For the record

Because I found out recently about my husband cheating on me (yes, Darren, if you are also stalking my blog, he has been CHEATING on me) I'm not even considering the idea of TTC right now and won't be for a while.  But I do need to record this somewhere so that I can refer back to it if needed.

• 8th December (my birthday), after a long-ish cycle of 6-7 weeks, AF arrived
• 23rd-28th December I notice lots and lots of CM, which I assume means I am close to ovulating
• 28th or 29th December, as I am getting undressed I accidently brush against a breast.  I notice that the nipple feels tender, always a sign that I have ovulated.  I estimate that AF is due around the 10th-12th of January
• 31st December, I feel an acute pain in my side, almost bad enough that I want to sit or lay down
• 1-2 hours later I discover blood in my underwear
• 1st of January, still bleeding but it is very light in volume and colour

Nothing like this has ever happened before, I certainly wasn't expecting AF to start again just 23 days after the last cycle began.  I'll keep monitoring the bleeding, if it goes away quickly then I will just disregard it.  But if the bleeding continues I'll have to see a Dr and get a referral for a scan.  It might be nothing or it might be a sign of something more serious.

Someone has suggested that it could just be due to the stress I am under at the moment which is a possibility.  My initial thought was a burst ovarian cyst but I have done some research and have concluded that it would probably have been extremely painful, I wouldn't say that the pain I had was extreme.

My other thought is that it could be a haematoma in the wall of my uterus.  I had one of these when I was last pregnant, it was actually behind the placenta and was responsible for my baby's death.  I don't know if these haematomas can appear at any time or only during pregnancy, so I can only speculate.  The pain in my side doesn't fit in with that theory though.

If the bleeding tapers off and then I get a full bleed around 10-12 January then I will probably just put this to the back of my mind, but if/when I see a Gyn I will make sure to inform him/her just in case it warrants investigating.