Up Late

Last night I started to experience a bit of cramping and what felt like movement in my lower right abdomen. I drank some cold water and laid out on the sofa for a while reading. I noticed that I was experiencing spotting- heavy enough to be mistaken for the last day of my period. I didn't bother myself to worry, because I have been warned that the amount of spotting/bleeding I was experiencing was quite normal. I took one Advil and stayed on the sofa reading with a cup of tea. This morning, my partner woke me up- still on the sofa with my book within arms reach. I took my temperature, as I do ever morning as part of my fertility awareness practice, and slowly lumbered into our bedroom for a few more winks of sleep. I'm feeling the smallest amount of cramping today, and bleeding that is heavier than just spotting.

Here is a resource from the Globe and Mail that was released a couple of years ago about the IUD's effectiveness reducing endometrial cancer.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/iuds-reduce-cancer-risk-study-shows/article683841/actions.jsp