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Hi. I, also, have a question, and d*** long one. :-) I would really appreciate an answer, and in advance, thank you for it -- or, at least, for wading through the question to begin with.
I am hugely olgomenorrhic. As in, if (minus birthcontrol) I have a period three - four times a year, I already consider myself lucky (or unlucky, as the case may be, because it's always, 7 days long, very heavy, clotty, crampy, and painful). I had gone to the gynecologist with it, and he told me not to worry about it. I simply have a hormonal deficiency, and that I ought to be on birth control if I wanted to have the period, and just go ahead and try to conceve normally when I was ready to. If that didn't work, and he didn't suspect it would, we would try the fertility treatments.
That had been a few years back, and for a while I was on a pill (Tri-Ortho). Only, I wasn't s_xually active, and I hated the weight gain and depressiony feeling of it all, so, I simply discountinued it while my irregular periods eventurally returned to their 3/4 times a year "schedule". Though I don't really have any other symptoms than a LOT of hair on my feet and 5 or 6, but very visible ones on my chin (which may just be genetic, because my dad is very hairy :-)), I personally think I might have PCOS.
I am 5'9", was about 40 pounds overweight, but recently lost 16 of them, I am excercising, eating right, and my general pract_tioner says I am in very good health. Another gynecologist gave me a pelvic exam about a 7 months back, and I, also, checked out just fine.
Which brings me back to now. I had been on and off the patch for about a year for my long-distance, but when we we see each other, very s_xually active relationship. We decided to discontinue the patch (and any means of birth control) because we had gotten engaged and are going to be getting married and moving in together this fall. Last time I wore a patch had been end of last March (and even before had been sporadic, because I knew exactly when we would see each other, so I timed the patch to a week before that date).
And finally, last time we made love was everyday June 29th through July 2, and then again on July 6th. Before I saw him, since being off the patch, I had had no bleeding at all, but I did break out (couple of zits) maybe 3 weeks before (which I never do unless SOMETHING natural happens with my cycle).
So, then, on July 5th, I had a very pre-menstrual, crampy feeling, frequent, slightly crampy urination (I had never had a UTI before, so, maybe that was what it was) - but very little came out, and some bloating. On the morning of 6th, urination again, cramps, and very light pink bleeding on tp. I used a pad. Nothing, but very light spotting just on the tp, clean pad, and very mucusy cervical fluid. On the 6th evening, we made love again. On the 7th and 8th, more of the same -- cramps, abundant cevical discarge, streaks of pink and a couple of tiny brown clumps on tp, nothing on the pad. Nothing whatever on the 9th, and on the evening of 10th, again, just a pink streak on tp and one tiny brown clump among the mucosy v____al discharge. Since then, nothing but constant cramps, lower back pain, thigh and leg pain, constant bloating, mild constipation, still a lot of cervical discharge, though not as much and it is completely clear, slight every-morning headaches (I usually have migraines, especially, since having been on the patch, but once I got off it, not that many until now), fatigue, a bit of insomnia (never had it before), elevated blood pressure and pulse (maybe, just excitement?), temperature of about 99.7 to 100 even in the evenings (recently started checking BBT, and for three days in the row, between 97.9 and 98.2, which is a bit high for me, I think), frequent (but less so) and a lot more abundant urination (completely pain-free now). If I am starting to feel quesy when I wake up, I keep thinking it might be just me trying to convince myself I am. My b___bs (36DD in the normal run of things) don't feel any bigger or more tender, and they never do for menses, eight, so, they might just not be sensitive to changes?), but there might be a bit more bluish capillaries on the surface of them and nipples may look just a tad more prominent. Is that the sign? Or does the veining need to be bigger -- as in, real veins, not capillaries showing up? Oh, and on the 6th, there was odd smell to my discharge, said my fiance, but I don't think it's there anymore. Could that have been a years infection on top of everything?
So, I had taken 4 preg tests (last was 3 days ago, which might have still be too soon if that bleeding was ovulation bleeding, and not an implantation one), all negative. I had set up an apt with my obgyn, but she is out of town until august 7th, and it's not really an emergency, so, I am effectively stuck.
So, what do you all think? Implantation bleeding? Wouldn't it have been too soon for that? Ovulation bleeding? I never had one before, but maybe? And what did that last streak was about on the 10th? Could that have been the implantation one? If you have implantation bleeding, is it ever THAT quick and light? Oh, and wondering, mom's pregnancy with me hadn't been caught until she was 4.5 months along (she kept thinking it was cancer that was making her feel so bad). Does difficult pregnancy detection run in families?
That's it. Shutting up! Honest! Looking forward to your all's input.
Sincerely,
Lisa.
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