Ok as the title suggests I fear this may be too much info but just need to put this out there to see if anyone else is experiencing this...
I have been TTC for about 10 cycles. Use opk and get positives every month. Had day 21 bloods and progesterone came back at 28 which according to nurse was ok. I have no idea what the measurement was in or what scale they use.
This is the tmi bit (sorry!)...my periods have always been a bit strange I haven't been in any contraception for over two years so don't think it's backlash off that. I have a 31/32 day cycle 3 days before AF fully starts I get brown spotting. I then start to bleed red with lots of clots for about 2 days but then it's back to very dark blood and bad clots for around 5 days!
Seperately from TTC I have accupuncture and massage for muscle issues which severe knots etc. I have found it really helpful and gone from being in a lot of pain to hardly any. I really trust her and found accupuncture to work in other areas of my health. I guess I haven't had accupuncture for TTC before because I must thought it would happen naturally!
So in the process of me having accupuncture the accupuncturist and I got talking about anything we can do to help my periods to help TTC. She said that spotting and the dark colour a sign of the body not letting all lining go every month which can make it hard for a egg to implant because the lining is not smooth. I am a naturally cold person and really struggle with the cold and this could also be a contributing factor. So these are things we are going to try and do to help to get to a proper bleed and a 28 day cycle:
-trying to improve diet (self explanatory I know!) But including more 'warm food' hot lunches etc.
-use of a moxa stick every other day from the belly button to the public bone to warm the uterus area
-keeping warm through hot water bottles etc gently warming the uterus area
-maintain 2ls of fluid a day
-accupuncture treat every two weeks initially to see if we can regulate cycle.
Just wanted to put this out there really to see if anyone is in the same boat. Also will keep updating to see if it actually does 1) make a difference to my cycle and 2) hopefully result in a baby!!