Question about AF and BBT? - Trying to Conceive (TTC) Message Board

tami52100 · 12-22-2006, 04:50 AM

Ok ladies I have a question, I have been BBT since July and my coverline is always 97.3. I had a strange AF this month the day it started my temp dropped to 97.7 for cd 1 and cd2 I didn't have heavy bleeding just bad cramps I think both days I changed tampons every 6 hours because I am use to thinking I am going to bleed to death but not this time it was redish brown blood the first day and red blood and like one or two clots on the second then days 3,4,5 was just reddish brown spotting not really enough for a tampon maybe a panty liner. on them days my temps dropped to 97.2,97.3,97.2 now my temps are going back up cd 6 97.4 I slept past my alarm on cd7 and 8 but cd 9 97.5 cd 10 97.6. I am just confused can my coverline change or should it stay the same as it has been since July? When I went to my RE I expressed my concern with the light AF and he wasn't concerned at all he said it I had bleeding then it was AF and it didn't matter how many days or how light it was.I just know it is not like me to have a light AF mine is bad enough I have almost been put in the hospital due to heavy bleeding, large clots and sever cramps. Maybe you ladies can help here are a few of my temps for the last few days
LAST CYCLE
cd 29 98.4
cd 30 98.6
cd 31 98.4
CD 1 97.7 light bleeding reddish brown bad cramps
CD 2 97.7 light bleeding more reddish in the morning a couple clost but
turned reddish brown by that night
CD 3 97.2 reddish /brownish spotting
CD 4 97.2 reddish /brownish spotting
Cd 5 97.3 brownish spotting
CD 6 97.4
CD 7 and 8 skipped
CD 9 97.5
Cd 10 97.6
Maybe someone can make sense of this and tell me something I might of just had a strange periond and it is normal for my temps to be doing this changing.
Thanks for all the help.

vigette · 12-22-2006, 08:20 AM

Tami, I am not sure???? But I would probably take a test to ease my mind!!!!!!

browneyed-babe · 12-22-2006, 08:53 AM

It looks to me like af due to the fact that your temps dropped on the 1st day and continued to drop - this is typical with af - or a miscarriage. If you were pregnant your temps would not drop but stay elevated or even increase. Coverlines can change from month to month they are not always consistant - the same with temps - don't look for actual temps but rather the ups and downs of the temps.

The fact that your period is totally different is a little perplexing though as it is unusual for you but since you have already seen your doctor and he didn't see a problem with it then I wouldn't worry about it. Do a pregnancy test anyways to ease your mind - get a blood test one done from a clinic to rule out pregnancy.

tami52100 · 12-22-2006, 09:37 AM

Thanks for the replys. I knew it looked liked normal Af when my temps dropped and kept on dropping I know I'm not preg.I have given up on that hope.I was just alittle concerned with my temps going back up so soon because it hasn't done this any of the other months and the really light AF if I would not of been cramping so bad I would of never knew she showed up. This month I could of got away with a panty liner the whole time.That is what I am so concerned about because it is so not like me. I know Dh was asking questions he noticed the lack of tampon wrappers in the trash.( he pays more attention than I knew.He says he has to it is he sign to stay away.LOL)

OH on the dr not being concerned he hasn't really been concerned the whole time that is why we are considering changing dr's he put me on stronger meds for my prolactin levels without even getting the results of my bloodwork normal levels is 2.8 mine before he increased it was 0.08 and after it was 0.02 then didn't call and tell me to stop taken the meds waited 6wks til I came back.UH

sorry I amjust venting away here. He told me that if you have any bleeding then that is considered AF and you are not preg. I have read so much on here where women have some bleeding like normal AF and turn out to be Preg.

Is it possible to O this soon after AF? my stomach is crampy today like I might start again or like I am O'ing.
Thanks for the help ladies.