I'm going to have to word this very carefully, because it might just make me look like a flaming idiot.

So I'm fairly certain that I will not be making my own victory lap Derby weekend. Which is good because the dress that I have purchased looks amazing with 4" heels. And I have a hat, which would totally blow off if I tried to jog.

But the reason that I'm so sure at 4DPO, you ask? I have to warn you that it requires a wee bit of an explanation, suspension of disbelief, and a potentially flame-worthy question(s). (Get ready, GP and BOTB'ers! It's a goodie!)

But you know what? That's what I'm here for. To ask the ridiculous question that I've been trying to research and can't find an answer for, in hopes that it makes someone else feel a wee better about their intelligence level--either by providing snarky material or by someone who has pondered the exact same query. You are not alone, dear e-friends!

Anyway. So I had the same thing happen both this cycle and last. At 5DPO and 4DPO (Cycle 1-2, respectively) I had a pink spotting accompanied by a dark dot about the size of a *.

Now, I'm not asking you to crawl up my vagina and tell me what happened (but if you're going to, please be sure to wiggle around and make it worth my while, mmkay?), nor am I fishing for pregnancy signs. Quite the opposite. What I am looking for is for anyone to tell me if they had this happened to them before and if my hypothesis is even possible.

So here it is. I am well aware that a human egg is smaller than a period at the end of a sentence. I am also aware that said egg is encased in a jelly like substance/membrane, such as was seen in those ovulation photos posted awhile ago.

So if and when an egg is not fertilized, can you see this larger membrane when it is discharged? And is it, say the size of an *? And since it is discharged during your luteal phase and not during your period, would this be proper timing for that to happen?

Interwebs, I cannot find answers to my query. Either tell me what brilliant medical knowledge you have to share, tell me you've experienced this, or talk some sense into me.

Any which way you choose to reply, just know that it's for the greater good.