Abnormal Period

[brokensmyl.livejournal.com]

My periods are very regular. My cycle is 31 days and they usually last for about 6 days. The first two days is the normal amount of bleeding, and then after that, almost none. I usually have cramps the first day, but none after that. So this month it seems that it all is different. I was a week late, which had me worried and I took two pregnancy tests. Both said negative. A few days went by before I started my period. I started at a different time than I usually do. I usually start in the early morning hours, but this time I started in the middle of the day, around 3 o'clock. I had no cramps until about an hour or two after I started. And when I got them, they seemed stress induced (like while I was driving they would get worse if I was behind someone slow, bad I know). A few hours before I started I had a lot of discharge, which had a little red and brown in it. I'm on my third day and I'm still having cramps and bleeding more than I usually do this late into it. My back has also been hurting a LOT, which has never been this bad. My stomach has been irritable and I keep having to run to the bathroom and I've been having a lot of gas.

So after that long (probably gross) description, I'm wondering if its possible that I had a miscarriage, or maybe everything was just off this month because of stress? Everything just seemed so different than usual so I was curious. Thank you in advance!

Comments

[versonic.livejournal.com]

Has anything in your life changed lately? Stress level? Eating habits? etc.?

That's probably all it is. I generally have super regular periods for months at a time - or years at a time - and then suddenly one month I'll skip or it'll be off a few days. There are so many factors. And, yeah, when your cycle changes a little, your cramp pattern will probably change a little, too.

I wouldn't worry too much about a miscarriage...