Cycle Perplexities

My fertile period has just ended and today I'm having what feels like menstrual cramps. I've had some slight pain with ovulation before but it only lasted a few hours and was specific to one side or the other. This is actually my lower back and all across my lower abdomen. No spotting and normal CM. I think it's still too early to be implantation, was just wondering if anyone had this type of cramping/pain during this period of their cycle and if they knew what had caused it. I'm hoping for a BFP in a few weeks, but I know I wouldn't have any symptoms yet.

My cycles have been really random lately. I used to have my cycles spaced 30 to 34 days apart. The longest would be 40 days and that only happened once. Then I started having bladder infections and they changed and would go to 40 days on average and then I had one 53 day cycle and I went to the doctors and I was not pregnant, after that I was a little past 40 days and I had been doing everything to get my period to start. Hormonal exercises, drinking boiled parsley :P and nothing started it and I went to the doctors because I had a bladder infection and I mention my periods had been really weird. She asked if I could be pregnant and I said maybe so she did a pregnancy test and it was positive. I had my baby on 10/10/10 and my period started 41 days later, then 27 days and I got excited thinking it would be regular now but it's been 44 days with no period now. I exclusively breastfeed so it's weird for my period to start so soon anyway. That's 3 periods in 5 months.

Ok...so here's my deal...DH and I have been trying to conceive our 2nd child for the last 6mths and its not going as planned.(Go figure)

So my cycle went from 28 to a 30 day about 4 mths ago, needless to say this mth has been awful I'm so sick and tired all the time.

I went to the OBGYN yesturday for a check up, and that was also suppose to be my day 1 of my period but it didn't come and the Dr. Said it didn't look like it was going to start, they didn't do a preg test cause they thought it was to early! Does anyone think I should take one now or wait till the weekend?

When you go for an ob/gyn annual exam, and they take a urine sample, can they tell if you are pregnant from it, do they automatically test for pregnancy?

I was due for AF on the 26th, but the signs of her coming started on the 26th instead of before. I was so excited that she wasn't showing up on schedule and initially thought I was pregnant but took a HPT and BFN.

At 10/11dpo (24th and 25th feb) I experienced some mild cramping only on one side of my pelvis. it would come and go and was uncomfortable but completely bearable. Then on the 26th i started spotting some brown/black and some bright red, but very little. Barely enough to stain a pantyliner. The 27th was a repeat of the 26th. Two days of spotting for me is completely par for the course. Usually by the 3rd day though AF shows. She might still show her face today but so far she hasn't (though it's still early).

The thing that is freaking me out, is that I had a horrendous period cramp this morning. It was so bad it woke me up. I got out of bed to take a Tylenol and check my pad for AF completely expecting to see her there. But nothing! I don't get it. I have NEVER EVER experienced this kind of cycle before. Should I be worried? I am now 3 days late (which in and of itself is not completely abnormal). But what's up with the all the cramping and her not showing completely? Anyone experienced anything like this?

Hi everyone,

I was on the Microgynon contraceptive pill but when I had my last period, I stopped taking it to get back into my natural cycle as I was considering changing to another form of contraceptive. I had my last period around 6 weeks ago, roughly around 14th January, but I have yet to have my period for February.

My boyfriend and I are always very careful and we use a condom as well as the contraceptive pill, and I ensure I take it at the right time each day. We have only had sex once or twice since my last period as I was getting a little worried when I realised I was late.

I have been feeling all the symptoms which usually tells me my period is about to come but no sign of it yet! I did have some spotting around the time I should have had my period but it did not happen.

I am very worried now as I have been experiencing these symptoms for around a week but my period still hasn't came. I really doubt I am pregnant, and I have read on the internet that it is sometimes normal for your period to be late when you come off the pill, but I have never been this late before.

I would really appreciate any advice and words of wisdom anyone might be able to share!