Spotting before period.

I stopped taking birth control in March of 2005. After about 5 months of being off the pill before my period would start I would spot for 1 or 2 days and then my period would start. Recently the spotting has lasted a lot longer than 2 days. It has been up to 8 days and then my normal cycle starts. The spotting is always brown colored and very light. I had a miscarriage in April 2006. This kind of bleeding isn't like that. My period isn't supposed to start for 7 days and I have started to spot. I have been to my gynocologist and had a pap smear and blood taken. My thyroid is fine and my pap smear was too. I have read a lot about what the problem could be but don't really have any answers.

I am 38. I have 4 kids. I am experiencing the same thing. It s been going on for a year now. I have seen my doctor and my pap smear came back normal. I am going back to the doctor s on sept. 26. I m also looking for an answer.

girl101 wrote:

I stopped taking birth control in March of 2005. After about 5 months of being off the pill before my period would start I would spot for 1 or 2 days and then my period would start. Recently the spotting has lasted a lot longer than 2 days. It has been up to 8 days and then my normal cycle starts. The spotting is always brown colored and very light. I had a miscarriage in April 2006. This kind of bleeding isn't like that. My period isn't supposed to start for 7 days and I have started to spot. I have been to my gynocologist and had a pap smear and blood taken. My thyroid is fine and my pap smear was too. I have read a lot about what the problem could be but don't really have any answers.

i had very similar problems for 2 years. i already one child who is now 4 years old, but after 1 1/2 years of having her i meet my current partner. i have suffered 3 miscarriages last one being in April 2006. my cycle would be 28 days, i would have my period, be ok for a week then spotting would start, normally after sex, and would continue up until my period. the spotting colour would vary from bright red (fresh) to brown (old). i hated it it got me down so much. in the end i was refered to a gynocologist in november and had my cervix frozen, this is where they burn off the skin cells around the opning to your cervix, and it worked, i have no bleeding now apart from periods.