Ok I have a three year old daughter and we are trying for number 2!!!!
I have had spotting (Dark Brown) only when I wipe (is that considered spotting?) since Friday. Last night I had Bright Red (only when wiping) one time and then today dark brown again...... Thoughts on if this is implantation bleeding or start of period??? I am on cycle day 22 today if that makes a difference.
Implantation bleeding is rare and can only be confirmed in hindsight.
Me: 28 DH: 29 Married: August 2014 TTC #1 Since March 2015 Diagnosed with PCOS March 2016 SA results normal April 2016 3 rounds clomid + trigger + TI = BFN 3 rounds clomid + trigger + IUI = BFN Uterine polyp removed July 2017 Round 1 IVF January 2018
CD doesn't really matter without knowing when you ovulated and what your LP typcially is.
Spotting can be for a number of reasons. Implantation bleeding is 1) very rare and 2) can only be confirmed in hindsight. All you can do is wait and test if AF doesn't show up.
Mama to two perfect little girls. Lucy 07-13-11 Violet 03-13-14 Conceived #3 since September 2015 11-25-15 twelve week loss 07-21-16 ten week loss 10-03-16 5 week loss TTC again soon!
Ok I have a three year old daughter and we are trying for number 2!!!!
I have had spotting (Dark Brown) only when I wipe (is that considered spotting?) since Friday. Last night I had Bright Red (only when wiping) one time and then today dark brown again...... Thoughts on if this is implantation bleeding or start of period??? I am on cycle day 22 today if that makes a difference.
OP, we really can't tell if you are pregnant. Honestly, getting excited about IB is like this:
Oh good, I wanted to edit my last poem to make it better but apparently you can't do that on closed threads.
Sometimes I spot before my period. Sometimes I spot after my period. Sometimes I spot for no reason at all, sometimes I do not spot at all. Sometimes I spot sitting on a train, sometimes I spot flying in a plane.
Assuming you aren't temping or being ultrasounded- it means nothing, Jon Snow.
To me, it kind of sounds like you're starting your period or you O'd later than usual. I had spotting around my O date accompanied by mittelschmerz cramps. But like everyone else said, if you're trying to know if you're pregnant, then the only way to know is to test...
I'm tempted to join in the snarking but just for the sake of being informative: IB is rare, but more importantly it's usually not bright red or dark brown when it does happen. HTH.
Ok I have a three year old daughter and we are trying for number 2!!!!
I have had spotting (Dark Brown) only when I wipe (is that considered spotting?) since Friday. Last night I had Bright Red (only when wiping) one time and then today dark brown again...... Thoughts on if this is implantation bleeding or start of period??? I am on cycle day 22 today if that makes a difference.
*lurking*
Let me get out my goggles. Wait, nope... I can't see inside your uterus.
Please read the newbie threads pinned to the top, join TWW and WTO, start charting with a bbt and fertility friend and read/follow TOU including not asking the community if we (Internet Strangers) think you may be pregnant.
Wow thanks for all the support guys..... thought this was meant to be a community. Most of what was said could have been said a lot nicer. Guess I will find a more supportive community to be a part of. I wasn't asking if I was pregnant it was just a question about spotting that I have been wondering about for a while.
Wow thanks for all the support guys..... thought this was meant to be a community. Most of what was said could have been said a lot nicer. Guess I will find a more supportive community to be a part of. I wasn't asking if I was pregnant it was just a question about spotting that I have been wondering about for a while.
Wow thanks for all the support guys..... thought this was meant to be a community. Most of what was said could have been said a lot nicer. Guess I will find a more supportive community to be a part of. I wasn't asking if I was pregnant it was just a question about spotting that I have been wondering about for a while.
You asked "implantation bleeding or spotting". In other words, "the pregnancy thing or the non-pregnancy thing". AKA "am I pregnant or not?"
It would have also been nicer if you lurked and took the time to understand the community before posting and getting your nose bent out of shape.
Me: 30 DH: 32 ~~ TTC #1: Sep 2015 ~~ BFP: Mar 2016 ~~ Daughter: Nov 2016 TTC #2: April 2018 ~~ BFP: May 2018 ~~ EDD: January 2019
Wow thanks for all the support guys..... thought this was meant to be a community. Most of what was said could have been said a lot nicer. Guess I will find a more supportive community to be a part of. I wasn't asking if I was pregnant it was just a question about spotting that I have been wondering about for a while.
