[MeganMomof5]

Still spotting, cd 22 8 dpo...I tested this morning BFN...I had a period of heavier spotting, not full on blood, but darker than the pink/tan it has been...It of course stops and restarts every day, all day...It's so beyond frustrating...I'm pretty sure i'm not pregnant this cycle, so I wish that AF would just start already so I can move on...It's so depressing...I've only had a week of not spotting this whole cycle...I wasn't expecting to get pregnant the first time trying, but it's still hard not to get your hopes up and than be let down...If AF starts in the next couple of days that means i'm going to O probably around time we are on vacation, which is going to be hard because I don't want people to know we are TTC so i'm going to have to hide my monitor and opk's etc...Plus how will I temp? UGH, at least I shouldn't have AF on vacation, at least I hope not...I can't take much more of this spotting starting and stopping...I wish there was an AF dance, you know like a rain dance lol

[Brittanie]

HEY ya ya ya, HEY ya ya ya, COME on af, COME on af!

Sorry your body is playing with you honey!

[BuckeyeGal23]

Ugh, that's the worst...maybe it's IB? I mean you're only 8 dpo...

[MomtoCTSK]

LOL Brittanie! I hope it starts or one of those tests reads positive. Wrap your unmentionables around your monitor and then nobody will poke around

[MeganMomof5]

that's how I feel right now...Just when I think AF is going to start, it's gone!!! It's never even enough to get on my underwear...WTH is going on???? I took a couple more tests, both negative...I really don't think i'm pregnant, but seriously, I started spotting a week after AF, it was too soon for AF to even start and today it's like day 5 of spotting...I think it's been 2 times now where there were some streaks of blood, and that's when I thought AF was on her way the rest has been so light...If it was IB (which I don't think it was), how long would it last? Last time I had IB from 5 dpo-8 dpo (that's when I got my positive)...I think I might of had a couple days of light light spotting after, and then it stopped a couple days after i got a positive pregnancy test...Would IB even start at 3 DPO and then last till 8 DPO? I'm just so confused and frustrated and done with all this.

[ohnicole]

Hugs, Megan! Sometimes our bodies just do weird things. I have midcycle spotting sometimes for no apparent reason (before O, around O, mid-TWW, whenever) and it doesn't seem to mean anything. I would just try to take it as a neutral sign and keep an open mind about AF coming or a BFP showing up soon. (Easier said than done, I KNOW ). I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for your BFP!

As far as monitoring your cycle on vacation, I have been living at home with my parents for several months, so I know it is frustrating not to have privacy. I have taken to using a small makeup/other bag for my OPKs and some small cups for POAS. If anyone asks/notices what I'm taking into the bathroom, I say I have my period. It works!

Good luck!

[KAB]

I'm sorry that you have been spotting so much, it's really frustrating when our bodies don't work the way we would like them to. Hang in there.