Weird cycle, Light period?

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My cycles are quite regular they range from 28-33 (mean 30) days every month, lasting 6/7 days with heavy flow that gets lighter. And I get cm for 3/5 ish days around ovulation. (How i track ovulation)

Last months cycle my pms symptoms were intense, I had basically had all preg/pms symptoms. I thought it might be pregnancy, as we dtd unprotected 2 days after cm, but AF showed up on CD28 very light. I bled farily lightly the next day too, and the third day it stopped with spotting for 2/3 days. Got a little worried and took 1 HPT during spotting and 1 HPT 3 days after spotting and it was negative.

Now i am on CD 23 of next cycle feeling exhausted, I should have ovulated by now but there is barely any cm and if there is, its not consistent for a few days like previous cycles, its more all over the place and creamy? My lower back has been hurting since light period, and I feel nausea on and off?
Not sure when I ovulated this month?

I told myself I wouldnt worry about light period as long as my next cycle goes back to normal? Should I be worried about light period? Should I take more HPT? Do i need to book appointment with GP? Or is it a waiting game till next period? I have a week to go but it feels very long lol. I just want to know what going with my cycle! Has any one had anything similar?

Can’t help you but I had a similar thing this last cycle so I’d like to read replies!

period came 5 days early and was only 2 days (it was a period not IB, defo not pregnant!). I’ve been stressed with life but I didn’t think that could make such a drastic impact on my cycle. Like you, I said I’d just wait til next cycle to see if it’s a one off

Exactly! Its crazy how are our bodies are impacted, I hope things go well for you! I'm starting to believe its probably stress for me too and its impacted my cycle and symptoms, but lets see what happens! Have you been getting any other symptoms related to the light period? @Sarah268

Literally I barely had any cramping or other symptoms. It was like my body was like pffft can’t be bothered this month! Came off the copper coil a few months ago but in theory that shouldn’t impact things as it’s non-hormonal.

just starting out on this journey and it’s already so confusing…

I've had the same thing. I had af 13-18th Dec and was normal for me which is quite heavy. Then on 31st Dec I had some pink when I wiped, 1st Jan I have more brown spotting and then it was heavy enough to use a tampon. Evert time I changed it, there was hardly anything on it and the 2nd Jan I didn't need to use anything as it was so light.

We have been BDing since 22nd Dec as that is when we decided to ttc. I assumed I was going to ovulate around 13th Jan as I had some EWCM on 11th Jan. I have been testing from CD23, assuming 10DPO, all.of which have been BFN.

As I was doing a HPT on 5th Feb (CD36), I thought I might as well do my first OPK (I haven't been testing for the first month as was going to start in the second). Anyway, it came back very light!! I assume this means that it should get darker and I should ovulate soon, but they have all been low between 0.17 to 0.26. Not sure if this is the normal range or will soon get darker.

Sorry for the long post but just wanted you to know that I am innthe same position too x x

I’ve only had 2 day incredibly light (2 pads is enough) periods since finishing birth control end of October. I’ve been taking supplements this month and hoping to get my cycle back on track as I was fine before bc (though that was 15 years ago)

@Ravenclawlass What type of bc were you on?

Have you done a test since then? Just in case it was implantation bleeding.

The pill - was on it years

Hi guys, Thank you for all your replies!

Here is a quick update, AF has just started for my next cycle around the time is should have started with intense cramps! I'm going to see if this flow is normal for the next couple of days, but its already started as per usual. I'm not sure what happened last cycle or why since the light period I had lower back pains and nausea? Our cycles seems to be doing whatever they want to do lol

@ISeeTheLight Nope, After the the two negative tests around the light period, I assumed pregnancy was a very small chance! But honestly, now that my next period had started I feel disappointed that it wasn't implantation bleed!