Just so you know OP luteal phase spotting is negatively predictive of pregnancy. Also, studies have never been able to show that implantation is capable of causing spotting/bleeding. Basically, while a woman may have some luteal phase spotting and end up being pregnant it's highly unlikely that it was "implantation spotting." There is no evidence to show that "implantation spotting" is anything more than a myth born of wishful thinking. No pun intended.
ETA: If you wanted it to sound like an innocent question about luteal phase spotting and not a version of "am I pregnant?" you may should have phrased it more like "I was just wondering if anyone knows what the most common causes are of luteal phase spotting. I've been having some spotting and I'm just wondering why. Does anyone know if this is due to low progesterone or some other problem?" Or you know pretty much any phrases that doesn't, as @MrsDho pointed out, basically boil down to "Hey guys do you think I'm having the pregnancy thing or the not pregnancy thing?"
Me: 28 Husband: 31 TTC#1: January 2015- September 2016 Infertility, Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Rainbow baby born June 6, 2017 ❤️
Wow thanks for all the support guys..... thought this was meant to be a community. Most of what was said could have been said a lot nicer. Guess I will find a more supportive community to be a part of. I wasn't asking if I was pregnant it was just a question about spotting that I have been wondering about for a while.
I've found this community to be exceptionally supportive through the trials and tribulations related to TTC, especially when it comes to issues like IF or loss.
Where's your support? Have you joined in the community to collaborate, or are you just using us for your personal google? Stick around and you'll learn a lot. This kind of thing happens A LOT (you would know that if you lurked) so we tend to have a little fun at the poster's expense. It's nothing personal.
OP, this community was an amazing resource for me while TTC. They really helped me through some tough months. I made sure to contribute to the community and get to know many of them. (even though in a weird, internet stranger kind of way.) I offered support on the daily threads. I asked random questions not by starting my own discussion, but in those daily threads, where there is a specific spot for questions just like yours. If you stick around for a bit, and see how these things actually work, you may find that these ladies have a lot of knowledge they would like to share. They're awesome.
Congrats on making the big decision to try for # 2! That is so exciting!
I know you know this already, but there is no way to know if this is IB or your period aside from waiting to take an HPT. I think the part to focus on is whether or not this is even close to the norm for your cycles. If it isn't, then there is a chance it could mean something since you are actively TTC. It could also just be a weird cycle. I am an every 32 days girl like clockwork. I know when I ovulate and it is pretty much always right smack in the middle of my cycle. I have never started my period more than a couple days early (at the most) so spotting 10 days before my period would definitely make me wonder and give me some hope that maybe this is the month.
Hope this helps even just a little. Best of luck with your TTC #2 journey!
Sorry @chrissy&chase4ever, but that's just bad advice. Spotting can mean any number of things, and it can mean nothing at all. And it doesn't matter whether a symptom is "even close to the norm" or as far away from the "norm" as it could possibly be, because symptoms and cycles fluctuate when they feel like it, regardless of how regular a cycle had previously been. The variables are practically endless.
I've decided to come back and offer real experience...
This last cycle was the first time I've had cycle breakthrough. It came exactly one week after ovulation. Sure, it crossed my mind that it could be IB.... But I waited. I didn't ask an Internet forum what they thought.
Update: I got my period. And ended up passing a golf ball sized clot.
So, obviously I'm totes prego.
Edited because words.
Mama to two perfect little girls. Lucy 07-13-11 Violet 03-13-14 Conceived #3 since September 2015 11-25-15 twelve week loss 07-21-16 ten week loss 10-03-16 5 week loss TTC again soon!
Icsrva - Actually, everything I said was true and it wasn't advice. It was my perspective. I said it could mean something. Could being the operative word here. I also said it could just be a weird cycle and the only way to know anything for sure is to take an HPT. I am pretty sure I am a woman and understand very well how the female reproductive system works and that there are many variables when it comes to a woman's cycle. All I was saying is something far from your norm is something to pay attention to... That is how you become familiar with your body. It seems you are just here to troll and argue because, if you weren't, you would have just offered your opinion directly to the OP and not directed your comment towards me. The OP came here for other's opinions and support. That's all we can offer since none of us really know. I am sure she is smart enough to know that's all we are offering. We are not doctors. Sorry, but get out of here if the only thing you can offer is negativity. No one has time for that.
