not to be read while having your supper

[4getmenot]

Ok so from previous osts most of you know me and my bloke are trying for a baby. I have had various tests and last time I went to docs he sugested that I have another blood test but at 21 days in my cycle. Not great as I dont have a regular cycle. He said as soon as I start period to book test 21 days from then. The thing is I thought I had started Saturday night as had brown cervical mucus, but then nothing till Sunday night, when had kind of tinged stringy mucus. Lastnight nothing and even managed to have a bit of jiggy. lol. Then today a few strands of brown mucus again. So do I count 21 days from Saturday, is this even a period??
Redcrx this must be so nice to read ha ha

[annadomino]

Do we need to know this ?

[RATTER15]

annadomino, the question is in "pregnancy" thats the way conversations go here sometimes!

You didnt have to read it.

and as for the answer, How am I supposed to know, im a fella!!

[starone]

Perhaps you are pregnant already and this is just a last period. Have you done a test?

[Mamyalynne]

Is that the way your periods normally start? if yes, then count the days from there. However if this is different then may be better to wait.

[4getmenot]

annadomino its a way of life. I did warn you.

[ummmm]

What are your periods usually like?

[venator]

If you don't like this kind of stuff, you should try being married to a midwife.

After a night in theatre, or with a really dodgy patient, she unloads some really gruesome stuff over our morning tea & toast.

[4getmenot]

light, heavy, different every time.

[ummmm]

Do they start off with brown blood?

Brown blood is usually old blood.

[Sqad]

No you don't starting counting at all yet......it is 21 days from YOUR NORMAL period and that wasn't by any definition a normal period.....even for you.

I rather fancy Starbuck's answer.

[rowanwitch]

Doesn't sound like a period agree it might be worth doing a test just in case if this is abnormal for you

[ummmm]

I would do a test as well. Brown blood is very common in early pregnancy.

Don't get your hopes up though. It can also happen for no reason at all.

[4getmenot]

ive done tests negative. Just wanted to know when to count from. Its all so confusing.

[venator]

Mrs V says you're probably doing tests, but if not, agrees you should.

[ummmm]

Like Sqad said. It doesn't actually sound like a period. I would count from the day you have fresh blood.

[rowanwitch]

Run a set of dates from first show but be ready to recount if a proper bleed starts you could ask your doc for advice he might suggest you wait for your next proper bleed

[Sqad]

We have ALL told her to wait for her next "proper bleed"

[4getmenot]

then what was it? Any ideas. I have some small cysts. And my last period was 8 weeks prior to it

[ummmm]

It sounds like old blood. It happens sometimes. I used to get it mid cycle. Docs said it's just one of those things.

[Sqad]

What is it?.......could be normal physiological mucous or you could have a cervical erosion........only your Obstetrician could tell you.

You aint pregnant and it aint a period....that's all you need to know at this stage.