Midcycle bleeding during ovulation time

I am 22 and have just bled quite heavily, more than spotting I think, around the time when I should be ovulating but I'm on the pill so therefore pretty sure I shouldn't ovulate. Also have pains. I've had regular periods for 11 years and been on the pill for 6 years with no problems. I did miss one pill about 3 days ago but I've missed the odd pill before with no problems. I'm definitely not pregnant either. Can anyone help? I'm always paranoid over anything concerning fertility.

I have been ttc for about a year. I also have noticed bleeding during ovulation and my doctor linked it to my thyroid condition. I now take synthroid and I do not have these issues anymore.

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I get mid-cycle bleeding too. It seems to be more common than not. It didn't start happening to me until after I turned about 27 or 28 and after getting diagnosed with PCOS. The spotting/bleeding is accompanied by mild/moderate cramping. I have never been pregnant, and my bf and I never use birth control, but are not TTC.

I am 20 years old, and recently miscarried at 11 weeks, and had a D&C at 14 weeks.. One cycle after, i noticed some mid cycle bleeding, and I know it was during to ovulation (I've been charting and using ovulation predictor kits). I thought maybe it it could just be because they did scrape the lining of my uterus, and iknoe it can take time rebuild. and maybe the ovulationn stimulated the bleeding? I"m still not sure, but with doing research on both of these things (potential causes for miscarriage and ovulation spotting), the one thing I did find, is that it can be due to low progesterone..   "Ovulation is triggered by lutenizing hormome from the brain. The remaining follicle then starts to produce progesterone which makes the endometrium (lining of the uterus) nutrient rich with small blood vessels for the child to implant. If the follicle is of a small size or poor function, the amount of progesterone will be too low to stabilize the lining of the uterus. Women may get “ovulation bleeding”. The estrogen level has been sufficient in the first half of the cycle to build up the lining but the progesterone does not pick up quickly enough or at sufficient levels to sustain the endometrium. The amount and the timing of the progesterone is vital to sustain a pregnancy".  mid-cycle bleeding is one of the symptoms of low progesterone, and you can search "progesterone deficiency symptoms" as well, and maybe this could be the right answer for you..  Hope this is helpful. I've just purchased some natural progesterone cream, and I'm going to see if this helps me..

I have a similar issue, wow, lots of us do! I am 35 years old, have never been pregnant, and I have had a perfectly normal cycle, every 28 days, unless I'm eating a lot of soy, then ever 30 days because of its plant-hormone content. Also, I experience minimal-to-no-cramping and bleeding lasts 4-5 days usually. My partner and I are monogamous and use the pull-out method, which has worked for me for my 16 years of sexual activity with all my partners. I appreciate their self-control and allowing me to stay drug/hormone/abortion/iud free since every woman I know who has tried any birth control methods beyond condoms have all experienced negative side effects (pills, iuds), accidental pregnancy (condoms, 3 people who had iuds!), and infections (iuds!) ;-| . That said, I have never used any form of birth control besides condoms.

This past month, I bled during my ovulation time. Since I care about the planet and don't want to waste all the packaging and disposable products involved with bleeding, I use a "Moon Cup/Diva Cup" which collects the blood inside (no strings attached so I can still hot tub & swim, and I've never have had to buy another menstruation product in years because it's reusable!). Anyway (I do go on...), it collects the blood so I am able to see exactly how much I'm losing, and in this case, it was about an ounce (2 tablespoons) a day for 7 days! It was vibrant red (between bright & dark) the whole time too...What???

So I visited Planned Parenthood and had a full exam (Pap, blood, etc.) and I'm waiting to hear back (or NOT which means all is negative!). But what I learned is that it could be gonorrhea, chlamydia, or other sexually transmitted diseases (HPV perhaps?) which can lay dormant or exhibit no symptoms whatsoever. Could also be ovarian cysts or some other type of cancer. Could be many things, anyway, I will post exactly what it is if I get a call back. Today is Mother's Day, May 8, and I will hear back by next Monday, May 16.

Oh and I've also been supplementing with Floradix for Iron during this loss. Floradix is an all-natural, whole-food supplement (not isolated nutrients, which don't work as well, like "vitamins & minerals") which seems to help many people I know.

I would suggest to everyone to see a gynecologist immediately to check up on themselves :-P

Well obviously if i searched for this topic i'm having the same problem!!! I got off birth control almost 2 months ago and we're trying to get pregnant! I have 3 kids.. I've never spotted or anything out of cycle.. but this month i just started spotting today is day 3 it's brownish and only light enough to show up when i go pee.... Wondering if i could be pregnant or what could cause this like i said i have 3 kids and have never experienced anything like this so i'm very concerned something could be wrong!!! I just finished my period about 9 days ago!!! Please someone who has recieved answers share them with the rest of us!! Thank you and good luck to all of you who are trying to get pregnant!!

hi. me and my boyfirend had sex not to long ago. about two days ago i saw blood when i whipped so i figured oh my period so i put a tampon in. of course i know theres not alot of blood the first day of your period but when i exchanged the tampons and went to change the second one there was absolutely no blood at all on it. so i didnt put one back in. i havent bled for two days now and am scared beyond all belief that i might be pregnant. im 16 i cant handle that right now.

