Posts by analoghawk0

Rebecca Vaughn7 said:No, spotting right before a period isn't ovulation. I get spotting during ovulation too (around day 11 or 12 for me), then I have 7 to 10 dry days, then the spotting returns a few days before my actual period—clearly my progesterone levels are failing me—and finally, the real thing arrives. All in all, I end up having 13 days in a month where I'm not bleeding at all.🙂

Everything makes sense now! Based on your previous post, I thought you meant you were spotting right before your period due to ovulation, so the timing just didn't add up to me.

Oof, so you're basically spotting all the time then! 😢

Rebecca Vaughn7 said:That might just be ovulation spotting. It happens either when the follicle ruptures during ovulation or because of that sudden spike and drop in estrogen—nobody really knows for sure. It happens to me almost every month, usually a few days before my period. But if your cycles are irregular or you ovulate early, it could definitely be implantation... I've never been pregnant, so the women who have actually dealt with implantation will probably know better than me.

Fingers crossed for you!!!!!😍

Wait, I think I totally misread the situation here... 🤔
You mentioned that this bleeding happens to you every single time right before your period starts.
If that's the case, it can't be ovulation spotting, since ovulation typically happens about two weeks before your period arrives.

Sarah Adams3 said:Ladies, I have a quick question for you all... my last period started on September 23rd, and we had intercourse during what I thought were my fertile days.
It's already day 41 and my period still hasn't arrived... I actually took a pregnancy test a couple of days ago, but it came back negative—that's three tests in a row now.
I'm just wondering if those were truly my fertile days; I felt like my ovulation was spot on, but now I'm completely confused... I haven't had any PMS symptoms at all, and I don't even have that feeling like my period is about to start.
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Sarah, did you track your basal body temperature or use LH ovulation strips? If your cycles were irregular before you were on birth control, it’s pretty tough to rely on just calculating fertile days right after stopping the pill.

Here’s my own situation this month: I took three tests—11 days post-ovulation (I know, I was being impatient! 😁), then 13 DPO, and then 15 DPO. All of them came back negative. Today, at 16 DPO, my basal temperature is still high, and I still haven't started my period, even though my luteal phase is usually exactly 14 days. I went to get my blood drawn for a beta HCG test, and it came back at 6.6 mIU/ml (anything under 5 means no pregnancy). But it's still too low for home tests to pick up, since they usually need at least 25 mIU/ml to react. Since that level is so low this many days after ovulation, I'm guessing it might have been a chemical pregnancy, so I'm just hoping my period arrives within a week. I'm not feeling any PMS or pregnancy signs either...

If you are 100% sure about when you ovulated, my best advice is to go get a blood test to check your beta HCG levels. That will give you a definitive answer on whether you're pregnant or not.