Icsrva - Actually, everything I said was true and it wasn't advice. It was my perspective. I said it could mean something. Could being the operative word here. I also said it could just be a weird cycle and the only way to know anything for sure is to take an HPT. I am pretty sure I am a woman and understand very well how the female reproductive system works and that there are many variables when it comes to a woman's cycle. All I was saying is something far from your norm is something to pay attention to... That is how you become familiar with your body. It seems you are just here to troll and argue because, if you weren't, you would have just offered your opinion directly to the OP and not directed your comment towards me. The OP came here for other's opinions and support. That's all we can offer since none of us really know. I am sure she is smart enough to know that's all we are offering. We are not doctors. Sorry, but get out of here if the only thing you can offer is negativity. No one has time for that.
Icsrva - Actually, everything I said was true and it wasn't advice. It was my perspective. I said it could mean something. Could being the operative word here. I also said it could just be a weird cycle and the only way to know anything for sure is to take an HPT. I am pretty sure I am a woman and understand very well how the female reproductive system works and that there are many variables when it comes to a woman's cycle. All I was saying is something far from your norm is something to pay attention to... That is how you become familiar with your body. It seems you are just here to troll and argue because, if you weren't, you would have just offered your opinion directly to the OP and not directed your comment towards me. The OP came here for other's opinions and support. That's all we can offer since none of us really know. I am sure she is smart enough to know that's all we are offering. We are not doctors. Sorry, but get out of here if the only thing you can offer is negativity. No one has time for that.
QFP
@lcsrva is a daily contributor to this community, and is definitely not a troll.
Me: 28 | DH: 31 Together since 2006 | Married May 2015 TTC #1 since November 2015 BFP 5/17/16 | EDD 1/27/17 | Born 2/4/17
Icsrva - Actually, everything I said was true and it wasn't advice. It was my perspective. I said it could mean something. Could being the operative word here. I also said it could just be a weird cycle and the only way to know anything for sure is to take an HPT. I am pretty sure I am a woman and understand very well how the female reproductive system works and that there are many variables when it comes to a woman's cycle. All I was saying is something far from your norm is something to pay attention to... That is how you become familiar with your body. It seems you are just here to troll and argue because, if you weren't, you would have just offered your opinion directly to the OP and not directed your comment towards me. The OP came here for other's opinions and support. That's all we can offer since none of us really know. I am sure she is smart enough to know that's all we are offering. We are not doctors. Sorry, but get out of here if the only thing you can offer is negativity. No one has time for that.
Me: 30 DH: 32 ~~ TTC #1: Sep 2015 ~~ BFP: Mar 2016 ~~ Daughter: Nov 2016 TTC #2: April 2018 ~~ BFP: May 2018 ~~ EDD: January 2019
Icsrva - Actually, everything I said was true and it wasn't advice. It was my perspective. I said it could mean something. Could being the operative word here. I also said it could just be a weird cycle and the only way to know anything for sure is to take an HPT. I am pretty sure I am a woman and understand very well how the female reproductive system works and that there are many variables when it comes to a woman's cycle. All I was saying is something far from your norm is something to pay attention to... That is how you become familiar with your body. It seems you are just here to troll and argue because, if you weren't, you would have just offered your opinion directly to the OP and not directed your comment towards me. The OP came here for other's opinions and support. That's all we can offer since none of us really know. I am sure she is smart enough to know that's all we are offering. We are not doctors. Sorry, but get out of here if the only thing you can offer is negativity. No one has time for that.
DS: June 2008 Married: July 2015 BFP: 5/20/16 | EDD: 1/28/17 | Twin boys born 1/16/17
Icsrva - Actually, everything I said was true and it wasn't advice. It was my perspective. I said it could mean something. Could being the operative word here. I also said it could just be a weird cycle and the only way to know anything for sure is to take an HPT. I am pretty sure I am a woman and understand very well how the female reproductive system works and that there are many variables when it comes to a woman's cycle. All I was saying is something far from your norm is something to pay attention to... That is how you become familiar with your body. It seems you are just here to troll and argue because, if you weren't, you would have just offered your opinion directly to the OP and not directed your comment towards me. The OP came here for other's opinions and support. That's all we can offer since none of us really know. I am sure she is smart enough to know that's all we are offering. We are not doctors. Sorry, but get out of here if the only thing you can offer is negativity. No one has time for that.
Aandplusalso, as PP said, @lcsrva is a regular poster here and member of this community. You, on the other hand...
