted based on my temps that I O'd on CD14 (not sure this matters but added info fwiw). Anyway it is now CD24 and I just started bleeding a little bit. Unlike my previous spotting after my D&C, this is bright red. I also started having lower back pain this morning (characteristic of AF for me). Is there any for me to know for sure if this is my first AF?btw, I do know that very few people get AF this soon after their m/c, which is why I'm trying to find out if there is any way to know for sure.ETA: also having pretty strong cramping, which I didn't have with my spotting after my D&C

lavril

Mine took forever to come so I was very sure it was AF (12w).  One thing that might help is to keep checking your temp.  It should drop now that AF is here.  Or alternatively, you could take a home pregnancy test and if it's still positive, then that might mean your hcg hasn't dropped enough for it to truely be AF.   I hope she's really here for you.

P.S.  AF might be completely different for you now than prior to your m/c (cramping, heavy, lighter, etc).  It can make your cycles do really crazy things.

cg0112358

lavril:

Mine took forever to come so I was very sure it was AF (12w).  One thing that might help is to keep checking your temp.  It should drop now that AF is here.  Or alternatively, you could take a home pregnancy test and if it's still positive, then that might mean your hcg hasn't dropped enough for it to truely be AF.   I hope she's really here for you.

P.S.  AF might be completely different for you now than prior to your m/c (cramping, heavy, lighter, etc).  It can make your cycles do really crazy things.

Thank for the info...and, of course, today's the first day I forgot to temp since starting on CD9. I haven't been doing this charting stuff too long but I figure since I've got to TTA for a bit I might as well know all I can before I get the go ahead to TTC. 

ETA: I get my betas checked again this week, I may go early to see if they've dropped enough for this to count as AF. They did drop pretty quickly b/t the last two times testing so I'm hoping this is AF  

lavril

cgillan:

lavril:

Mine took forever to come so I was very sure it was AF (12w).  One thing that might help is to keep checking your temp.  It should drop now that AF is here.  Or alternatively, you could take a home pregnancy test and if it's still positive, then that might mean your hcg hasn't dropped enough for it to truely be AF.   I hope she's really here for you.

P.S.  AF might be completely different for you now than prior to your m/c (cramping, heavy, lighter, etc).  It can make your cycles do really crazy things.

Thank for the info...and, of course, today's the first day I forgot to temp since starting on CD9. I haven't been doing this charting stuff too long but I figure since I've got to TTA for a bit I might as well know all I can before I get the go ahead to TTC. 

ETA: I get my betas checked again this week, I may go early to see if they've dropped enough for this to count as AF. They did drop pretty quickly b/t the last two times testing so I'm hoping this is AF  

Isn't that the way it always goes!  You don't temp one day and that's the one day you really want it, lol.  The next couple days will be fine to temp though   That's good that they were so low last check!  FX it really is it!

lilyaster

Mine came less than 4 weeks after my m/c began.  It was clear it was AF, because I had had about 2 weeks of no spotting or bleeding after the m/c, and a lot of EWCM.  Then heavy bleeding began with AF and it was pretty typical of my normal periods, but a little heavier and longer. 

SouthernBellaKS

I continued to bleed/spot for two weeks after my D&C, and then it went away. It was probably a full other month before AF came to visit, so there was no way it could have been from the m/c.

orangegoggles

The light spotting I was experiencing stopped after 2 weeks and then I got my period about 2 weeks later. It was clear it was AF because I also had a lot of AF symptoms. It sounds like you do too....hope this is her!

briast20

AF first arrived 27 days after my D&C.  I just assumed that's what it was.  I would say that if you counted the day you MC'd (or the day of your D&C, whichever) as CD1, if it's now CD24, it's probably AF.  I don't think 24 days is too soon.  Just my guess though. 

FX, I hope it's AF for you.

peloquinJ

Although most signs point to this being AF, I wanted to point out that if this is AF that you would have O'd when your Beta was over 100. While I guess this is not impossible, I think it is pretty rare. For the record I did have cramping with my post D&C bleeding, although typically post D&C bleeding ends within 2 weeks. I guess what I am trying to say is it is a conundrum to me. Either way though it the bleeding should help your levels go down if they aren't already. Also if your levels are to negative in less than 4 weeks since the D&C you will be the fastest I have ever seen a person with molar pregnancy get down.

cg0112358

peloquinJ:

Although most signs point to this being AF, I wanted to point out that if this is AF that you would have O'd when your Beta was over 100. While I guess this is not impossible, I think it is pretty rare. For the record I did have cramping with my post D&C bleeding, although typically post D&C bleeding ends within 2 weeks. I guess what I am trying to say is it is a conundrum to me. Either way though it the bleeding should help your levels go down if they aren't already. Also if your levels are to negative in less than 4 weeks since the D&C you will be the fastest I have ever seen a person with molar pregnancy get down.

yeah, I'm just not sure. I do know that my levels have dropped to 32 since 9/30 the date of my D&C but my missed m/c was 9/14 ago so it is likely that my levels were dropping long before my D&C.

Regarding my possible O, it could simply be that taking my temp a little earlier that day resulted in a low temp that wouldn't have occurred otherwise...I'm not sure. I do plan to ask my OB when I see him again.

I do know that so far, just in the past few hours, I've bled more than I did during the spotting that I've had since my D&C combined so I sure hope it is AF. 

ETA: I also just thought that I should ask my OB what my HCG levels were at my D&C, assuming they checked them at that point.