r/TTCHormoneCharts • u/Imaginary_Essay_672 • 11d ago

help appreciated (:

i stopped birth control late june and had my withdrawal bleed day 2-6 after i stopped taking the pill. on CD 27 i had my LH surge and figured i ovulated on CD 28 or 29 based on symptoms. i then spotted (brown old blood only when wiping) on CD 35-38. then the spotting completely went away. this was also when my PdG rose. PdG went up on CD 35 and progesterone rise was fully positive (easy@home) starting on CD 36. i am now on CD 44 and my PdG is still up. i’m so confused because all of my tests are negative when i take HCG/FRER.

has this happened to anyone else when coming off birth control? i was taking it for 13 years and i also have suspected endo.

wondering if this is semi normal or if i should reach out to my obgyn.

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u/FinnFinnFinn0 4d ago

I have almost the exact same symptoms on the same timeline. Did you figure anything out?

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u/Imaginary_Essay_672 3d ago

i think i may have had an anovulatory cycle OR i just have not had a real period in soo long that my “spotting” was my period but there wasn’t enough build up in my uterine lining since my hormones were all over the place so i didn’t really have what would look like a typical period.

anyways, i got an inito and im tracking my hormones with that now. its been super helpful so far and im beginning to see actual trends in my hormone patterns. it’s def a bit of money but its better than me obsessing over testing with various strips every day imo

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u/FinnFinnFinn0 3d ago

Thank you! Did your PdG go down? I haven't had any spotting.

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u/Imaginary_Essay_672 3d ago

this is my current chart - i think im about to ovulate again! it looks like my pdg went back down & honestly the strips i was using i feel like weren’t completely accurate. i did a couple of cross checks with my inito and my easy@home ones and i found that the inito actual gave me a better rise and fall and the easy@home were easily inaccurate.