Hi....I have been finding it hard to work out when my period start date this last month. For example, my period was due on Wednesday, nothing all day Wednesday and got my hopes up :-) as always started wednesday morning. But I got a few small dark spots on Wednesday night, then nothing all day Thursday, but then quiet heavy on Thursday night, a normal light period all day on Friday, then nothing on Saturday, and then Sunday, Monday and Tuesday I’ve had very light spots. I’m sorry if this is too much information but I’m really hoping some other women had this problem and have some advice. I was on the pill for 3years and my periods were like clockwork, I came off the pill in Feb and they were fine apart from being a daylonger, I thought that’s three periods all ok so my cycle must have sorted its self out, then it starts doing this. It just makes working out my start date really hard as this month would it of been Wednesday or thursday-friday? If I get my start date wrong, not only do I get my hopes up loads but I also might be working out when I am ovulating wrong. I’m going to get a clear blue fertility monitor off eBay for next month but even with that I think you need to know your start date! Dose anyone else have this problem??? Thanks Amy

I know with the monitor I am using, you have to press the M button on day one of your periods, then the tests you do through the month should work out when your good days to have sex are, also when you are ovulating.

If I had been you and i had been using a monitor I would have pressed the button on the Wednesday, the day you got your first spotting as day one of my cycle.

Hopefully the monitor should help you work out your dates correctly.

Good luck. x