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I have also had my periods on time, a October was a little lighter and shorter than normal, but this month was full blown AF with very little clotting if at all

I've noticed that there are a lot of questions on here about strange cycles, late af's when the ladies cycle is usually regular and situations like yours and I have a theory...I believe that when ttc there's likely a lot of cycles where we do conceive but the fertilised egg at some stage of the journey doesn't make it to implantation. The fertilised egg make its own hormones such as hcg and epf (early pregnancy factor) to prepare our bodies prior to implantation. This could create subtle changes which because we are paying close attention to our bodies, we notice but can't explain. Even in a lab setting in Ivf, a woman without fertility issues of her own, not all eggs will fertilise or implant and a hpt will never confirm this, af will turn up and the woman feels confused. Secondly semen itself contains prostaglandins which stimulate the uterus. When tcc we are 'douching our cervix's and our uterus in a lot of semen! I think it's unlikely you are preggas but soon will be! :)