TMI Alert! Help with CM

[dove_love]

Ok so I apologise in advance for the TMI!

So I went for a wee today as you do and noticed a lot of egg whitey CM but with some blood in... Should I be worried?

This is my first time in years of not having the mirena so I have not had periods or really any awareness of my cycle other than tender boobs and tummy pains. I am probably experiencing something totally normal but just wanna check as I don't really know where I am in my cycle, I thought I was just coming up to ovulating or just have but no positive OPK. Could the OPK be affected by the hormones that the mirena was giving me or am I still waiting to ovulate I don't know! :shrug:

Thank you everybody! :)

[maidentomother]

When did you remove the mirena? Did you still get AF regularly on it?

A little blood mixed with EWCM is not uncommon, most often it is due to the softening of the cervix making it more irritable and prone to bleeding. But there are other possibilities too.

[dove_love]

No AF at all while having it for 2-3 years. I had It removed on Friday with no pain or problem, bleeding could be from that? I have had very fertile looking CM since Sunday, and had twinges on right side on Sunday evening. I'm just getting used to listening to how my body is working down there so everything seems like a big thing at the moment lol!

[maidentomother]

It that case, it could be your body still adjusting to the removal or bc of impending O/softening cervix. Are you OPKing? You might O soon!

[atomic sagebrush]

That is not anything to worry about, it can come from a couple different sources, one is the cervix (this is most likely) and the other is just a bit of lining sloughing off. Neither are any big thing and I'd stil have you try.

If spotting goes on for many months (especially if NOT mixed with EWCM) then that will need to be checked out but one month or even more htan one is not a concern.

[atomic sagebrush]

No AF at all while having it for 2-3 years. I had It removed on Friday with no pain or problem, bleeding could be from that? I have had very fertile looking CM since Sunday, and had twinges on right side on Sunday evening. I'm just getting used to listening to how my body is working down there so everything seems like a big thing at the moment lol!

Yes can also be from removal.

[dove_love]

Oo ok, I am OPKing and having very definite negatives so far! I very foolishly googled this and read horror stories about people having clots of blood golf ball size coming out!! I will carry on then - just one attempt at pos OPK still?
Thank u x

[atomic sagebrush]

Yes! :)

If you're concerned about missing your positive or would prefer, you could try the ever 4 day method (unprotected sex every 4 days). That is up to you though, I think the one attempt at pos opk is "pinker"

FX for things clearing up soon!!

[dove_love]

Ok I will wait a little longer with doing OPK I am just being impatient n don't wanna miss first O!
I started to bleed heavier during the night, but that has now stopped again and my emotions have been all over the place! Not used to all these hormones after having the coil and implant lol!!
Thank you all for your wonderful patience and answering my questions :) x

[maidentomother]

Since you weren't Oing on the mirena it may take a little while (a few months) for O to return, but of course it could return any day now, too. I'd give yourself 6w off it before seeing a dr about spotting.

[dove_love]

Oo ok, the Dr said I would still have ovulated on the mirena but because of the hormones it releases in the womb the lining doesn't thicken so often people get no AF because of that, I don't know if that's just the reaction with some people or what, she didn't say anything about spotting, so I assumed i would ovulate before getting any bleeding but no, although there hasn't been that much.

[dove_love]

Is there anything I can do to encourage O to return? And should I contact my dr about that if I don't after 6 weeks or so?

[maidentomother]

I would wait 90 days with no sign of O or AF before seeing a dr. Sooner only if you're still spotting.

I've never heard of it being possible to O on the mirena without a lining/AF. That seems so unlikely to me, but I will go read up on it!

[atomic sagebrush]

supposedly it's possible, the hormones keep the lining from forming/sloughing for some peopl and then the presence of the IUD itself makes your uterus so irritable that nothing can implant.

Honestly, I'm not totally convinced they know HOW it works.