Hi everyone, starting this thread in the hope someone has or is going through something similar to me.. sorry in advance, it's a long one!
This is our 3rd (proper) month TTC #1. I've been tracking my LH surge with clear blue ovulation tests (pink smiley face ones) and the last two months have had an LH surge (Nov CD 22 / Dec CD 18). My cycle differ each month, one month it's around 30/31 days, the next 28/29, then 30/31 again and so on. I also have a short luteal phase of about 8 days. My period has always been roughly on time and is regular every month, lasting around 6-7 days. I've been off birth control since Oct 23.
To lengthen my luteal phase, I started vitamins - proceive tables (not the sachets) on 27th Dec 24, omega 3 on 3rd Jan 25 and vitamin C & b6 on 4th Jan 25.
My last AF arrived 25th Dec 24 and lasted until 31st Dec 24 (7 days in total) - so it ended CD 7.
I then started testing for my LH surge straight away and me and DH DTD every other day. However I didn't get an LH surge this month (Jan 25) but had light pink spotting on CD 20.. I've never had bleeding mid cycle before so wondered if this was ovulation bleeding (never had that before either) and maybe the test missed the LH surge somehow. So me and DH DTD!
I carried on testing for my LH surge but it never came. Then on CD 25, I noticed a strand of blood (brown/dark red) when I wiped, and on another occasion a blob of discharge (browny/pinky) when I wiped. As the days have gone on, the discharge has increased and has gone from brown watery with strands to brown thicker stringy discharge. Also yesterday and today I did a jog (first bit of exercise in ages as I caught the dreaded Christmas cold) and noticed that after I had more brown discharge when I wiped and on my pad (not enough to soak or I'd get if I was on my period).
I'm now on CD 29 and this is my 5th day with this brown discharge. As someone who has always had a regular period that has been the same type of flow (start brown but by the second day go red), I'm so confused what's happening this month. I did a clear blue early pregnancy test on CD 28 just incase and it was negative.
Could this brown discharge be my period that has just come early and is a different flow this month?
Could it be implantation bleeding? There's so much conflicting information online..
Could all the new vitamins have caused no LH surge and this bleeding?
Any thoughts or ideas would be really appreciated as I'm worried I've messed up my cycle by taking these vitamins or that something more sinister is going on ☹️
(I haven't included photos as thought TMI but can share some for more context)