Hello ladies.
I've been wanting to write my story for a while since I know there could be others out there like me.
I'm 32 / H is 37
We decided we were going to try at the beginning of 2014 so we went right for the serious stuff. Ovulation sticks, you name it.
Months went by and nothing was happening. Now, mind you, I'm a chronic spotter. I would start spotting 3,4,5 DPO!!! and it wouldn't stop until a full blown period. This would happen every single month. I'm very regular (cycle is 27 days in average). I also have a thyroid condition which has been properly managed since I was 16. But of course, this added to my paranoia. After several months doing the deed with nothing happening, I kept googling "BFP with spotting" in the hopes I could find encouragement.
I also did some preliminary blood tests and they came out fine.
At one point, I grew so desperate I began the SMEP process, I added Preseed AND on the final month, I started taking Vitamin B6 as I read it helped with spotting.
Nothing before 6DPO
6DPO saw orange/pink blood that resembled breakthrough (I'm thinking implantation! but this has happened so many times I don't even think about it)
7DPO nothing
8DPO another breakthrough of pinkish/orange blood (weird!)
9DPO a bit of spotting, almost nothing
10DPO more pinkish blood
11DPO nothing
12DPO I stay up until the wee hours of the morning googling spotting like EVERY month. Decided to take a late night test. FAINT POSITIVE
13DPO STRONGER BFP!
I've never read anything like this on any forum so maybe it will help someone.
I must say, I usually spot dark brown (for the most part) with a few reds here are there. This time it was mostly pink/red.
I also kept spotting for weeks after my BPF (mostly brown and stringy) and was put on threatened miscarriage. My uterus was bloody inside, according to the ultrasound. I just stopped spotting at about 4.5 weeks of pregnancy and everything looks fine.
I'm seven weeks pregnant now and hoping for a sticky bean.
Good luck, spotters. There is hope!
