I'm just so irritated and confused. And looking for some advice I guess... name change and all that stuff.
I had a miscarriage at 8 weeks, 5 weeks ago, and I don't know what to expect from my first period. I feel like I should have started my period by now, because:
I'm 14 DPO, negative pregnancy tests and have usual PMS symptoms (bowel changes, gross skin). But no period. I haven't had the extent of cramping I normally get before my period, its been mild and infrequent. I've been spotting watery brown on wiping since Monday, but it hasn't progressed into an actual period yet. Sometimes its like coffee grounds. My temperature hasn't dropped and is still high (~36.7).
Part of me wants to cling to hope and think, oh maybe it's something like implantation bleeding and I'll find out I've been super lucky to conceive right after my loss. We did TTC during my ovulation. But my pregnancy tests are all negative, and my body feels the way it feels when I know my period is coming. If I was pregnant and it was implantation bleeding, I would test positive by now?! I've had on and off symptoms that would make me think maybe I could be pregnant, like occasional short lived nausea, fatigue and sometimes full feeling/achey breasts - these aren't things I usually experience as PMS, but I sort of figured maybe since my miscarriage my hormones are a bit funny and now my PMS is different from how it used to be or something. Even when I was pregnant I didn't have pregnancy symtoms until maybe a week after my missed period, and even then they were very mild. In that pregnancy, when I first tested about 17 DPO, my pregnancy tests were very faint. But regardless, my tests right now are negative!
I'm just so irritated really. I want my period to get on with it so I can start tracking my next cycle and stop this wondering to be honest. Any advice from other people who've had similar weird periods after miscarriage would be appreciated ☹️
Thanks <3