Spotting or period?

I think I've just had a 7 day period, but really it was so light I couldn't use a tampon. It started 42 days after my last period and 2 weeks after I had what I think was ovulation pain (I had a jabbing pain where I think my left ovary is and get this in some cycles). But was it just spotting if it was so light?

I've been in peri for a few years now and everything is very unpredictable!

Oh and weirdly, the day after this "period" my breasts are really tender, which just seems wrong!

Hi anon, you have totally answered your own question. This process is totally unpredictable and thats why its so awful. You dont know from one day to the next what is going to happen or how you are going to be. Thats what is so annoying about it, not knowing! XXX