Ovulation spotting 5 days before O

Svenny1011

Is this possible? I had pink tinged EWCM at what appears to be O-5. Seems a bit early to be O spotting, but I have no clue. Everything I read seems to say a day or so, which to me doesn't include 5 days. I'm wondering if it was perhaps from sex the day before....we had sex early in the morning the previous day, and this pink EWCM occurred about 24hrs or more later. 

Just wondering. Some weird things happening again this cycle - later O (CD18ish) and tons of fertile CM, mostly EWCM, and for much longer. I usually have 3 days of fertile CM, and barely have any EWCM. So the spotting before O just added to the mysteries of this cycle. 

 

BlueEyedDreamer

Mid-cycle spotting can be caused by a variety of factors, including rough sex, checking CM internally, or just an off cycle. How do you know you are 5 days before O right now? What CD are you currently on?

kellyrn9956

Chart link? Maybe you ovulated earlier than you think.

Svenny1011

I am on CD22 now. No chart link - was traveling during the FW so the chart is useless. I was not totally keeping track this cucle because I knew dh and I both had work trips during my FW.

I'm chalking it up to a wonky cycle while my body gets used to the Met still. I was asking in case I did O around CD 18, which was the case last cycle. That would coincide with my CM changes too. I know that it doesn't mean I Od - totally plausible I didn't. I guess it is a "what if" question, if that makes sense.

BlueEyedDreamer

Ah...I read it as you were spotting today, which you thought was O-5. TBH, this whole post is a little confusing. Or maybe I'm just tired.

It's hard to give you much insight w/o a chart (even if the chart just shows CM/spotting/CDs). I'd just chalk it up to the sex or just a fluke thing. GL this cycle!

kellyrn9956

Svenny1011:

I am on CD22 now. No chart link - was traveling during the FW so the chart is useless. I was not totally keeping track this cucle because I knew dh and I both had work trips during my FW.

I'm chalking it up to a wonky cycle while my body gets used to the Met still. I was asking in case I did O around CD 18, which was the case last cycle. That would coincide with my CM changes too. I know that it doesn't mean I Od - totally plausible I didn't. I guess it is a "what if" question, if that makes sense.

Then O-5 could feasibly be your actual ovulation day or O-1 or O-2. I ovulate anywhere between CD10 and CD19. It is actually not very common for someone to ovulate on the exact same day every cycle. You could have ovulated early. My ovulation spotting occurs 2 days prior to actual ovulation usually, so maybe you ovulated on CD15 or 16 this month.

ETA: Just noticed your PCOS diagnosis. You are not likely to ovulate regularly on a certain cycle day.

Svenny1011

kellyrn9956:

Then O-5 could feasibly be your actual ovulation day or O-1 or O-2. I ovulate anywhere between CD10 and CD19. It is actually not very common for someone to ovulate on the exact same day every cycle. You could have ovulated early. My ovulation spotting occurs 2 days prior to actual ovulation usually, so maybe you ovulated on CD15 or 16 this month.

ETA: Just noticed your PCOS diagnosis. You are not likely to ovulate regularly on a certain cycle day.

Totally. I used to O between CD 13 and CD 15. Since Met, it keeps getting later. I have never had fertile CM after O, which is why I'm thinking CD18 could have been O this cycle - it was my last day of fertile CM. My spotting occurred on CD 13. I guess I'm just wondering if I could have spotted, gearing up to O, but then something delayed it.

Eh, whatever, further discussion is pretty much not relevant anymore with this since I conveniently didn't keep track. My brain, somewhat fried from work, was running and I figured I ask. Thanks for the insight though - it is still helpful in understanding my cycles!