can ovulation vary much?

sewardsooz · Newbie Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 1

I have a question. I have 2 kids and have been through this before but boy am I confused. I went off my birth control pill in December and had 2 normal cycles. Okay my LMP started 2-8-06 and I am not regular so I have no idea the length of cycle. was between 28 and 31 days in Dec and Jan, so I did a home test Saturday March 4th. came up negative, and then tested again on Thursday march 9th and it was + so now I should be in my 6th week right??

Okay but here is where I am confused, I had spotting starting Sunday march 19th, some red, mostly pink and brownish, and I went to the dr and they drew blood and will have results for me next week, but I had an ultra sound too and it said that the yolk sac is where it should be and the baby-to-be looks like it is 4 weeks.

I have miscarried before and am very worried.

My question is this. could I have gotten pregnant that first week of March and everything be okay still? Is ovulation ALWAYS that accurate, especially if I am not regular and the ultra sound is give or take a week?

I know that there is no way to know for sure but with my numbers so screwy and spotting I am just wondering if numbers can be that far off?

Thanks~Susie

simone · Gold Member Joined: 23 Jul 2005 Posts: 476

From what I’ve been reading, anything is possible with ovulation, pregnancy and hormones. Considering, you are very irregular, I suppose you never can tell when your ovulation would occur.

However, if we say that you had your last period on 02-08 and your cycle lasted, lets say, 30 days ( you said last cycle was 28-31), then your ovulation would be around the 22nd of February. ( You subtract 15 days from your next period date). IF ovulation and fertilization occurred somewhere around the 22 nd, this would mean that you were 4 weeks pregnant on the 22nd, right?

Now, I can’t say what the spotting on the 19th it was, I suppose your gyno will tell. Considering you had miscarriages before, you should talk to your gynecologist and try to determine a possible reason of miscarriages and see if there is a way to prevent them.

Good luck!

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I have been trying to conceive for the past 3 months. I am a 26 day cycle and my last period was 02/29/07 and lasted 5 days. I expected that I would ovulate on day 12-14. I don't usually have much discharge so it is difficult for me to tell when am ovulating. Is my calculation wrong or right and if it is right, can i be pregnant and just waiting to miss my period?

can ovulation vary much?

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