Bleeding (not spotting) at 8dpo....

[Fela]

I'm really really confused. Just got up and been to the loo and found a drop of blood. Wiped...then got bright red and a fair amount....wiped again, same, even a little clot...

I'm nearly 6 days away from af and I've never ever been early, I'm so confused!

 

[xMillie]

No idea, hopefully a good sign though? or ib? xx

 

[Fela]

I suppose we will see, I'll have to wait and see if it gets heavier or continues... I'm absolutely caught out though, I only have one towel in the house, I was planning to get some at the weekend for af coming Thursday and I've never ever been early.

Weird weird,,.

 

[xMillie]

It does seem too early! Hopefully it's not af, fingers crossed for you xx

 

[Fela]

Seems lighter now.... fx this isn't af, it does seen utterly bizarre for me to come on so early.. going to be a fun day of frequently checking in the loos at work today! Lol

At least if it is af I know that I'll not be on my period of my holiday

 

[mrs_cookie]

Fingers crossed its implantation or something. Hope its not AF,8dpo does seem early for it xx

 

[Sunflower1]

Could be implantation. I once googled implantation bleeding, and accidentally got pictures - yuck - and it did look like red bleeding. good luck! x

 

[Fela]

Well apart from that initial obviously red bleeding at 0630, it seems to have calmed down. Still getting a little in a pad but it's now fairly minimal and pink not red.

I'm trying not to get my hopes up that it's implantation, I didn't think it could be red like that which is why I was assuming the worst. It's just very unlike me to have a period early, let alone 6 days early.

Keep your fx for me...

 

[_GG_]

Well apart from that initial obviously red bleeding at 0630, it seems to have calmed down. Still getting a little in a pad but it's now fairly minimal and pink not red.

I'm trying not to get my hopes up that it's implantation, I didn't think it could be red like that which is why I was assuming the worst. It's just very unlike me to have a period early, let alone 6 days early.

Keep your fx for me...

Fx it's implantation bleeding, but do be aware that it could be a failed implantation and so an early af/chemical pregnancy. When bleeding has stopped, try doing cheap hpt and opk tests every other day. I ovulated on cd9, counting from first day of what was only spotting with my chemical 2 cycles ago. Last cycle, I ovulated on cd15 so back to normal for me. If you track both, you can at least try again as soon as you get positive opk's again.

Fx it's a sticky though xx

 

[Fela]

I don't think so GG, I think it's just failed implantation... bleeding stopped for a thrilling 3.5 hours during which I hoped it was IB, but then started again properly.

I would have been fine, disappointed but ultimately prepared to get AF on my usual day... But to get this happening 6 days early is a real kick... I've ended up coming home from work because I can't concentrate.

So, ok.... what do I need to do... Do some hpt/opk tests once the bleeding stops?

 

[Fela]

Then you read stuff like this and you wonder...just maybe.....

argh stupid body!

 

[_GG_]

I don't think so GG, I think it's just failed implantation... bleeding stopped for a thrilling 3.5 hours during which I hoped it was IB, but then started again properly.

I would have been fine, disappointed but ultimately prepared to get AF on my usual day... But to get this happening 6 days early is a real kick... I've ended up coming home from work because I can't concentrate.

So, ok.... what do I need to do... Do some hpt/opk tests once the bleeding stops?

When I had my scan on 27th July (started spotting on 25th) and wasn't due af until the 30th, they confirmed I was losing a new pregnancy, not a 7 week one, so that's how I had it confirmed that I'd caught twice. Only reason I caught the second time was I had ewcm at what would have been 5 weeks pregnant and so I got some opk's and had a smiley face. We dtd and caught. I ovulated at just cd9. This month, I seem to have returned to normal but I only know because I was keeping an eye on cm and opks.

If I had followed the instructions and started opk's at cd10 to 12 after that first loss, I would have missed my ovulation.

So, if you want to catch the next egg, I would advise starting to use opk's a few days after bleeding ends but I would do occasionally hpt's for the next two weeks as well, unless you ovulate, just in case you're still pregnant.

Trust your instinct though. I knew and wrote on here that I believed I'd conceived and lost twice and it was good to have the scan confirm that. I now trust myself to read my body and listen to it.

Best of luck to you xx

 

[Fela]

Thanks GG. I'll get some fresh CB opks.

And I guess we will just dtd every other day once the bleeding stops too. I think I just need to put on my big girl pants and get on with it.

How did you go about getting a scan to confirm this was a pregnancy loss? I'm assuming it actually is a loss as it just makes no sense for it to be AF. But I have no way of knowing for sure, I don't know how I'd be able to get a scan....

 

[_GG_]

Thanks GG. I'll get some fresh CB opks.

And I guess we will just dtd every other day once the bleeding stops too. I think I just need to put on my big girl pants and get on with it.

How did you go about getting a scan to confirm this was a pregnancy loss? I'm assuming it actually is a loss as it just makes no sense for it to be AF. But I have no way of knowing for sure, I don't know how I'd be able to get a scan....

As soon as I read your post I felt that it was a loss. It's just so similar to mine and many others. My midwife still believed I was pregnant from cycle one but when I told her I'd had a positive opk and negative hpt, she referred me to EPU to check things out. I only spotted with both losses, no clots, never enough blood to even touch a towel so putting everything together and seeing the thickness of my uterine lining confirmed it had been two pregnancies.

 

[Fela]

Thanks for taking the time to explain to me GG...I guess I am just confused... Do I count today as CD1?

 

[_GG_]

Thanks for taking the time to explain to me GG...I guess I am just confused... Do I count today as CD1?

I count first day of bleeding as cd1, same as a normal period as it is still the shedding of the uterine lining. Xx