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"Dear Dr. Kate, My husband and I have been married for six months and now we&amp;amp;#8217;re trying to have a baby. I&amp;amp;#8217;ve always had regular periods, but the past few months they&amp;amp;#8217;ve been irregular. I have a brownish discharge for three or four days before my regular period, I&amp;amp;#8217;ve been one to two weeks early each cycle, and I sometimes I have spotting after sex (which has never happened before). What&amp;amp;#8217;s going on? There are several possibilities for your suddenly irregular periods. One explanation could be a hormonal imbalance; your ob-gyn can check you for thyroid and pituitary dysfunction. Polycystic ovaries are another common cause of irregularity, but if you had regular periods even without birth control (which many women use to regulate their periods), this is unlikely. It could also be a result of a significant weight change&amp;amp;#8212;I&amp;amp;#8217;ve seen this occur in patients many times, whether it&amp;amp;#8217;s from pre-wedding boot-camp weight loss or happy-newlywed weight gain. Or it could simply be a result of stress&amp;amp;#8212;from work, family, or even the stress of trying to conceive. You should see your gynecologist for an exam and blood tests. If everything checks out normal, try using ovulation predictor kits to give you some guidance as to when ovulation is actually happening during these sporadic cycles. Readers, have you experienced anything like this while trying to get pregnant? What was the cause for your change in menstruation cycle? Have a sex health question of your own? Ask Dr. Kate here, and keep checking back to see if she&amp;#x27;s answered it. More on periods and pregnancy * Sex Questions: I&amp;#x27;m Not Pregnant, But Why Am I Not Getting My Period? * Sex Question: I&amp;#x27;m Using a New Form of Birth Control but Haven&amp;#x27;t Gotten My Period, Could I Be Pregnant? * Health Controversy: Is Your Career Making You Infertile? More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;#x27;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow Glamour on Twitter."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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