https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 26 May 2026 16:14:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/af-at-4-dpo-hpt-too-soon-confused#post-55945 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:55:15 +0000 MrsLilybugg 55945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: thank you! I am going to start temping. Hopefully i can get a handle on this soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/af-at-4-dpo-hpt-too-soon-confused#post-55869 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:27:08 +0000 pastemoo 55869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Temp, and wait to talk to your doctor. Temperature can be very helpful in figuring out what's happening in your cycle and it's easy if you set a daily alarm and keep a clock by your bed side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/af-at-4-dpo-hpt-too-soon-confused#post-55850 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:59:03 +0000 MrsLilybugg 55850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>you're absolutely right. I am going to take a step back and stop making myself crazy with this. I keep staring at the calendar and counting out between cycles, as if that is going to solve anything or change things, ha! plan of action: getting my butt to the gym RIGHT NOW to have a nice jog and cleanse my mind.<br /> thanks junebugmama! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/af-at-4-dpo-hpt-too-soon-confused#post-55848 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:58:08 +0000 winniebee 55848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds like the nurse doesn't really understand the issue currently. I'd wait to talk to your doctor. From what I understand, sometimes spotting after ovulation but before your period can be an issue (lots of times it is a progesterone deficiency, which can be resolved). Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/af-at-4-dpo-hpt-too-soon-confused#post-55846 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:51:03 +0000 junebugmama 55846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you're having bleeding and not just spotting then there sounds like an issue. You wouldn't be fully bleeding with ovulation. Your LP sounds too short, but it doesn't make sense if you're then getting a real period based on the timing of a normal LP????? I think speculating will probably do you no good. I would just wait for your doctor, make sure you ask lots of questions, and that they do lots of tests/monitoring to figure out what's going on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/af-at-4-dpo-hpt-too-soon-confused#post-55810 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:04:26 +0000 MrsLilybugg 55810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sorry this is so long. I am so confused! This is our third 'cycle' TTC (I am gauging this on how many times I have had a positive OPK), and so far, it looks like ovulation is taking place CD 12 or 13 of every cycle. My concern is that I experience bleeding a few days after a positive OPK that lasts about a week, and again another cycle of bleeding within the next week. I can’t get a handle on understanding my cycles. I think they are happening too frequently. </p> <p>For example: Day one of AF was December 30. Very heavy, lasted 8 days. Positive OPK January 11, CD 13. Four days later, on January 14, I have started bleeding again. I finally called my doctor’s office, and the nurse told me that it was my period, and that women get their periods within a week of an LH surge. She also had me take an HPT this morning, at 9 dpo. I thought we were supposed to wait two weeks past ovulation to test (TWW?), and that you are supposed to test when AF is late. AF seems too early to me. I am very confused. It was a BFN, by the way.</p> <p> I did set up an appointment, but it’s not until Jan 30 and wanted insight before then. So far my guesses are that I have either a short luteal phase (explaining “AF” so frequently), or that the mid-cycle bleeding is ovulation bleeding, or that I have low progesterone levels. Thanks for listening. </p>