Yeah it was like the slight pink/brown spotting that often shows up the day before the real period bleed. Except this time it happened about a week earlier than my period was due, I spotted 2 days in a row but the real period bleed never came.

The spotting was also accompanied by crazy lower back pain. Something I rarely experience as a premenstrual symptom (usually if some back pain happens, it's once period flow is heaviest).

I suspected something was up when no real bleed happened the following day nor the day after that, but I nevertheless waited until I was 2 weeks late to test because I didn't have any spotting with my first pregnancy so I dismissed it initially as probably just my cycle being a little wonky due to having had my first baby only less than a year ago.

Sarah