Hi there,
I am 30 years old, currently trying to conceive, and have 26-28 day cycles. I have consistent spotting every month before my period, and have tracked this spotting for the last 6 months. This is normally 4 days of brown spotting before my period, fairly light but with a few brown clots / fleshy lining, and then my period comes and lasts 3-4 days. Not that heavy really.
My doctor suggested testing progesterone and FSH / LH levels when I raised concerns about the spotting, and put me in for day 3 and day 21 blood tests. These results were:
Cycle Day 3:
FSH 9.1
LH 3.2
Cycle Day 21:
FSH – 4.3
LH – 5.3
Progesterone – 41 nmol/l
These seem in the normal bracket, I was relieved my progesterone was over 30. A little alarmed my FSH was 9, as I know under 6 would be ideal.
Because these are fairly normal ranges though, I don’t really know if I should keep investigating the brown spotting. Whenever I google it, a lot of searches result in endometriosis. I had ruled this out because I don’t have any of the pain or heavy prolonged bleeding associated with endo, but spotting it is a typical symptom.
I am getting quite anxious that it’s the reason we aren’t conceiving, as if I’m already shedding my lining by 8dpo the egg might not be able to implant.
I am taking vit B6 as well as Zita West Vitafem supplements to see if that helps. I am also starting acupuncture this evening.
If anyone has any more insights would be so grateful to hear them xxx