I spot 5/6 days before my period, EVERY month

Hope this helps some of you. My wife suffers the same symptoms as some of you. She spoke in depth to a friend of hers who is a gynocologist. Now after having her blood tested, her friend's thoughts were spot on. There is treatment available in Russia for certain, my wife is trying to get treated here, but is hitting a lot of 'red tape', if you have the same as she does, if not treated it can lead to things like; fallopian pregnancies and cancer. I have learnt more so since being married, that the majority of our Doctors in the Uk know next to nothing. Russian, German and even American Doctors are far more ready and able to correctly diagnose and treat you. You can get free treatment in Germany as long as you get your European NHS card before you go and make out like it just happpened.

One lady mentioned something about sugar consumption possibly being a factor in the severity and I could not agree more!  When I am loading up on the sweet stuff (fancy coffee and tea or just plain dessert) I find that my spotting and related symptoms (like itching and odor) are more severe.

I have had the same problem for years. I have moderate endomitriosis and did Lupron 3 yrs ago. Been ttc for 2 yrs now with no luck. Started acupuncture and TCM herbal routine for a month now and the 10 days of annoying brown spotting stopped! It's still early in treatment but so far it's been a miracle cure for me!

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I am trying to get pregnant. I have a 3 year old so and since my periods have returned to normal 27 day cycles (after 6 months breast feeding) I have been spotting a good 5/6 days before my period. In fact, some of the spotting is heavier than day 3 of my period but it doesn't count as day 1 menstrual flow until it really flows! We have been trying for 2.5 years to have a 2nd child. 1 st child was easy to conceive but since I have not conceived at all & am sure it's related to the early spotting. I have had all the usual tests & am currently on my 1st month of Progesterone pessaries but it has made no difference to the spotting so anyone know anything? The professionals are stumped...

One woman has been spotting for 8 years....well I'm 10 years.    I've been to every doctor (I'm 45 now) and tried everything from birth control pills (which are created from horse mare urine and give you the female cancers) to progesterone cream that I've been on for 2 years now.   One woman has had me convinced that I'm perimenopausal and its out of my control.   I've been using a high dosage of progesterone (the real stuff) and I'm still having the same symptoms.   I'm also taking Nettle Root and N-Acetyl Cysteine which should have solved ANYTHING that's wrong with me!   I think the woman who said that phytoestrogens have something to do with it is on to something.   The women that have mentioned in this thread that they are trying to get pregnant....I'm sure ALL of them aren't over the age of having a baby!    I'm going to the vitamin store and getting the phytoestrogen blocker and will let you know results.

I also have spotted.....at least for two years now...however I did join a hot yoga class and was going about two to three times a week.  I started to notice that my spotting was totally going away as well my periods were getting shorter.  I used to spot for 7 to 4 days before my period and when I got my period it would last approx 7 days....after hot yoga there was no spotting and my period only lasted approx three days....Have to say the hot yoga was a bit of a commitment and I haven't done it since the summer and low and behold my period is back to spotting and 7 days of heavy bleeding...So I think I will be going back to the yoga studio for sure!  Also a great work out and I hear it balances the hormone levels of the body.....so something to think about!   Thanks for all of your info!! 

 

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 I too have the same 4-6 days of spotting before my period that everyone else has mentioned. I have also had all the tests done and keep being told that everything is fine.  I have been taking herbs (Traditional Chinese Medicine) for the last 6 months and the spotting changed to a lighter brown but it hasn't shortened.  My husband and I have been trying to conceive for the last 2.5 years and I'm convinced this spotting has something to do with us not getting pregnant.  We will be moving on to doing IUI next month but I'm worried that it will just be a waste of money.  I had a physical exam last week by another doctor and he said the bleeding is coming from the cervix. He said it's normal-something about lots of tiny blood vessels that bleed.  I don't get why they bleed on cue every month though!!!!   Anyway, he ended up cauterizing  my cervix using what looked like giant matchsticks. He just scraped my cervix with them.  He said he might have to repeat the procedure 2 or 3 times but is should stop the bleeding.  I will have to see what happens next month.  I had a different Dr. do a physical exam in the summer and he said the spotting was coming from the uterus. He put me on progesterone suppositories. They worked for 3 months and then in the 4 month the spotting started again.  I am so confused and have lost all faith in Dr.'s.  This thread is 5 years old now, I would be interested to know if anyone has found any answers that they could share and for those TTC iif they have had any success.  