Bleeding does NOT guarantee that you ovulated.  I struggled with PCOS for almost 18 years.  I had fairly regular preiods (though they tended to be short) and yet tests showed I was annovulatory. 
WHY would you think that your eggs aren't CAPABLE of fertilizing just because of the PCOS?  PCOS causes insulin resistance which allows excess's of insulin attack the ovaries and create cysts.  The imbalance of hormones caused by the interference with the ovaries can cause some women to become annovulatory.  Doctors can help treat PCOS with Glucophage (Metformin) to balance insulin levels and therefore balance hormones.  They can also encourage ovulation with the use of Clomid (Clomiphene Citrate).  I had surgery at one point to remove cysts and was 4 weeks pregnant when I went in for my 6 week surgical consultation.  My Dr. said that ANYTIME the ovaries disturbed like that you are MUCH more fertile than normal, just as you are extremely fertile right after a pregnancy terminates or you miscarry.  So.....
Lower back pain and cramping mid month can be very different for a woman with PCOS.  While most women would consider it a sign of ovulation (the releasing of the follicle can cause a secretion of fluid that can cause cramping and discomfort behind the uterus (thus some back stiffness) until the body reabsorbs it.
In a female with PCOS we tend to form tiny cysts on the ovaries that don't rupture each month.  A build up of persistent tiny cysts can cause a lot of lower back pain and cramping. 
I got pregnant twice while having PCOS.  Once I lost my weight (dropped just over 200lbs) and got in shape the PCOS was gone, and my periods were a lot more regular...but I still didn't ovulate with any regularity.  So when we decided to try to conceive one last child (I'm 41) my doctor put me on Clomid with an HCG trigger shot.  After struggling for so many years, we're now expecting Triplets (with 1 additional 'unknown' shadow outline they're watching for a possible 4th. 

I also have the same issue of mid-cycle bleeding and I believe this explanation about the progesterone is the right one. I am 35 years old and have had the ovulation bleeding for 17 years. I can count it down to exactly when it's going to happen and the heaviest bleeding is right on the day of ovulation. I have never been on birth control or ever visited a doctor about this, as I refuse to undergo medical examinations, but I am sure it's caused by a drop in estrogen when you ovulate and a failure of the progesterone levels to kick in quickly enough to stablise the endometrium. The bleeding stops once the progesterone rises again. As I understand it, your menstrual bleed is triggered by a big drop in estrogen, and during the cycle, there is a smaller drop during ovulation and in some women it's enough to trigger a bleed. I don't worry about it. If it was cancer then I would be dead by now, and I never want children so I don't care about my fertility.

Hi, I've just started possibly ovulation bleeding. Slight cramps two weeks after my period but the blood started off as slightly pinkish but it is now red this is now day 4 UGH! Did you ever get any answers ?

Hi did you ever find out what this was? I'm going through the same thing right now

Ok so reading all these posts r freakinf me out. Long story short is I was diagnosed w PCOS but was able to conceive naturally due to lifestyle changes of eating healthy and exercising and losing 30lbs on my own. I had our boy in July and had to quit nursing by the 4th month when we realized he had cow milk protein intolerance. Anyway, so I had my first period November 1st. I've always had normal 4-5day regular cycle periods but now they are 7 days and very heavy. My first pap post baby said abnormal "ascus" results so they didn't know what was causing it but said no worries it's probably from having a baby and will recheck in march. I ended my 3rd post baby period on January 4th and 3 days ago I started having some spotting. I've never had that before. It looked like the end or very beginning of a period. Each day it's become a little more red and "stringy" and more of it. Especially when I wipe after peeing but just pantiliner-worthy at this point. I do have low back pain and slight cramping though. Freaks me out. Went to the dr. today and she was a jerk to put it lightly. She's my pcp not the obgyn who delivered my baby as he's in a different town. I feel like she gave me no input and didn't care to ask me many questions but just tried to push her damn BC pills on me (which I'm not on anything as my husband and I say whatever happens happens cuz we only have the one baby who is now 6months old). I don't know what to think and I'm very worried. Has ANYONE reached any conclusions that has a similar situation??

Ok I'm answering my own question, I went to the obgyn today and he verified that I actually have polyps in my uterus and a cyst in my ovary :( hav to hav surgery to get the polyps out. That's y I was bleeding :( boooo! (due to hormones post-baby) he said they're non-cancerous and not a big deal but still freaks me out a little. Hope that helps to some of u who hav similar issues.

last month a majority of my 6 day period was old blood and my cycle was 33 days.This month 1DPO i got a streak of brown DC in my CM then 2DPO i got a light brown pasty DC,3DPO light brown DC,4DPO dark brown DC,5DPO it got heavy enough 4 1 tampon 4 the day and again on 6DPO but later that day it almost dissappeared and then i started getting bad cramps.7DPO i thought it had almost gone and continued with the cramps,then the DC started up again!I suffer from endometriosis so it confuses me!I sometimes get spotting but not 4 this long and so far away from AF.I have 7 days b4 AF is due and going STIR CRAZY! We have just started TTC since jan,im wondering if it myt be because we were BD a lot more than normal due to ttc and myt have irritated my cervix.Hoping against hope im pregnant!I have a 7 yr old girl and got pregnant with her 1 month after my first and only laparoscopy 

I have the exact same thing, but is it ovulation? can you get pregnant a week after that? or is it not possible to get pregnant after that?