Who has experience with spotting pre-AF?

Beabs · June 2010

Link to charts is below if you are interested.

I've been spotting consistently from 6-7 DPO until AF starts, with 11-12 day LPs. Dr Google suggests many things, including low progesterone levels. Has anyone experienced anything similar?

I have my yearly physical/pap scheduled for the end of August. It doesn't seem to me like this is anything that needs to get checked out sooner than that, but if you feel otherwise, I'd love to hear why.

Dee1028 · June 2010

Sometimes I have pre-AF spotting and sometimes I don't.

This probably doesn't make much sense but I will say this. Pre-m/c I spotted frequently before AF for a few days.

After my m/c I stopped using tampons because a doc told me not to use them while I was bleeding from my m/c because all of that blood needs to come out. Then I thought to myself that AF blood needs to all come out too so I just made a choice to stop using them. Ever since, I have not had any pre-AF spotting. One thing probably has nothing to do with the other but I often wonder if the spotting is the leftover old blood from the last AF.

Weird, I know.

akalutts · June 2010

That happens for me 1-2 times a year.

I have no idea what it means- unfortunately I took a little temping break and of course that's when it happened- spotting/almost light flow from 6dpo to 10dpo, 16 day LP.

With the missing temps, it's hard to be sure- the last two charts do sort of ski-jump right on down into AF. It wouldn't hurt to ask at your appt. if they will do blood work (especially if your next two charts follow the same pattern after O.)

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