Way TMI- but I'd rather this makes sense and I know other people have been there-
I'm not temping b/c DS (2.5yrs) is nursing/nightweaning and my sleep is so erratic that my temps aren't reliable, but going by the other signs, esp. CM, I o'd on Feb. 3rd. We dtd twice that day and once the day before. I've only had 4-5 cycles since getting af back after my son's birth, but they've all been really, really heavy with intense cramping, and pretty much on time. I've always had very regular, fairly heavy cycles in the past, too. (Lots of clotting, fill the divacup within just a little while)
Anyway, I've been convincing myself on and off since then that I'm pregnant. My nipples are usually pretty insensitive, and for the past week, when my son latches on it's taken my breath away.
Last night, 9 days PO, I noticed some light bleeding- not enough to even need a pantyliner, where usually my period comes on hard right away. (I've been a little constipated and it started after I strained on the toilet, which may explain it's fresh color if I do turn out to be pregnant?) I didn't use anything all night, but had light bleeding whenever I'd wipe- sometimes pink, sometimes red, but never clotty. In the shower I noticed that it has stretchy mucus in it. It seems heavier and redder than most implantation spotting descriptions, though the time is right for that. It also seems like what women describe as very light periods, which I've definitely never had before. I didn't have this spotting with DS, who was a complete surprise. All that's shown up on the pantyliner in the past four hours is a pink smear. I've got mild cramping, which is just sort of a nuisance, and mild nausea, which could be nerves b/c I'd love to learn that I've been right all along! But I'm surrounded by pregnant women and birth work and my mind has been known to play tricks... And it could be that return of AF is irregular, since DS is still nursing?
Anyone experience something like this? I'd appreciate any stories in either direction- I won't test yet, I'd rather wait than get a false neg. Thanks-- any feedback helps way more than just trying to wait it out!
