Hello everyone, first I apologise for the long read but I sharing my experience here to see if anyone can relate to it as I am so confused. I believe I had a CP last month but didn’t test, only going by symptoms. I had sex on day 9 and day 14 of my cycle, usually my cycles average 27 or 28 days. on day 26 of my cycle early in the morning I experienced what felt like acute period pain, I was so sad because i thought my period was coming I cried for a while but then decided to let it be, however nothing else happened the rest of the day until the following day when I started to have weird intermittent cramps, I didn’t know if they felt like gas, or number one or number two all I could think of was this was so different from period pain I assumed it was implantation pain, started looking out for any spotting and sure enough later in the day a pinkish brown tint started appearing on my tissue. On a regular cycle I spot the day before but without cramps and something like dark brown dried blood, when I feel period cramps, bleeding has already started or it starts shortly after but always on the same day and period cramps are continuous and painful. I didn’t test early because I didn’t want the disappointment of a negative result, I was fine the whole of day 27 actually very excited as I felt the signs were telling me I was pregnant however in the night the pain turned so strong I was alone and I wanted to take pain relief but I was scared to do this, it was a horrible night. By early morning the cramps had calmed down but I had red mucus, I decided this was the time to test but it was a weekend day and so early that pharmacies were closed so I had to return home and wait but within the hour I was bleeding with cloths. It was not a bleeding that was heavier than normal, it even felt shorter but I had dark brown residue still showing on my underwear and tissue for about a week which is very long. Every post I read says CP happen around week 5 and that your period is a few days late but for me this was the end of week 4 I actually got my period on day 27 so not late at all. I’d like to think I know my body but without a test I think I will never know
After my last period for the first time I paid attention to my body and noticed ovulation pain on my left ovary that started on day 12 of my cycle and lasted 48 hours ending on day 14 of my cycle, I also had egg white discharge on day 13 and my partner and I had sex on that day and the following day, I haven’t got a clue if anything is happening in my body, again don’t wat to test until period day to avoid disappointment but I am terrified now, I don’t know if I want to feel implantation cramps or see spotting in case it goes like last month. If based on your experiences you can tell me what you think I went through that would be of so much help. By the way I am 42 already so concerned about my ability to get pregnant the older I get