question for boy moms regarding menstrual cycles

thx everyone!

my cycles have alwyas been irregular so I was using the CBFM to monitor for when OV was going to happen

we conceived in my 2nd full cycle after my MC (so 3 months later), and my cycles were really all over the place! I was bleeding for about the normal time (1-2 days heavy, 2-3 medium, then spotting for 1-2) but the first cycle after I OV'd on CD10 (!!) and the second when I conceived William was CD21 !

however, I had a very boy-friendly diet (accidentally), and we DTD lots - 9 times in the 7 days leading up to OV and the day after including twice on OV day, and I had a big O after each attempt.

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Originally Posted by rainbowflower

my cycles have alwyas been irregular so I was using the CBFM to monitor for when OV was going to happen

we conceived in my 2nd full cycle after my MC (so 3 months later), and my cycles were really all over the place! I was bleeding for about the normal time (1-2 days heavy, 2-3 medium, then spotting for 1-2) but the first cycle after I OV'd on CD10 (!!) and the second when I conceived William was CD21 !

however, I had a very boy-friendly diet (accidentally), and we DTD lots - 9 times in the 7 days leading up to OV and the day after including twice on OV day, and I had a big O after each attempt.

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9xs in 7 days!!? youre an animal!!! ;-) wish i had that energy! and wish DH did too!!!

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Originally Posted by gizmo77

9xs in 7 days!!? youre an animal!!! ;-) wish i had that energy! and wish DH did too!!!

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lol we were both desperate to be parents! (and we couldn't have kept that up month after month - it was too exhausting! )

3 boys, cycle always been longer than average and never like clockwork. Ranges from 31-35 days. Bleeding has got lighter since having kids. Ov always 14 days before af.

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Originally Posted by gizmo77

just curious, for those of you with all boys, what had your periods been like? long, short cycles? heavy, medium, light flows, typical length of AF? regularly consistent cycles? had you noticed any patterns if you were ever paying attention?
any of you guys avid athletes?

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Super duper regular and 28 days on the button once I left my teenage years (they were heavier and less regular then). On the light side, about 2 days of real bleeding with a day or two of spotting afterwards and occasionally a day of spotting before.

One time I lost about 30 pounds over about 6 months and my period stayed regular until I went from exercising 60 minutes a day to exercising 90 minutes a day, even though my BMI was still in the "normal" range. It then got a lot lighter for a couple cycles and one month barely came. I wish I had been TTC then!!! As soon as I reduced my exercise level due to injury, it came back just like it never left.