Weird Cycles Since Trying to Conceive
QUESTION
Dear Midwife,
I have been actively ttc for 1 year now and my period was 6 days late. I was still waiting to test, but on day 6 of being late I started spotting and by the early morning of day 7, my period had started. I had cramps worse than normal and passed several small clots that were a grayish color.
Could I be having a miscarriage or could I be just late? This doesn't seem like a normal period for me, but then what is so say what is normal? Ever since ttc, at least 4 cycles out of my last 12 have ended like this; some even being 43 days long when a 29 day cycle is normal for me. Thanks for listening.
Jamie
ANSWER
If this starts to happen again, you might take a pregnancy test, which might (or might not) show that you were pregnant. It may be time to consult an infertility specialist to make sure everything is ok.
-- Cynthia, CNM. PhD.
Cynthia Flynn
Cynthia Flynn, CNM. PhD, is the General Director of the Family Health and Birth Center which provides prenatal, birth, postnatal, gynecological and primary health care to underserved women and their families in Washington, D.C. Recently Cynthia served as Associate Professor of Nursing at Seattle University. There she not only taught, but remained in full scope clinical midwifery practice at Valley Medical Center where she cared for pregnant and birthing women, and practices well-woman gynecology, family planning, and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases.
Cynthia founded Columbia Women's Clinic and Birth Center, where she took care of pregnant women and infants up to two weeks of age and attended both birth center and hospital births. Before Cynthia earned her CNM, she worked as a registered nurse in labor and delivery and postpartum and is a certified Doula and Doula trainer.
