Re: Spotting during nursing

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At Thu, 28 Aug 2003, mary wrote: >
>Hi,
>My first baby nursed for a year, and I didn't get my period the entire
>time. I ended up getting pregnant when she was about 11 months old and
>nursing 1-2 times a day.
>My second baby is now 5 months old and nursing every 3 hours around the
>clock. 2 weeks ago, on 8/19 in the evening, I noticed I was spotting.
>It got a bit heavier the next day when I was more active and then
>stopped by friday. I figured it may have been ovulation spotting though
>that surprised me since I'm nursing full time. Now it's a full 2 weeks
>and 2 days later, I've been feeling period-like cramps for a week now,
>but I haven't gotten my period yet. If it was ovulation, shouldn't I
>have gotten my period now. I took a pg test on Tuesday morning and it
>was negative, that should have been accurate by then if I was pg.
>Any idea what it could be? Could I have ovulated later than I thought?
>Thanks

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