gg asked:


My ovulation tests have been getting darker and darker. Yesterday and today I had the darkest test lines. I had light bleeding today, and it hasn’t turned into a full-blown period either.

Here are the facts:
1. My periods are normally 25 days long. Tomorrow will be day 25!
2. However, my cycle was 35 days last month (I had been really sick, and was taking cortisone and antibiotics).
3. I have been taking ovulation tests from day 8 of my cycle with extra light lines.
4. We have been TTC every other day since day 8, then every day for the past 4 days.
5. I had very sticky, but very liquidy mucus, increasing from day 20-present, as well as increased “libido”.
6. My lower back hurt bad today. and I had bright red, but very light bleeding, but am not bleeding anymore…just mucus.
7. I had a fever last night (100).

Is there some phenomenon that causes an increasingly darker line on an ovulation test as a woman nears her period?

Mummy to 3 Girls & 1 Boy :0)x asked:


i am 22 and am already a mum to 3 children..but my partner and i have decided its the right time to try for number four.. ( possibly our last ) but i started having depo dec o4, 8 or so weeks after my daughter was born.. i bled consistantly for 8 1/2 months.. i have had numerous side effects.. such as constant headaches.. feeling tired low or next to no libido.. etc etc.. i havent missed any shots but i am due for my next shot in sept but i am not having it as we have decied to try again.. but i was wondering if there is any known way to help it out of my system pretty sharpish!! i have been eating a healthy diet and plenty of water but is there anything else i can do to help reverse the effects.. also is there a chance of any harm coming to a baby after concieving quickly if i should be so lucky?