Icsrva - Actually, everything I said was true and it wasn't advice. It was my perspective. I said it could mean something. Could being the operative word here. I also said it could just be a weird cycle and the only way to know anything for sure is to take an HPT. I am pretty sure I am a woman and understand very well how the female reproductive system works and that there are many variables when it comes to a woman's cycle. All I was saying is something far from your norm is something to pay attention to... That is how you become familiar with your body. It seems you are just here to troll and argue because, if you weren't, you would have just offered your opinion directly to the OP and not directed your comment towards me. The OP came here for other's opinions and support. That's all we can offer since none of us really know. I am sure she is smart enough to know that's all we are offering. We are not doctors. Sorry, but get out of here if the only thing you can offer is negativity. No one has time for that.
QBF
Nope, nope, nope, you don't get to have a "perspective" on something that's a matter of fact. To bastardize a quote by the great Neil Degrasse Tyson, that's the great thing about facts. They're true whether you believe them or not.
I have offered support and companionship and gifs to this community every single day for almost five months. And you just like... casually pop in here to white knight some speshul snowflake who played fast and loose with the TOU in her post? Pretty sure you're unclear on the meaning of the word "troll."
Icsrva - Actually, everything I said was true and it wasn't advice. It was my perspective. I said it could mean something. Could being the operative word here. I also said it could just be a weird cycle and the only way to know anything for sure is to take an HPT. I am pretty sure I am a woman and understand very well how the female reproductive system works and that there are many variables when it comes to a woman's cycle. All I was saying is something far from your norm is something to pay attention to... That is how you become familiar with your body. It seems you are just here to troll and argue because, if you weren't, you would have just offered your opinion directly to the OP and not directed your comment towards me. The OP came here for other's opinions and support. That's all we can offer since none of us really know. I am sure she is smart enough to know that's all we are offering. We are not doctors. Sorry, but get out of here if the only thing you can offer is negativity. No one has time for that.
Icsrva - Actually, everything I said was true and it wasn't advice. It was my perspective. I said it could mean something. Could being the operative word here. I also said it could just be a weird cycle and the only way to know anything for sure is to take an HPT. I am pretty sure I am a woman and understand very well how the female reproductive system works and that there are many variables when it comes to a woman's cycle. All I was saying is something far from your norm is something to pay attention to... That is how you become familiar with your body. It seems you are just here to troll and argue because, if you weren't, you would have just offered your opinion directly to the OP and not directed your comment towards me. The OP came here for other's opinions and support. That's all we can offer since none of us really know. I am sure she is smart enough to know that's all we are offering. We are not doctors. Sorry, but get out of here if the only thing you can offer is negativity. No one has time for that.
QBF
Nope, nope, nope, you don't get to have a "perspective" on something that's a matter of fact. To bastardize a quote by the great Neil Degrasse Tyson, that's the great thing about facts. They're true whether you believe them or not.
I have offered support and companionship and gifs to this community every single day for almost five months. And you just like... casually pop in here to white knight some speshul snowflake who played fast and loose with the TOU in her post? Pretty sure you're unclear on the meaning of the word "troll."
Update: I got my period. And ended up passing a gold ball sized clot.
Dammit I thought I caught that before anyone else did.
Gold ball is way cooler. Think I could pawn it?
Mama to two perfect little girls. Lucy 07-13-11 Violet 03-13-14 Conceived #3 since September 2015 11-25-15 twelve week loss 07-21-16 ten week loss 10-03-16 5 week loss TTC again soon!
Icsrva - Actually, everything I said was true and it wasn't advice. It was my perspective. I said it could mean something. Could being the operative word here. I also said it could just be a weird cycle and the only way to know anything for sure is to take an HPT. I am pretty sure I am a woman and understand very well how the female reproductive system works and that there are many variables when it comes to a woman's cycle. All I was saying is something far from your norm is something to pay attention to... That is how you become familiar with your body. It seems you are just here to troll and argue because, if you weren't, you would have just offered your opinion directly to the OP and not directed your comment towards me. The OP came here for other's opinions and support. That's all we can offer since none of us really know. I am sure she is smart enough to know that's all we are offering. We are not doctors. Sorry, but get out of here if the only thing you can offer is negativity. No one has time for that.
Bless your heart.
I lurk. I snark. I offer sound advice if you're not BSC. You may not like me. I'm okay with it.
