WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for December, 2000: Re: Strange Brown Post-Ovulation Premenstrual Spotting

Re: Strange Brown Post-Ovulation Premenstrual Spotting

From: Abby (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 16 Dec 2000 21:32:28 -0600 (CST)

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I have a very similar situation. First, do a search on this site by entering "brown spotting" in the text field and you'll be able to read a lot of doctors' replies to similiar questions. The reply from the person who wrote about the white discharge is not the same. I'd recommend the book by Toni Weschler, Taking Control of your Fertility for a very good explanation of normal monthly discharge. I'm certainly not an expert, but my conclusion from everything I've read so far, is that the brown spotting will not prevent you from conceiving, it's more of an annoyance. You probably should get hormone tests done, just to make sure nothing else is going on. As described in the book I recommended above, start taking your temps in the morning to track your cycle. I know how frustrating this spotting is - I have the same thing! Good luck. I hope you'll be pregnant soon. One of the postings I read was from a woman who had exactly what we are experiencing and she began pregnant. Hang in there! abby

At Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Susan wrote: >
>My husband and I have tried for the last five months to conceive, though
>our attempts so far have been unsuccessful. I have not taken birth
>control pills for more than a year and a half. For the last three
>months, there has been spotting that occurs within two or three days
>after ovulation and persists daily until my period arrives, which seems
>to remain on a regular 28 day cycle. This spotting is brownish and
>consists of a stringy-like substance. At first, we believed the
>spotting to be breakthrough bleeding as it has never occurred along with
>my period before. I have always had regular 28 day periods, with none
>varying more than three or four days and have had very little spotting
>during ovulation, but never any afterward. Could this be a symptom of
>some underlying medical condition that is preventing us from conceiving?

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