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Implantation bleeding? Ovulation, how does it work now?

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Spark123
Hi,

I had surgery two weeks ago and probably got a breakthrough bleed as a reaction to the anesthesia, etc. It started a few days ago with brown blood, only when wiping or a few drops. This lasted from August 2nd to August 10th. On August 10th, I suddenly got a heavy period, and today, the 12th, it's over. I wasn't supposed to get my period until around the 22nd... Now I don't really understand how I should calculate my ovulation, etc. From the day the brownish discharge started or from the day my real period started? Normally my period lasts a good week, so those two days already seemed so weird...

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  1. Spark123 started this #2

    I meant August 13th! I took a Kruidvat ovulation test today, do you see a faint line? But I read online that Kruidvat tests aren't that reliable?

  2. Susanna #3

    The dashes should really be darker. The first day is the day your period actually starts, so with red blood.

  3. Orchidea #4

    This is another negative ovulation test... so I'd say keep testing, and count from when you started bleeding. With a regular cycle, you ovulate around day 14. Good luck!

  4. Spark123 started this #5

    I've tested for a few days now and indeed, it's negative. I'll assume from when I really started bleeding and then test around the time of my ovulation... However, I don't quite figure out how such a calculation works (sorry, it's all new to me)... On the photo, it says the calculation assumes 5 days of menstruation, but mine lasted 7 days; does that matter? And what about cycle days? I got my period 2 weeks after my last one; does that have an impact?

  5. Orchidea #6

    No, an app gives a "calculation" like you said yourself. You can also adjust in your app how long your period lasted. This doesn't affect your ovulation, which you count from day 1 of your period. Two weeks after your last period is quite short; either you have a very short luteal phase, or you didn't ovulate this cycle. This can happen. Are you maybe still coming off the pill?

    I'd recommend starting ovulation tests around day 10-11. The best time to test is around 10 am, so not the first urine of the day. I wish you lots of success, and if you have any more questions or something isn't clear, feel free to ask.

  6. Susanna #7

    Clear Blue ovulation tests can actually be used with morning urine.

  7. Orchidea #8

    Okay, I didn't know that. I just used regular ovulation tests, and they shouldn't be used with morning urine because your first urine naturally contains more LH anyway.

  8. Susanna #9

    Clearblue are, I think, the only ones that allow you to use morning urine. They are a bit more expensive, but they give much clearer results with a smiley instead of a line that has to be equally dark.

  9. Spark123 started this #10

    I had surgery under general anesthesia 3 weeks ago, with muscle relaxants etc. This probably affected my birth control pill and period? Two weeks later, I started having dark but very light bleeding, then stopped taking the pill, and a week later had red bleeding until today.

  10. Spark123 started this #11

    How many days is my cycle? I always took the pill pack completely empty and then got my period 3 days later, now there were 2 weeks in between... How do I calculate that now?

  11. Spark123 started this #12

    Oh, how silly!! I was on my period on July 15/16, I was totally confused, so is my cycle actually 24 to 25 days now? On August 9 I got my period this month. It lasted 6 days.

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