i am planning to go ahead and start.... who knows how long it will take. i know with the ovulation test you have to have a stronger line then the test line and if it is fainter then it is a neg. those things are so confusing. i had to do a lot of reading on them and still don't think i got it all!! hahaha what are you planning on doing about ttc again?? you sound about like me with the spotting. i think it was your period or maybe it is trying to start. once you go to the dr. and get the levels checked you will have a better understanding maybe of what is going on.
I was supposed to be 8w3d but the ultrasound showed I was 7w6d.
It sounds like this may be your first AF.
I started spotting last tuesday (a little over 2 weeks after i stopped spotting from my m/c) but it was weird b/c I took an ovulation test that sunday before (2 days before I started spotting) and I got a faint line, so I thought I was ovulating, but then I started spotting on tuesday with bad cramping and it lasted for 1 week exactly. That is why I'm really confused as to if this was my first AF or not. I want to call my doctor but I am getting my hcg levels checked friday so I'll wait for those results. If they are back down to 0 then maybe it was my 1st AF.
Good luck to you! If you don't mind me asking, are you going to ttc again right away or do you plan on waiting?
it was about a month after d&c that i spotted pink. i haven't gotten my levels checked because the dr. didn't order it to be checked. the only thing i did was to take a hpt to see if i was showing +. i knew i was not preggo because we were using condoms and didn't have any accidents. just went to the bathroom and i am having heavier spotting now so maybe this is my period coming and it just took a week or so to really start. i have read that some women have spotting during ovulation and maybe that is were i was getting the spotting the first time. i have been having cramping the past few days that are more like af cramps. i have been having "cramps" since the d&c, i say "cramps" because i am not sure if they were really cramps or i was just paranoid. but the past few days have been cramps like i am used to like i am going to start. i really feel like who know what in the world is goin on with my body. i did go to a site and download an ovulation tracker and put in my last date of cycle before i got pregnant and it showed that i should be starting around saturday so maybe my cycle has fallen back on track. if you don't mind me asking how far along were you before mc?
How long after your D&C did you spot pink for a couple of days? I am asking b/c I am sort of in the same situation as you and I'm wondering if it was my period. I had natural m/c on Nov 9 and stopped spotting mid Dec, at that time my hcg was 87. Then 2 weeks later started spotting brown again for exactly 1 week with cramping. Not sure if this was my period or not. I am going friday for my last hcg level to determine if my levels are back to normal.
Sorry, I'm not sure how to answer your question, b/c I have the same questions myself. I have heard that your first AF after m/c can be extremely light, or it can be extremely heavy and painful. Have you had your hcg levels check recently? Do you know if they are back down to <5?