Welcome to the EmpowHER community. Thank you for reaching out to us for some insight to this recent and baffling change in your period.
Since you are trying to conceive, I am assuming you have had unprotected intercourse since your last menstrual period.
Estrogen is the all-important hormone required to create the endometrium each month. If you do not produce a certain amount of estrogen, that lining won't be very thick and, when it is shed, "bleeding tends to be scant and for fewer days,” says Maria Arias, MD, a gynecologist at Atlanta Women's Specialists in Georgia.
Looking for answers, would there be any reason why you would have a lower estrogen level? How old are you? Are you taking any prescribed or over the counter medications?
If it has been at least six to 12 days since you last had unprotected intercourse, take an early response pregnancy test. For the most accurate result, test in the morning. Use the urine when you first wake up and use the bathroom.
Testing is a good start, then you could reach out to your gynecologist. Let us know what happens.
Comment Reply
Hello Looking for answers,
Welcome to the EmpowHER community. Thank you for reaching out to us for some insight to this recent and baffling change in your period.
Since you are trying to conceive, I am assuming you have had unprotected intercourse since your last menstrual period.
Estrogen is the all-important hormone required to create the endometrium each month. If you do not produce a certain amount of estrogen, that lining won't be very thick and, when it is shed, "bleeding tends to be scant and for fewer days,” says Maria Arias, MD, a gynecologist at Atlanta Women's Specialists in Georgia.
Looking for answers, would there be any reason why you would have a lower estrogen level? How old are you? Are you taking any prescribed or over the counter medications?
If it has been at least six to 12 days since you last had unprotected intercourse, take an early response pregnancy test. For the most accurate result, test in the morning. Use the urine when you first wake up and use the bathroom.
Testing is a good start, then you could reach out to your gynecologist. Let us know what happens.
Good luck,
September 13, 2016 - 8:09amMaryann
This Comment
Reply