Is it normal to have your TOM drastically shorten....

karenwill2

I started exercising the first day of my last cycle. It went from 5 days to 2. This month barely a day. Hubby is bring home a pregnancy test but I seriously doubt that is the case. I am a clockwork girl. This is really weird. Also, not breaking out like I usually do. Is this normal?

Update...took two pregnancy tests with inconclusive results. Really? One more soon, hopefully. (When I say inconclusive, not even the test line showed up)

rose_mortem

good question.. mine is never regular, but recently it's been more off-schedule than normal. it lasts 1 day, but comes every 3weeks :P

BarbWhite09

Mine has been off track the past like 4 months. I used to be very regular. Now it's kind of random & way shorter & lighter than normal.

AZKristi

Are you using birth control pills?

For me, there is a significant correlation between how much I work out and when my TOM starts. Before I started exercising and using MFP, I would take all 7 place holder pills and my TOM would usually start the same day as my new Birth Control pack.

I can tell that my exercise routine has significantly increased my metabolism because my TOM comes half-way through my place holder week and is usually done before I start my new Birth Control pack.

One month I was slacking a biton exercise and my TOM came later... kind of freaked me out until I realized what was going on.

Mine is definitely shorter by at least a day and I have fewer symptoms in general!

karenwill2

nope. we use condoms. BC failed us for child #1. I just wish it would answer either way.... stupid inconclusive tests 1 & 2.

change_happens

I started exercising the first day of my last cycle. It went from 5 days to 2. This month barely a day. Hubby is bring home a pregnancy test but I seriously doubt that is the case. I am a clockwork girl. This is really weird. Also, not breaking out like I usually do. Is this normal?

Update...took two pregnancy tests with inconclusive results. Really? One more soon, hopefully. (When I say inconclusive, not even the test line showed up)

My cycle changed and sometimes I would have an extremely long cycle or I would miss a cycle. This all started when I began exercising. Now, you can skip cycles if you exercise too much, this happens to women athletes all of the time. In my case it was because a thyroid issue surfaced. Imagine... getting healthy to realize you aren't healthy...

See your doc and ask for your thyroid to be checked out.

iamthevieve

When I went into Basic Training for the Army, I didn't have a period for about 6 months. When you drastically increase your physical activity, it can make your periods lighter or disappear completely for a while

fiberartist219

I started exercising the first day of my last cycle. It went from 5 days to 2. This month barely a day. Hubby is bring home a pregnancy test but I seriously doubt that is the case. I am a clockwork girl. This is really weird. Also, not breaking out like I usually do. Is this normal?

Update...took two pregnancy tests with inconclusive results. Really? One more soon, hopefully. (When I say inconclusive, not even the test line showed up)

My cycle changed and sometimes I would have an extremely long cycle or I would miss a cycle. This all started when I began exercising. Now, you can skip cycles if you exercise too much, this happens to women athletes all of the time. In my case it was because a thyroid issue surfaced. Imagine... getting healthy to realize you aren't healthy...

See your doc and ask for your thyroid to be checked out.

My doctor said if it's a full two months and no bleeding, I need to get mine rechecked.

AZKristi

Try again in the morning. False negatives are a possibility early on but false positives are practically impossible unless you have endocrine problems.

karenwill2

NEGATIVE! Just all that working out. Sweet!

maidentl

Try again in the morning. False negatives are a possibility early on but false positives are practically impossible unless you have endocrine problems.

Or maybe if you're on the HCG diet! :laugh:

AngelsheriHackley

I wish that would happen to me I hate my cycle!!