“Abnormal bleeding?”
I have been spotting for 6 days and I'm 8 days late on my period. I took a pregnancy test that said negative what could be going on with me?
Female | 26 years old
Complaint duration: 8 days
1 Answer
Spotting and late for your cycle usually means late ovulation or a cycle where you didn’t ovulate at all so there is no typical rise and then fall in Progesterone to trigger your uterine lining to shed or to bleed. This usually will give patients a ‘bleed every 2wks x 3’, then the body resets, you will ovulate and then regular cycles resume. Things that cause the anovulatory bleed or missing your cycle are usually stress related, and EVERYONE has stress these days. So realize your next 4wks may have 3 separate spotting/bleeding episodes and then you will ‘reset’.
