TMI warning... but is this normal? (re-AF)

[[M]umma[M]ia]

Ill try and explain this as best as possible.

I am currently TTC#2 and have been since Feb 2010. This month just gone I really thought was my month. Everything was looking positive that I was finally UTD. My LP is only 10 days, so I have been on Vitex to hopefully knock things into gear a little. I also have PCOS. Anyway, I had spotting on 9DPO... it was the tiniest bit of pinkish blood. Which is very unlike me, i have NEVER spotted.That morning I got what I thought was a faint BFP, but with what followed Im wondering if it was an evap line? So that when away (was only there when i wiped on 2 occasions that day. About 32 hours after that, i began to bleed. (the day AF was due, thanks to my 10 day LP) It was very mucousy and stopped at the end of that day but I was left with the worst stomach cramps imaginable. This morning I woke up and I was bleeding again and over the course of the day it has gotten so heavy and almost everytime i wipe there are clots. My stomach is so sore. Its very unlike me, i dont usually get clots at all, its never really heavy.

So what do you all think? Is it normal? Could it be from the Vitex? What could it be? Should i be worried?

[~Kim~]

babe.
I can't remember that happening for me on vitex.
Could it have been a chemical pregnancy?
Hope it stops soon for you.

[CharlieBrownGirl]

I'm not sure MM, just wanted to offer a big

[Mum2Romone]

normal AF doesn't have clots.... For me anyway, maybe it's the Vitex....hopefully someone using Vitex as well will come along and give some advice ...

[CharlieBrownGirl]

My liquid herb mixture from the naturopath has vitex in it. My last cycle was really strange, mostly (TMI ahead) brownish discharge with some clots

What is a chemical pregnancy?

[Maruschke]

I had almost the exact same thing this cycle just gone... a faint faint bfp (or evap?) follow by brown (not red) light clumpy flow... then AF for real a day later. I was on VITEX as well, but I have used VITEX many cycles but never experienced this before.

[snikkers1]

Mumma Mia: Our bodies can be so confusing hun.

CBG: I was going to try and explain it but just got this info and cut and paste it instead.

A chemical pregnancy occurs when a fertilized egg does not implant into the uterine wall. If a pregnancy test is taken just at the right time it will be positive, however, when a repeat test is taken several days later it will be negative. A chemical pregnancy leaves the couple to cope with the difficult news of thinking they were pregnant when in reality they are miscarrying. However, majority of women who have a chemical pregnancy never know they are pregnant before they miscarry and begin what they think is their normal menstrual cycle.

[Diamond Girl]

A similar thing happened to me last cycle (but I only tested on 10DPO and got a BFN). I had the brown spotting which I never usually get, lots of pain and then plenty of clots and a heavy AF. I am not on Vitex.

I had a chemical pg / miscarriage a few months ago but I was 5 weeks along so it was a bit different to this one.

Hugs to you, I hope your BFP is just around the corner.