The Cycle When I Didn’t Realize I Was On My Period

You know that unbelievable show “I Didn’t Realize I Was Pregnant”?  Well, I have an idea for a new show called, “I Didn’t Know I Was On My Period.”  I’ll star in the first episode.

After my BFN last cycle, I stopped taking the Crinone pessaries.  In the previous three cycles I used Crinone, I began bleeding 3-5 days later.  The bleeding was like a normal period, which for me is 1-2 days of heavy bleeding that tapers down to nothing after about five days.

This time, it was a full 10 days before I saw any bleeding at all, and it was just light spotting.  It last six days and then went away.  I kept thinking, “Okay, I’m just spotting a little before the real deal starts.”  I was waiting for full-flow to start so I could call my RE and start on our next IUI cycle.

It’s now 14 days after I first started spotting and I’m showing signs of ovulation.  So I guess I just had a really, really, really light period.  I’m super-irritated because it’s too late to start the IUI cycle now.  This is going to be our last IUI cycle (assuming we don’t have to cancel it again) before we pursue IVF after the New Year.  I’m irritated because now I’ll be waiting another two weeks until I can start a new IUI cycle, and I didn’t want to be going to the RE (unless I was pregnant) after Halloween.  Life just gets a little too complicated during the holidays for us.

I know it’s not really a big deal in the long run, but I’m kind of embarrassed that after paying such close attention to my cycles for the last 20 months I didn’t even realize I was on my period!