I'm bleeding a week before my period is due. This has never happened before. W!

I'm bleeding a week before my period is due. This has never happened before. What could this mean?

I'm 34 yrs old and my cycle is like clockwork. I have my period every 26 days. It's due in about a week (6/29) but last night I started spotting (6/21). This morning I woke up and had cramping/aches similar to the feeling I get right before or during the early stages of my period. When I wiped I noticed that the light pink spotting from the night before had become more blood-like.

This has never happened to me. I am not on birth control. Though I do have unprotected sex with my boyfriend (of 3 yrs), he had a vasectomy before I met him so it seems unlikely that I would be pregnant... doesn't it?

My first thought was that it could be the sign of a miscarriage from an unplanned pregnancy, as my best friend once had this happen. My boyfriend and I did have sex around the time I was ovulating (6/16) but I just can't believe that he could have gotten me pregnant.

Unfortunately, I don't have health insurance or a doctor and I don't know where to turn. Please help.

More than likely your period is just arriving early.

Little things like stress, a hormone shift, weight gain, weight loss, even something like hanging around with new female friends or working closely with other females can cause a shift in your cycle. It sounds bizzare, but it happens.

I wouldn't worry about it.