I'm not sure these cycles are PP. These were when she was TTC last. packerup What are your cycles like now, while TTC this baby? Or how recently were you pregnant with your last baby?
If you're still within, I'd say a year?, of having your last kid, then I would say to expect irregular cycles. Breastfeeding messes with cycles, recent postpartum messes with cycles, each pregnancy can change cycles. It's a whole new ballgame.
You had some surprisingly short cycles (12,18), but other than that, they seem to be of pretty normal length. And if they seem to stick to a certain range, then I'd call you regular. Some doctors will call you irregular for having outside-of-textbook cycles (the number PirateCat gave you -- 25 to 35 days?), but if you're consistently getting new cycles every ##ish days with the odd outlier, how isn't that regular?
Anyhow, I don't think you're going to know if your mid-cycle spotting means anything until you've charted or otherwise noted when it happened in your cycle for a few (at least 3) cycles. It could be ovulation, it could be rough sex. Right now, it's a mystery.
I don't know, if I could not reliably predict when to expect my period within a few days' or even up to a week's time, I'd call that irregular. She is averaging 26.5 days (going by her latest numbers) and fluctuating 12.5 and 13.5 in either direction between one cycle to the next. I'm not saying that it is cause for concern but I would agree that her cycles are irregular, but due to PP or BF or whatever, which is normal.
I don't know, if I could not reliably predict when to expect my period within a few days' or even up to a week's time, I'd call that irregular. She is averaging 26.5 days (going by her latest numbers) and fluctuating 12.5 and 13.5 in either direction between one cycle to the next. I'm not saying that it is cause for concern but I would agree that her cycles are irregular, but due to PP or BF or whatever, which is normal.
Why you guys make me do so much math?!
Because the OP decided not to be clear... And still hasn't really clarified tbh.
Yea, my math is all hypothetical. To be fair, most of my math is only hypothetical.
I don't know, if I could not reliably predict when to expect my period within a few days' or even up to a week's time, I'd call that irregular. She is averaging 26.5 days (going by her latest numbers) and fluctuating 12.5 and 13.5 in either direction between one cycle to the next. I'm not saying that it is cause for concern but I would agree that her cycles are irregular, but due to PP or BF or whatever, which is normal.
Why you guys make me do so much math?!
I'm just going to sit by you in this thread. Mostly so I don't have to do my own math.
packerup, one solid post explaining whether these are PP and giving clear cycle lengths (don't mention the bleeding days for now) would probably help us all.
I think her kid will be 2 in November ish December so if these were BEFORE she was pregnant (so 31 months ago was the LAST cycle?) with him, then I don't even know why I bothered.
I just got caught up on the question of what's considered irregular and missed the fact that these cycles happened when she was TTC her last child. Her cycles are currently very regular at 28 days and I did all that math for nothing?
Wow, I'm sorry to be so confusing. Those cycles were before my last child, who will be 2 in November, so that doesn't really matter much. I was just defining what I thought was irregular.....but there are obviously different degrees of regular. It's good to know I may be normal-ish. Ha.
Nexplanon doesn't have estrogen in it. That's what I was thinking when I said non hormonal, but I guess that's not accurate either. Im about 0 for 14 in the accuracy and clarity categories.
I breastfed my almost-2-yr old for a year with no periods, plus the nexplanon in until this April with no periods. So, since April, my cycles have been 27-30 days with spotting.
Sorry to send that and not be done. I had to rewrite that a couple times because my iPad keeps saying an error occurred and reloads the page, so I didn't want to lose it again. Anyway, I need to get tracking my temps and using my OPKs more consistently to know whether this spotting every cycle is correlating to ovulation. It sounds like spotting isn't an issue in terms of conceiving, which was my original question. Sorry again for being so confusing!
Wow, I'm sorry to be so confusing. Those cycles were before my last child, who will be 2 in November, so that doesn't really matter much. I was just defining what I thought was irregular.....but there are obviously different degrees of regular. It's good to know I may be normal-ish. Ha.
Nexplanon doesn't have estrogen in it. That's what I was thinking when I said non hormonal, but I guess that's not accurate either. Im about 0 for 14 in the accuracy and clarity categories.
I breastfed my almost-2-yr old for a year with no periods, plus the nexplanon in until this April with no periods. So, since April, my cycles have been 27-30 days with spotting.
Yea, this sounds completely normal. Don't compare your pre pregnancy cycles to your post partum ones especially if breastfeeding and on hormonal BC. Keep tracking.
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