Nurse was soooo mean... :-(
Just to update on the history -
Had mc on 9th June, bled on and off for almost 14 days. I then had 18 days of no bleeding at all and then last Thurs I started spotting. On Thurs, Fri and Sat morning there was bright red blood when I wiped but it was literally just 4 occasions over 3 days and that was it! The rest of the day it was the teeniest bit of brown. So probably no more than about 1/4 of a teaspoon!
As I am going to start being tested for pcos and didn't want to risk missing what could be a rate chance to have the tests I arranged to have my bloods done today. I know I haven't ovulated since mc and when I mentioned it to the nurse she was really mean and said it can't have been af as you can't have one without oving. But surely this can't be right??? I thought it was quite common to not ov the first cycle after mc? I thought this might be why the bleed was so so light.
What do you think? MC was 32 days before this bleed so timing wise it sounds about right but can it be af it is was such a tiny amount of bleeding?
x
Had mc on 9th June, bled on and off for almost 14 days. I then had 18 days of no bleeding at all and then last Thurs I started spotting. On Thurs, Fri and Sat morning there was bright red blood when I wiped but it was literally just 4 occasions over 3 days and that was it! The rest of the day it was the teeniest bit of brown. So probably no more than about 1/4 of a teaspoon!
As I am going to start being tested for pcos and didn't want to risk missing what could be a rate chance to have the tests I arranged to have my bloods done today. I know I haven't ovulated since mc and when I mentioned it to the nurse she was really mean and said it can't have been af as you can't have one without oving. But surely this can't be right??? I thought it was quite common to not ov the first cycle after mc? I thought this might be why the bleed was so so light.
What do you think? MC was 32 days before this bleed so timing wise it sounds about right but can it be af it is was such a tiny amount of bleeding?
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I'd heard the same that sometimes you don't ovulate first af after mc and i'm sure that there are women on here who have afs but don't ovulate. am i wrong??
there was no need for her to be so mean. what is wrong with some people? did she have any ideas what it was if it wasn't af?
xxx
I havent ovulated since I came off the pill in May 2007 and my cycles have been mostly regular tho I dont bleed as much as before I went on the pill (I used to hav VV heavy af for 7 days) and I only bleed for 2 days....so you dont need to ovulate to hav af!
They shouldnt assume you know all there is to know that wasnt fair!!
Try googleing it and see what you can find, but Im fairly sure you can have af without ov.
((((hugs)))) x
A period or menstruation is the bleeding that occurs about 12 to 16 days after ovulation or the release of an egg. If ovulation does not occur, no egg is released, and hence technically there should be no bleeding at all. This is known as anovulation. In women where ovulation fails to occur because of an anovulatory disorder, bleeding can occur nevertheless. This is known as anovulatory bleeding and is not a normal menstrual period.
There is a huge difference between cycles in which the woman ovulates but does not get her period, and one in which she gets her period but does not ovulate. In the former case, the woman is almost certainly pregnant. In the latter case, she has had an anovulatory cycle.
If you do not chart your ovulation and have an anovulatory disorder, then you may assume that you are menstruating normally when anovulatory bleeding occurs during your cycle. This anovulatory bleeding occurs when estrogen production continues to develop in the uterine lining without reaching the threshold necessary to trigger ovulation. In such a case, either of the following two things may happen, both leading to what appears to be a menstrual period but is really not one.
Hope you get youre cycle back to normal soon x
cos i was on so heavy it was unreal and its says it can be like that either that or really light. i was really light for a few days then unbearably heavy.
i wish they'd invent something like the monitor which can tell if you did actually ovulate after picking up the lh surge.
hope you ok.
big hugs, speak soon xxx
I was pretty sure you could have af without having ov - which is why I argued with the nurse!!! She must have hated me.
But you know when you start to doubt things - I so wanted reassurance that it probably was af I had and she just made me feel rubbish. I'm definitely not seeing that nurse again.
I guess there is no way of knowing if that definitely was af, esp as it was SOOO light. Just hope the blood tests show something and I can start to get sorted. Not seeing gp until next Thurs even though results should be back by Monday
If it wasn't af then who know what's going on...!