I know this is super old but i also had this problem and I was told to try Nuva ring and it worked. No spotting. Unfortunately it's really expensive so I only tried it for the one month cuz it was a sample.

I am the exact same way, have been for years...until this month. I am supposed to start my period in 2 days but didn't spot last week. I've read anecdotes of women who had the same spotting, until they got pregnant. So I'm a bit freaked at the moment.

Regarding the spotting, I have just been told that's how some women are, and it's totally normal.

I should elaborate: I am 39 and have never been pregnant, and my spotting happens one week before my period but for only two days. Then I am clean again until my period starts. I have been diagnosed with low Progesterone and have been taking 200mg nightly for 6 months; this did not change the spotting pattern. I am looking for a reason as to WHY this month I am not spotting, as I don't believe anything has changed. I want children, but unplanned is always a shock.

Hi there, wondered how things were going for you now? I am trying to conceive but have spotting before my period and I am wondering if this is the problem (or whatever is causing the spotting). I have always had spotting for a few days before my period since they came back after I had my son. When I conceived my son I never spotted before my period.

I know this is an old post but it seems like the most helpful thread that I have found and I am wondering if anyone has had any luck finding answers.  I have been on the pill for about 6 years (about a year after I had my son) and I was on the pill for about 10 years before I had my son.  For the last year or so, I have had spotting about a week before my period starts.  However, it does not happen every month (usually it happens every other month).  About a year ago when it first happened, I had a vaginal ultrasound and everything looked ok (no tumors or fibroids).  My gyno only commented that I have an inverted (not sure if this is the exact word) uterus.  I thought that the irregular bleeding might have to do with the generic form of bc I was taking because my insurance company started changing the generic brands they would send me.  I thought that possibly it had to do with differences in the brands.  I do not remember my other gyno ever mentioning my inverted uterus during or before my pregnancy.  In the past 2 years I have been taking thyroid medicine for my under active thyroid.  I had a LEEP procedure 2 years after my son was born, but the doctor said it was not severe.  I have had this twinge like pain in my abdomen off and on for about 3 years.  Every time I start spotting before my period, I am super stressed out and think the worst.   My gyno seems to think I'm fine, but I don't feel that's the case.  I am 38 and feel like it is too early to start going through menopause.  Anyway, I just had to say what my experience has been in case someone has has experienced this too.  Sorry for the long post.  I am going to see an endocrinologist next week and my gyno again in about a month to see what other testing I could have done. 

I have been on various birth control pills since I was 16, I am now 36. I have never been pregnant. For 3 years have been spotting all month long, brown stuff most of the time, Sometimes really bad like chunks of dead flesh.  I have cramps most all month long. I don't have discharge for maybe 3 days a month.  I have real periods every two weeks lasting 6 or 7 days. Even on the pill I can feel one ovary or the other switch on every other month.  I am pretty sure I ovulate on the pill. In March I had umbiblical hernia surgery. They found endometriosis cells in my biopsy. Been to two gynocologists- nothing helps. I don't have hormonal imbalance or stds or anything they can find.

 I went off the pill one for about 10 months.  During that time of being off the pill:I gained 15 pounds, grew excessive facial hair, my voice deepened, I broke out in acne on my face, back, shoulders and chest.  I had extreme mood swings, killer cramps and nonstop bleeding.  Dr. said, "go back on the pill". Been back on the pill 10 months again - Cramps are slightly better, still spoting much of the month, achne gone, voice normal, facial hair mostly normal, weight returning slowly to normal. Even if I have some kind of polycyctic ovary problem, which according to my personal research sounds like the case.  Doctors don't treat you for endometriosis unless you are trying to conceive or have already gone through metapause, or show precancer cells.

I guess I am supposed to suffer for the next 15 years.  You get tired and moody after spotting all month and getting two periods.  It is not good for your home life/relationships/sex life.  Trying a different pill next month.  Hopefully it is the miracle, but I am a realist. I know personally that following surgery, it can really mess up your moods, and periods for several months so keep that in mind.  Also a contributing factor may be marathon training, or extreme exercise.  Those are considerations to take into account if my personal story sounds like you.  MY BMI is also slightly about normal by about 5 pounds.  Which it was not 3 years ago.  Though I almost have that problem solved.