Answers
TTC #2: April 2018 ~~ BFP: May 2018 ~~ EDD: January 2019
Lucy 07-13-11
Violet 03-13-14
Conceived #3 since September 2015
11-25-15 twelve week loss
07-21-16 ten week loss
10-03-16 5 week loss
TTC again soon!
ntnp #2 . summer 2018
*siggy warning*
ttc#1 . jul 2015
mmc . mar 2016 | 6w2d
dx PCOS (non-IR) / subclinical hypothyroidism . summer 2016
tx metformin, levothyroxine, LP progesterone, femara + trigger + ti . fall/winter 2016
BFP! . jan 2017
DD . oct 2017
Sometimes I spot before my period. Sometimes I spot after my period. Sometimes I spot for no reason at all, sometimes I do not spot at all. Sometimes I spot sitting on a train, sometimes I spot flying in a plane.
Assuming you aren't temping or being ultrasounded- it means nothing, Jon Snow.
Let me get out my goggles. Wait, nope... I can't see inside your uterus.
Please read the newbie threads pinned to the top, join TWW and WTO, start charting with a bbt and fertility friend and read/follow TOU including not asking the community if we (Internet Strangers) think you may be pregnant.
It would have also been nicer if you lurked and took the time to understand the community before posting and getting your nose bent out of shape.
TTC #2: April 2018 ~~ BFP: May 2018 ~~ EDD: January 2019
Married: July 2015
BFP: 5/20/16 | EDD: 1/28/17 | Twin boys born 1/16/17
ETA: If you wanted it to sound like an innocent question about luteal phase spotting and not a version of "am I pregnant?" you may should have phrased it more like "I was just wondering if anyone knows what the most common causes are of luteal phase spotting. I've been having some spotting and I'm just wondering why. Does anyone know if this is due to low progesterone or some other problem?" Or you know pretty much any phrases that doesn't, as @MrsDho pointed out, basically boil down to "Hey guys do you think I'm having the pregnancy thing or the not pregnancy thing?"
TTC#1: January 2015- September 2016
Infertility, Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Rainbow baby born June 6, 2017 ❤️
Baby #2 due June 12, 2018
Where's your support? Have you joined in the community to collaborate, or are you just using us for your personal google? Stick around and you'll learn a lot. This kind of thing happens A LOT (you would know that if you lurked) so we tend to have a little fun at the poster's expense. It's nothing personal.
Your contributions will be greatly missed.
Actual members of this community know not to start their own thread asking if they're totez preggly...
OP, this community was an amazing resource for me while TTC. They really helped me through some tough months. I made sure to contribute to the community and get to know many of them. (even though in a weird, internet stranger kind of way.) I offered support on the daily threads. I asked random questions not by starting my own discussion, but in those daily threads, where there is a specific spot for questions just like yours. If you stick around for a bit, and see how these things actually work, you may find that these ladies have a lot of knowledge they would like to share. They're awesome.
This last cycle was the first time I've had cycle breakthrough. It came exactly one week after ovulation. Sure, it crossed my mind that it could be IB.... But I waited. I didn't ask an Internet forum what they thought.
Update: I got my period. And ended up passing a golf ball sized clot.
So, obviously I'm totes prego.
Edited because words.
Lucy 07-13-11
Violet 03-13-14
Conceived #3 since September 2015
11-25-15 twelve week loss
07-21-16 ten week loss
10-03-16 5 week loss
TTC again soon!
@lcsrva is a daily contributor to this community, and is definitely not a troll.
Me: 28 | DH: 31
Together since 2006 | Married May 2015
TTC #1 since November 2015
BFP 5/17/16 | EDD 1/27/17 | Born 2/4/17
TTC #2: April 2018 ~~ BFP: May 2018 ~~ EDD: January 2019
Married: July 2015
BFP: 5/20/16 | EDD: 1/28/17 | Twin boys born 1/16/17
Aandplusalso, as PP said, @lcsrva is a regular poster here and member of this community. You, on the other hand...
ETA: @sldp123@MissAmeliaPond @MrsDramaK @LoveIsOwlYouNeed @nwegman7878 @FinePlacentaPie awww I'm feeling the love over here
Plusandalso, what everyone else said. There are lots of trolls here, from my (albeit brief) experience here @lcsrva is not among their ranks.
TTC since January 2016
BFP - 3/12/16 - MC 4/5/16
BFP - 6/11/16
LFAF April Siggy Challenge - TV/Movie BFFS - Romy & Michele
Previously nweg...7878
Gold ball is way cooler. Think I could pawn it?
Lucy 07-13-11
Violet 03-13-14
Conceived #3 since September 2015
11-25-15 twelve week loss
07-21-16 ten week loss
10-03-16 5 week loss
TTC again soon!
I lurk. I snark. I offer sound advice if you're not BSC. You may not like me. I'm okay with it.