1st bleed came early....

Before I birthed my kids, and actually since I have been charting, the amount of time from ovulation to bleed is ALWAYS 14 days...unless interrupted by a pregnancy. This cycle though it was only 10 day and snuck up on me totally! I was on the loo, about to have my evening shower. The divine Miss A and Water Boy were in chatting to me. I wiped after my wee and The Divine Miss A said, ' Oh, are you bleeding'? I looked at the loo paper and sure enough, I was. No cramps, no warning, nothing. Actually, besides being very heavy, I had no cramping at all this cycle....uncomfy around my tail bone (which in hind site may have been cramping if my uterus has moved position????)
So I wore my beautiful cloth pads for the whole bleed. Soaking them in a container and feeding my garden with my first post baby blood. I usually use a moon cup, and to be totally honest, I find it easier and less fuss to do that. Maybe see how I go next cycle.....
Right now I am 14 days after my bleed started, and I can feel my body getting ready to release another egg. I just hope my nipples don't get as sore this month, feeding Water Boy was a night mare!

My first egg post childbirth!

I am one of those women who actually likes her bleed. I have no idea why, but I look forward each month to my cycle in all its fullness. I like watching for the signs leading up to ovulation (even when I'm not ttc!) and I get severe ovulation pain (AKA Mittelschmerz), so I can pinpoint ovulation each month...and then the count down begins till I bleed :)
Once my period starts I feel great. I use a moon cup that I have had for about 4yrs now, and cloth pads hand made by women around the world (well in the U.K, the USA and Australia). Before the moon cup and cloth pads I used sea sponges with my bleed.
I have a diary somewhere of EVERY cycle since I was about 21yrs old till I conceived my second child. He was born 18mths ago, and 2 nights ago I ovulated for the first time since he was born....so that means in just 2w I shall be bleeding again! I have so missed my cycles.
I also have PCOS (Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome). One of the biggest things it does to me is mess with my cycles. I have longer cycles. When I was younger (I think the actual reason I started the diary!) I'd go 6mths between bleeds. I was very irregular. Over the years I have learnt to read my body well and can now tell the signs of fertility quite accurately without charting or taking my temperature. This comes in handy as both my kids were conceived using artificial insemination of fresh sperm at home. The fewer of those to do each try, the better IMHO!

So here begins my online journal of my cycles post baby #2.....